https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-06-09T15:32:38+00:00 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2018-08-24T18:16:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/use_and_abuse?rev=1535134614&do=diff From time to time issues of computer privacy, fair use, or appropriate use of the Computer Science Department computer facilities come up. Any discussion must start with an understanding of the campus regulations on computer use. Campus Computer Regulations text/html 2016-05-18T15:53:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/info?rev=1463586832&do=diff Bash Shell Resources a few articles and tutorials on the web for learning the bash shell * <http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/shell_programming.html> * <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html> * <http://www.panix.com/~elflord/unix/bash-tute.html> * <http://www.codecoffee.com/tipsforlinux/articles2/043.html> * <http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/linux/docs/uniqlinuxfeatures/lsst/> System Info - User Help ---------- Help for New Users Unix information and help Examples for … text/html 2020-07-04T21:02:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/vnc?rev=1593896566&do=diff Using VNC What is VNC? NOTE: VNC is deprecated. For all remote desktop access, we ask that you use X2Go (found here). VNC is a system for interacting with a computer display remotely, over a network. This technology was developed by AT&T Laboratories, and is now available for free over the internet (distributed under the GNU General Public License. Visit the text/html 2010-02-01T19:26:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/using_dbc?rev=1265052409&do=diff Using the script /usr/local/sbin/dbc Dropbox check script Description This script is used to look at information from file names created by the submit script used by the digital drop box. It assumes English month names (January, February, etc.) and cannot deal with spaces. It prints out the encrypted information in a readable format. text/html 2010-11-24T23:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/acm_jar_applets?rev=1290640216&do=diff Using acm.jar The ACM Java Task Force (JTF) created an API framework for Java programs which is distributed in the file acm.jar. Programs using acm.jar may be compiled and executed from the command line, or within your favorite Java IDE (e.g., Netbeans, DrJava). It is also possible to run your JTF programs as an applet within a browser or via the appletviewer. ```````````````````````````````````` text/html 2020-07-04T20:59:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/filecopy?rev=1593896345&do=diff Secure Shell on macOS, Unix, and Linux Installation Any modern Unix-like operating systems should come with secure shell client utilities already installed. This is true for macOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandrake Linux, FreeBSD and many others. If, however, you need a ssh client, you can download one from the openssh website: text/html 2022-08-31T12:49:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/sshkeysmswindows?rev=1661950198&do=diff SSH Keys on Microsoft Windows using the PuTTY Utility SSH keys are what you will use to establish an encrypted connection over the network, e.g. the internet, between your system and a remote machine. The default type of key to generate is RSA which is good for most purposes. RSA is universally supported among SSH clients. Note that EdDSA performs much faster and provides the same level of security with significantly smaller keys. In general, though, for what you need to do, RSA encryption is … text/html 2016-01-27T20:35:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps?rev=1453926912&do=diff * DrJava - No Compiler Available * jedit information * Mono * SVN usage text/html 2024-03-27T13:08:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/ssh?rev=1711544886&do=diff Accessing CS Systems The easiest way to gain access the Computer Science Dept. Linux machines outside of the Asprey computer lab. This gives you terminal access to the command line inside the department, and it allows you to send files back and forth to your home directory. Since it has no remote text/html 2010-03-17T21:42:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/mpi?rev=1268862159&do=diff MPI: Compiling and Running in the Asprey Lab Under Construction This page will be updated with information about how to compile and run MPI programs on the machines in the Asprey Lab. text/html 2011-09-22T17:43:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/java_system_tips?rev=1316713392&do=diff Java issues and tips Java remote method invocation problem Problem: When running a demo of Java's remote method invocation on our Ubuntu 9.04 based linux machines running java-6-openjdk the client could only attach to a server running on the same host.