CCSE Unix Services

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CCSE Unix Services
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Agenda

• CCSE Unix Network
• User account
• Home Directory
• Email Service
• Programming and Web Publishing
• Tools/Applications
• Remote Access Service
• Remote Terminal
• Internet Service

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"Unix is very friendly, it's just picky about who
its friends are- Oreilly
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CCSE Unix Network

• Based on the latest releases of the most popular
  Unix systems
• Solaris9 and Mandrake 10.1
• Include many tools applications such as
• IDE enviroment Kdevelop (KDE)
• Word/Text processor/tool openoffice, latex,
  emacs, vi
• internet browser mozilla, netscape, opera,
  koquerror
• Email client, calendaring evolution, Kmail,
  Kontact
• Image processor GIMP
• Graph/plotter tool gnuplot
• Cross-platform network browser LinNeighborhood

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User Account

• Provided authenticated access to users logging in
  to many unix/linux machines based on his
  privileges.
• There are machines accessible only for faculty
• Unix account
• Home directory
• Email
• FTP

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User Account (cont.)

• All linux machines are available for all users
• linux, linux-lab1 linux-lab27
• Machines available for students
• solaris5 solaris11
• Machines available for graduate students
• solaris1 solaris11
• Machines available for faculty
• solarisfac, solaris1 solaris11

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Home Directory

• User is provided with home directory according to
  their requirement.
• Fully backup
• Home directory access
• Remote Session
• Remote Desktop
• Samba Server

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Home Directory (contd.)

• Samba Server cross platform sharing of home
  directory.
• //ccse-fachome
• //ccse-home
• ccse_nt_domain usernamepassword

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Home Directory (contd.)
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Email Service

• Provided secured and authenticated email
  services.
• smtp mailer.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa
• pop pop.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa
• Provided a secured web-based email access where
  data transfer is encrypted.
• https//webmail.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa

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Email Service (contd.)

• Email is checked against virus wall for viruses.
• SPAM control management system
• Check email against World-wide spam Black List
  provided by SPAMHAUS
• https//www.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa/email

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Programming and Web Publishing

• Support all major programming language
• C, Java, C
• Support all major publishing environment
• ASP, JSP, PHP, CGI using perl, Java
• Shell scripting bash, sh, csh, perl, python

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Tools/Applications

• Provided around 50 tools (licensed and free) for
  the users.
• Available on /tools
• Licensed tools
• opnet, matlab, synopsis
• Available on solaris machines
• Parallel computing environment
• pvm on all solaris and linux-lab machines
• mpi and mpiJava on linux-lab machines

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Remote Access Service

• CCSE users can use Remote Access Service dial-in
  to the network from their home.
• Still very heavily used

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Remote Terminal

• SSH (secure shell)
• Remote command line session to unix/linux
  machines
• VNC (virtual network connection)
• Remote X-windows session to unix/linux machines
• Machines will store its states until the server
  is killed

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Remote Session

• Remote session using PuTTY

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Remote Session (contd.)

• Login using your username and password

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Remote Desktop through VNC

• Initiate vncserver
• Set vnc password

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Remote Desktop through VNC (contd.)

• Use vnc client
• For windows http//www.tightvnc.com/download.html
  

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Remote Desktop through VNC (contd.)

• From linux
• workstation

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Remote Desktop through VNC (contd.)
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Remote Desktop through VNC (contd.)

• You can run any application remotely

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Internet Service

• SSH/SFTP from the Internet
• CCSE user can have a remote session or ftp to our
  network from the internet.
• ssh.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa
• Webmail
• Webmail is accessible from the internet

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Summary

• Please visit http//www.ccse.kfupm.edu.sa/pages/se
  rvices/
• You can always contact CCSE Unix admin
• Phone 4920
• Email admin_at_ccse.kfupm.edu.sa

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Thank You
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Checking Email Header

• Run pine ? setup ? config

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Checking Email Header (contd.)
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Checking Email Header (contd.)
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Checking Email Header (contd.)
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Checking Email Header (contd.)