Getting Started on CSLAB-41

• Your Username and Password
  • You hav multiple accounts
    • EUP
    • CSLAB - windows
    • CSLAB - unix
  • Username f######l
  • default password mmddyy
  • CHANGE THESE
    • <CTRL><ALT><DEL> on windows
    • passwd on unix
  • Pick a good password
• Connecting
  • Start teraterm pro
  • Host to connect to : cslab41.cs.edinboro.edu
  • logon with username and password
  • Notice the statistics when you logon (usage, uptime, ...)
  • You are currently in your home directory.
    • We will deal with this later, but for now just work here
  • Change your password (passwd command)
  • Start the joe editor
    • You have many choices here.
    • joe just starts joe
    • joe -help starts joe with a help menu
    • joe myfile will edit myfile
    • joe -help myfile will edit myfile with the help menu
  • Joe commands you must know
    • ^KX - save and quit
    • ^C - exit no save
    • ^KD - save no exit
    • You can use the arrow keys to move around.
    • Non control character, just type em.
  • edit a file, save it, exit joe
  • ls shows the files in your directory
  • man ls tells us how to use the ls command.
  • To logout exit
  • mail
    • There are a number of email clients on *NIX boxes
    • pine is probably the easiest to use
    • It is mostly menu driven.
    • pine at the command prompt
      • Compose a message
      • to address
      • cc address
      • attach files
      • subject
      • message
    • .forward
      • If you don't want to read your mail in the cs deparetment
      • create a file in your home directory called .forward
      • put the address you want all of your mail to go to in this file.
      • test it.
  • lynx
    • lynx is a non-graphial web browser
    • You can use it to download files from a web page. (like mine)
    • commands
      • g - goto url
      • arrow keys to go forward and backwords
      • d - to save (download ) a file
      • q to quit