You must have a Unix account in order to use the CIS Unix systems; you also need a Unix account to make full use of the PCs in the Student Computing Centers. Each account allows full access to e-mail, other Internet services, applications, and programming languages.

We provide and maintain CIS Unix accounts for:

Generally we don't provide or maintain accounts for people outside the above categories.

Accounts are automatically generated for nearly all students once they appear in the registration lists for the current or future semesters.

If you appear in the current lists of students, faculty, and staff we receive periodically from the Registrar and Human Resources, you can go to the Dimond Academic Commons Information Technology Support Center (DAC ITSC) in the Dimond Library to apply for a CIS Unix account. Proof of your affiliation with UNH may be required, typically your UNH-supplied ID card.

However, if you don't appear in those lists of current students, faculty, and staff, it may be necessary for you to obtain “sponsorship” or verification of your status from an appropriate person (your advisor, department chair, dean, supervisor, etc.) in order to obtain and maintain your account. Forms for sponsorship are available on the CISUNIX Accounts page maintained by the CIS Help Desk. Your account status will be periodically verified (typically yearly) in a manner appropriate to your particular situation. If verification is required, you'll be notified via e-mail considerably ahead of time.

Active Unix accounts are maintained for as long as the owner is affiliated with UNH as a faculty member, staff member, or registered student, or provides sponsorship/verification information as described above. Generally, users who leave UNH (for one reason or another) will eventually lose their accounts. In such cases, we typically remove accounts during “account cleanup season,” which starts three weeks into each of Fall and Spring Semesters. Account expiration notices are sent to such users via e-mail at least two weeks before the scheduled deletion date. If your account is due to be deleted, you can request that your mail be forwarded to a new address for a limited time (typically two years); details will be included in the account expiration notice.

A user may request that his or her account be deleted at any time. For security reasons, this request must be made in person, with a picture ID, to one of:

Accounts that are inactive (no logins or file activity) for over six months may be suspended. They may be restored by request by visiting the Dimond Academic Commons Information Technology Support Center (DAC ITSC) in the Dimond Library.

In rare cases, a user's account may be suspended or removed outside the normal channels described above, according to the following guidelines:

We don't currently remove accounts for inactivity.

Instructors may request that each student registered for their course may be issued an account (assuming the student doesn't already have one) and become a member of a "course group." Such accounts are set up automatically based on registration data; individual students need not apply for them in person. To arrange this, instructors should send mail to the System Administrators (<sysman@cisunix.unh.edu>) with the course name and course reference number.

Accounts can also be set up en masse for (typically) incoming new students, faculty, and staff at the request of appropriate departments. Contact the Account Managers (<accounts@cisunix.unh.edu>) to make arrangements.

Prospective users associated with UNHM or USNH may find it difficult to come to the MUB during work hours. Please contact the appropriate liaison for your organization to arrange account setup; current liasions are shown on the CISUNIX Accounts page maintained by the CIS Help Desk.