```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2009-10-14T17:24:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/isohome?rev=1255541099&do=diff Backup to CD/DVD ---------- * * * * * * ---------- <BOOKMARK:quick> The really short version of the instructions If you just want to do this without delay and can get to the CS lab... * Bring a blank CD or DVD to the lab * text/html 2023-03-06T19:51:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/jump?rev=1678132316&do=diff SSH Proxy Jump (Might as Well Proxy Jump!) Announcement (March 06, 2023) As of March 06th, 2023, direct internet access to the CS Department bastion servers is no longer allowed. If you want to access these bastion servers then you need to be on the text/html 2025-06-27T18:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/priority?rev=1751050267&do=diff System Priorities Priorities of programs are something to be aware of. PS The first thing to do is to get to know your processes. The ps command lists out the processes you have running on the system. By using ps -l, an extended listing of your processes is provided. The fields of the most interest to this topic are the PID, NI, and COMMAND fields. The COMMAND field lists the name of the command that started your process. So, if you're looking for your runaway c++ program, a.out is the one yo… text/html 2023-01-05T22:19:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/mitm?rev=1672957190&do=diff Host Key Verification Failed At some point you may attempt to SSH into a server, workstation or device, e.g. “my_server”, that you have logged into before and you encounter a long, scary message as follows that ends with “Host Key Verification Failed text/html 2012-03-27T14:52:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/hall_of_shame?rev=1332859938&do=diff Hall of Shame (No names, just examples) Cracked passwords of real users The following passwords were cracked and are no longer being used on our system: * Baseball - Dictionary Word * change - Dictionary Word * ch3st3rf - Dictionary Word with simple substitution text/html 2022-10-28T18:01:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/jetbrains?rev=1666980095&do=diff JetBrains IntelliJ License When you start or launch any JetBrains software installed on a lab, classroom or office computer managed by the Computer Science Department, the computer is configured to look for our local, JetBrains license server to request a license for that software. text/html 2015-08-26T20:52:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/general_linux/backups?rev=1440622373&do=diff FIXME update, convert to wiki, add link to isohome Backup With Tar ---------- * Overview * Creating a tar file of your entire directory * Copying the file to another location * Tar Documentation ---------- Overview While I make regular backups of the home directories on the Computer Science Unix machines, there are times when you want to have your own copy of your account. There are several relatively painless ways to accomplish this task. I will describe one of them here. If you n… text/html 2015-08-26T21:24:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/apps/svn_use?rev=1440624278&do=diff SVN quick reference The following is modified from an email sent by Prof. Smith on the use of the command line svn program under linux here at CS To checkout (co) repository for first time * cd on your local machine to where you want your project working directory to be created```````````````````````````````` text/html 2025-03-05T18:37:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/top?rev=1741199835&do=diff Computer Science Lab <> Classroom : Resources Linux System Help * Linux Account Password * Printing * Remote Access * Browser Won't Start * Common Issues * Changing Desktop Background * Classroom Sound from Linux * Classroom Podium Monitor System Information * CS Lab Configurations * CS Department Firewall Overview ---------- Learning Linux... * Linux Tutorial * Command Line Basics * Advanced CLI * Emacs - tips * Bash programming and gene… text/html 2025-09-30T20:45:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/password?rev=1759265121&do=diff First Time Login The first time you log into a CS workstation with a temporary password, the login page will help you reset your password. First, enter your username (this will be the same as your Vassar email address, before the @-symbol): Enter your temporary password, which should have been given to you by your professor or sysadmin: text/html 2022-11-10T16:19:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/keyring_issues?rev=1668097191&do=diff Keyring Issues If you are using an application, e.g. GitHub, and you get an error because of your “keyring” then a quick workaround is to find that keyring and push it out of the way. Open a terminal and use the find command as such: $ cd $ find . -type f -name "*ring" ./.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring text/html 2011-02-24T17:38:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/help/sysnews/inhouse/rsync_windows?rev=1298569104&do=diff Synchronization with your CS account from Windows /!NOTE this is the beginning of a page on this topic, this information is incomplete at this time -Greg !/ tools cwRsync - get it <http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650> get latest cwRsync_VERSION.zip (not cwRsyncServer_VERSION.zip) from ````