Welcome to the Help web

• The information in these documents may be useful but is no longer officially supported by the Computing Support Team. Please visit us at http://computing.cis.rit.edu

-- Brett Matzke - March 2007

Available Information

Common Topics

• ComputingResources^?: A general overview of what computing resources CIS has to offer you.
• ReadingEmail: Hopefully, everything you need to know in order to work with your CIS email, both here in the Center and on your own systems.
• SettingUpCISEmail: How to forward your email from the CIS mail server.
• SurfingTheWeb: Almost as important as reading your email, this tells you what browsers are available, how to run them, and so on.
• EditingFiles^?: An description of the various editors available on our lab systems, including how (and why) to use them.
• ProgrammingTopics: Information on programming languages, tools, techniques, and other such related information.
• AstroSoftware: Documents the growing collection of software tools related to astronomy installed on our systems.
• TextProcessing: Brief overviews of using LaTeX^?, DocBook, and other ways of mangling text and documentation.
• PrintingStuff: This topic describes not just what printers are available in the Center, but also how to access them from both our systems as well as your own machines.
• BurningDisks: How to burn data onto CDs and DVDs in Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux.
• VacationEmail: How to setup your self or another user to use a vacation email auto-reply.
• UsingDatabases: Information on using the database servers in CIS.
• YourAccount: Things you should know about your account: directories, permissions, passwords, all those pesky dot files...
• PublishingWebPages: How to publish your own web page on the CIS server.
• NewQuestions: This is where you ask us questions that aren't yet answered in this web. (Don't bother.)
• WhatsNew: Any recent changes to the CIS computing environment.

Remote Connections

• RemoteDesktop: A guide on how to set up and use Windows Remote Desktop.
• UsingVNC: A specific guide on how to set up VNC securely.

Other

• PatchProcedures: How to keep your system up-to-date.
• SambaOverVPN: How to access CIS Samba shares when connected through The RIT VPN.
• StudentComputerRegistration: The procedure for getting your computer system on the cis network.
• ConfiguringCRM114: Configuring CRM-114 as a spam filter for Apple Mail
• CISWebMail: An overview of using webmail at the center.
• SshTutorial: A simple how-to for using the Ssh client on a PC. Includes FTP.
• HowToSsh: A more detailed explaination of SSH.

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