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+ | ====== System Tips for CS Instructors ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Creating Dropboxes ===== | ||
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+ | Before your students can use the '' | ||
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+ | - A course account must exist. | ||
+ | - You need access to the course account. | ||
+ | - Your students each need an account on our system. | ||
+ | - A link must exist or be made for your course number so that '' | ||
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+ | If any of the above items need to be set up please let me know well in advance of your first lab! | ||
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+ | To create the dropboxes: | ||
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+ | === -. Become the course user === | ||
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+ | you@yourmachine: | ||
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+ | === -. Deal with any existing dropboxes === | ||
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+ | From the home of the course user look for any existing directories called " | ||
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+ | If a dropbox directory exists from a previous semester and a directory called " | ||
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+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
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+ | Otherwise if a dropbox directory exists from a previous semester and a directory called " | ||
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+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
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+ | === -. Create and populate the new dropbox === | ||
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+ | Make a new dropbox with modification bits of 750 | ||
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+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
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+ | Decend into the new dropbox cd ~/dropbox. Make a directory with permision set to 730 for each student (mkdir can take all the names in one go) | ||
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+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
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+ | === -. Confirm all is good === | ||
+ | Please take a moment to ensure group and permisions are set correctly, | ||
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+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
+ | total 8 | ||
+ | drwxr-xr-x | ||
+ | drwxr-x--x | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | drwx-wx-wx | ||
+ | cs555@vnc: | ||
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+ | Check that the permisions on the directory itself and on the student dropboxes match these. | ||
+ | If they do not use chmod to correct them: | ||
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+ | chmod 755 ~/dropbox | ||
+ | chmod 733 ~/dropbox/* | ||
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+ | Finaly, with the exception of cs101, check that the group is set to asprey2((for cs101 the group is cslab)), if not fix that with chgrp: | ||
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+ | chgrp -R asprey2 ~/dropbox | ||
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+ | ===== Export a window to and from the computers in the classlab ===== | ||
+ | This information has been moved to [[: |