Connecting to Banach


Step 1: Start SecureCRT using the MA Banach shortcut



Step 2: Open the connection to Banach




Step 3: Accept the host key




Step 4: Enter your Math login




Step 5: Enter your Math password






Running X Resources


This can be done either before or after you connect to banach

Step 1: Setup Exceed



Step 2: Start Exceed



If you set up X11 packet forwarding for your SecureCRT connection to banach and you have Exceed running, any X11 command on Banach that would usually open another program ( xterm, gnumeric, xemacs, etc. ) will display on your monitor.



During the Academic Year 2001/2002, graduate students and faculty at Purdue may download and install Hummingbird's Exceed 7.0 X-server on personally owned PC-compatible computers from Purdue Exceed download site. It is also very easy to set up a secure ssh connection. You can download a nice version of the software at http://www.ssh.com which is free for users at a university. (To get a secure X connection that works exactly as above, you will need to click on the Settings icon (two gears) and click on Tunneling under Profile Settings. Put a check mark in the box that says "Tunnel X11 Connections." You'll need to start Exceed before or after you start SSH to get the X connection.)

You can also go to the Copy Center in the Union and get a copy of Windows 2000 Professional for a mere $5 if you want to upgrade your operating system.



Setting Your Service to Forward

Step 1: Go to the MailHub page

Go to http://directory.purdue.edu and click "Edit my directory entry"


Step 2: Enter your Career Account Login and Password



Step 3: Select "Change Service"



Step 4: Set service

Set the service to "forward" and click "OK"


Step 5: Specify the destination

Specify your Math account, or any other account you choose, as your forwarding address and click "OK"




Changing Your Email Address

You cannot actually change your address, but you can specify an alternate address.

Step 1: Go to the Directory Information Page

Go back to your Directory Information Page and click "Change Email"


Step 2: Click "Specify Alternate Email Address"



Step 3: Specify the address

You can enter any valid email address @purdue.edu, as long as no one else is already using it. After you have entered the address, click "OK".


Once you have specified an Alternate Email Address any email sent to that address will be forwarded to your @purdue.edu address if your service is set to "store", or to your math (or other) email address if your service is set to "forward".



Setting Up Netscape to read your Math Account Email

Step 1: Edit Netscape Preferences



Step 2: Add New Mail Server

Click "Mail Servers" under "Mail & Newsgroups" and then click "Add".


Step 3: Specify the Mail Server

Enter the Server Name and your User Name and then click "OK".


Step 4: Set the new default server

Select the new Server and click the "Set as Default" button.


Step 5: Set the Outgoing SMTP Server

This step is optional. If you do not want to change the Outgoing SMTP Server, just click "OK".
Designate the Outgoing SMTP Server and your username. Important: If you change the Outgoing SMTP Server to "imaphost.math.purdue.edu" and do not change the user name to your Math login, you won't be able to read mail.




Netscape Preferences

Your Netscape preferences, your address book, and your bookmarks are all saved when you log out of the computer and restored when you log back in, so any changes you make will be persistent and you will not have to make them again.

Printing to Machines in Instructional Labs


To print from banach to a printer in an instructional lab, type "lpr -Pprinter@franklin.cc filename", where printer is the printer name and filename is what you want to print. If you don't know the printer name, it is written on the printer, or you can look it up using the "check printer queue" icon on the desktop.

To send jobs to the color printer in the Math Building, use "mathg109chp" as the printer name. To send jobs to the transparency printer, use "mathg109chp-t".

ResNet


Information about ResNet can be found at http://www.purdue.edu/resnet, or by going to the Information Center in Math 231.

As part of the ResNet services, Instructional Computing also offers a free off-campus 56K dial-up service to any faculty, staff, or student.

Getting Help


General account questions should be directed to the Instructional Computing Services Information Center in Math 231.

Questions about specific Instructional Computing Resources can be sent to ma-mgr@purdue.edu.

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