Sysnet’s Documentation

Contents:

• Welcome to the Oden Institute
  • Getting Help
  • Important Note
  • New developments
• Oden Institute IT Policies
  • Endpoint Management Policy
    • Patching and system reboots
    • EPM Software
  • Leaving the University
    • Devices
    • Email
    • Accessing resources after leaving
    • Other services
  • Computer and Peripheral purchasing guidelines
    • Purchasing
    • Supported Hardware
    • Receiving
  • User Accounts
    • Shell Accounts
    • Oden Institute Guest Accounts
    • Wireless Accounts
    • Account Expiration
  • Device Administrative Accounts
    • Important
    • FAQ
    • What are UT owned devices?
    • Does this apply to tablets and mobile devices?
    • When can I bring my device in?
    • How long will this take?
    • Can I do this myself?
    • Why is this mandatory?
    • What about my desktop at home?
    • Can you upgrade my laptop or desktop?
    • Acceptable Use Policy
    • Exceptions
    • Additional Links
  • Confidential Data
    • Policies
  • Sysnet Supported Cluster Requirements
    • Hardware
    • Vendors
    • Interconnect
    • OS
    • Queue System
    • Storage
    • Backups
    • MPI
    • User Accounts
    • Home and /org access
    • Remote Access
  • Policy for External Collaborators
    • Accounts - for people who were at the Institute
    • Accounts - for external collaborators
    • Code Repository
    • Software
    • Access to Oden Institute Network(s) via External Users Servers
    • Backups
    • TACC Resource Access
  • Copyright Laws & Regulations and UT’s Rules of Thumb
    • General Information about Copyrights & the Fair Use Doctrine
    • What is the UT Fair Use policy for Copyrighted Materials?
    • More Information
  • Encryption Policy
  • Laptop and Portable Device Policy
    • Definition of Portable Computing Device
    • Personal laptops and portable devices
    • Oden Institute laptops and portable devices
    • Laptops on the Oden Institute network
  • Policy for Oden machine management
    • Managed machines
    • Unmanaged machines
  • Passwords
    • Create a strong password
    • Cracked Passwords
  • Storage Policy
    • NFS Shares
    • Why quotas?
    • What are quotas?
    • Established quotas for users
    • Checking your directory
    • Established project quotas for groups
    • Usage Reports
    • Scratch areas
    • Backups
    • Hardware
• Ubuntu 22.04 guide
  • SSH
  • How do I use Environmental Modules?
    • Help! module command not found
    • Module commands
    • I don’t see the module for XYZ
    • Update your .bashrc
    • FEnICS
    • Set up environment for custom modules
  • Unencrypting /workspace
  • Retrieving backups of home directory
  • SUDO privileges
  • Change login shell
  • Password Change
  • Retrieving backups of home directory
  • How do I access my vnc server?
  • Nvidia issues
  • How do I report a problem
• Accessing hosts
  • SSH Port
  • SSH keys
    • Create a private/public key pair
    • Passwordless logins
    • SSH ProxyJump hosts
    • SCP ProxyJump
    • Using rsync to copy files
    • Connecting to a VNC session
  • Fail2ban
    • Preventing Lockouts
• Printing
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows
• Software
  • Commercial Software
  • Open Source Tools
    • Anaconda
    • Jupyter
    • Python3
    • Go Lang
    • Julia
• Email
  • Office 365
  • Quick links to ITS help docs
• FAQ
  • Getting Help
    • How to reach Sysnet
    • How to write good support requests
  • Intel OneAPI
    • Programming languages
    • Libraries
  • NAT FAQ
    • How does this impact users
    • How does this impacts external collaborators
    • What users should do to prepare for this change
    • About login1.oden.utexas.edu
    • What is NAT
    • What is SSH
    • Who does this impact
    • What this does not impact
    • How will I access my computer remotely
    • What if the VPN is not available
    • What SSH port will login1 be on
    • What about my project collaborators
    • Why are hosts being moved to NAT
    • How does NAT protect us
    • Are clusters impacted
    • Is subversion impacted
    • Password/Passphrase defined
    • Why aren’t collaborators allowed to use the VPN
  • General Questions
    • What is the best way to get help?
    • Can I have root privileges so that I can install a program?
    • So I can’t install anything at all?
    • I can’t connect to anything, the network is down
    • How do I access licensed software from off-campus?
    • How do I access the VPN using Linux?
  • Linux-specific Questions
    • Firefox won’t start (and it’s not already running)
    • Firefox throws a weird error that starts with something like this
    • PDF’s won’t open when I try to open them through Firefox
    • Prompt for password for GNOME keyring
    • I can’t SSH to machine “X”; it tells me the connection was closed
    • Which machines am I allowed to use?
    • I was not required to use Linux before I arrived at Oden Institute. Is there a guide to help me understand how to use Linux?
  • Server Certificates
  • TACC Questions
    • Visualization Resources
    • Other TACC Related Resources
  • UTBox
  • DropBox Questions
    • Installing Dropbox on OS X (Mac)
• Version Control Systems
  • Overview
  • Set up a git repository
    • Single
    • Group
• Virtualization Support
  • Virtualization options
    • VirtualBox
• VNC - Remote Desktop
  • Linux Desktop configuration for VNC server
    • Xvnc
    • Mate built-in VNC
  • Connecting from OS X
  • Connecting from Windows
• Encryption
  • Data Classification
    • What is Category-I data?
  • Oden Institute Encryption Policy Implementation
  • Can I encrypt my laptop myself?
    • Installing SecureDoc
    • Other Encryption Methods
    • Data Back Up
  • Encrypting a Linux/Windows dual-boot system
  • Effect of Encryption
    • Will encryption slow down my computer?
    • Is encryption the only security I need?
• Setup a Personal Web Page
• VoIP
  • New phone service
  • Phone Issues
  • Documentation
  • Useful links
• User contributed documentation
  • Tips for writing help documents

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page