Lab Overview
The CS Lab is a general computing facility provided to you, the user, in order to assist you in completing Computer Science related projects at the University of Evansville. Currently, the lab consists of eight workstations, each of varying hardware, that are all set up with Windows and Linux operating systems.

Logging In
Regardless of which operating system you are using, you should log in to either system for proper access to resources (printer, network, etc). Your password for each system may or may not be different. Windows uses a system called samba in order to retrieve your Windows password from csserver. This is stored as a separate password from your csserver password. When logging into Linux, you can expect the same password on csserver as you would on any of the lab machines. If you forget either of the two passwords and need them fixed, please contact a Lab Assistant for more assistance.

Available Resources
Within the CS Lab, there are the standard machines as well as a laser printer. Logging into these machines correctly allows you unlimited access to the printer. However, you should always be respectful of other lab users and try to conserve the amount of printing you do. Also bear in mind that the hard disks stored in CS Lab computers do have limited storage, so you should try to be respectful of others. Please try to keep storage to a minimum. There is also a large board with dry erase markers available to you. Please feel free to use this. In addition, there are empty tables available for your studies, so please feel free to use these as needed. Should you have any questions about the possibility of something for the lab, please do not hesitate to ask a lab assistant, who will be happy to suggest the idea to the lab sponsor.

Using Webpages on csserver
Many questions regarding how to use and set up webpages that are stored on csserver can be answered by the csserver web page guide.

Using SSH to connect securely to csserver from the lab
When you login to the Linux side of a lab machine, you are not necessarily logged into csserver. Certain applications (such as pine -- see below) work better (or work exclusively) when connected directly to csserver. To accomplish this, simply type "ssh csserver" at a terminal command line after you have logged into Linux. After confirming your password, you will notice that the path has changed from "cslabpcx:..." to "csserver:...". While this terminal is open, any command you enter will be executed on csserver, not on the local machine. This may not be useful to every user all the time, but you will probably find it beneficial to ssh into csserver occasionally.
* Note: The above does not apply when utilizing PuTTy or Cygwin to login remotely. In these cases, you are already connected directly to csserver

Using your csserver e-mail account
Each user on csserver receives an e-mail account which is separate from your University of Evansville e-mail account. The e-mail address will be your-username@csserver.evansville.edu. You can access this account by typing "pine" at any csserver command line and following the menu options on each screen of the pine application. However, pine does not run on the lab machines unless you ssh into csserver (see above)

Other Concerns or Questions
Many commonly asked questions can be answered in the user FAQ If you have other questions that pertain and are not answered through this website, please contact the administrators at root@csserver.evansville.edu for assistance.

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