An account on our Unix workstations is normally prepared for you prior to your arrival. You should receive a sheet in your orientation folder with your account's login name and a temporary password. Please change this password when you first login. If you did not get an account and wish to have one, please contact one of the system administrators and let them know.
If you need assistance with your computer account, our system administrator are Kumsup Lee, Peter Lawrence and Eric Harvieux. You can contact them by phone at 4-4353, in person at Lind 429 or 435, or by e-mail at
Unless you contact the systems office, your account will be closed after your departure, and your files deleted. For short-term visitors, accounts should be closed two weeks after departure, while for long-term visitors and post-docs they usually remain open for six months to a year. You may, of course, easily transfer your files to your regular institution with scp, or request them written to magnetic tape or recordable CD/DVD. If you wish, we can set up a mail alias to forward your e-mail to your new e-mail address; we normally leave these in place for two years.