CIS Unix Local Documentation

This page contains links to information of more-or-less general interest to users of CIS Unix machines at UNH. Disclaimer: this information was accumulated over a period of time, and some things reported as facts have (um…) ceased to be completely accurate. Please let us know of any inaccurate information via e-mail to pas@unh.edu

To improve maintainability, many links that previously pointed to independent documents have been dinked to point to sections in the CIS Unix User's Guide.

General Information and Policies

• The CIS Unix User's Guide.
• CIS Unix Home Page (announcements and useful links).
• The CIS Unix Acceptable Use policy.
• CIS Unix account policies.
• Information on disk quotas.
• How to (and why you need to) choose a good password.
• Storing files in the /tmp and /var/tmp scratch areas on the Unix systems.
• Notes on Unix accounts at the end of semester.

E-Mail

• How to use Pine.
• How to set up a campus-wide E-mail alias.
• How to set up a mailing list.
• How to set up a support (non-personal) mailing address.
• The Unwanted Mail FAQ.
• Information on the CIS Unix Virus Filtering service.

Internet-Related Information

• Help with the lynx WWW browser.
• Introduction to Usenet News and the slrn Newsreader.
• How to set up your own website.

General System Topics

• How to print text, PostScript, and PDF files on CIS printers.
• How to share the information in your files with other users, both here at UNH and elsewhere.
• How to access your CIS Unix directory from your PC or Mac.
• How to transfer files to and from your CIS Unix directory.
• How to manage your disk space.
• What to do when you're out of disk space.

Other Neat Things

• How to use the snap_restore program to restore deleted files.
• Course account guidelines for instructors whose courses require use of the CIS Unix machines by their students.