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Computing Technology and Services (CTS), now part of Engineering IT, is contracted by various departments and research groups throughout the School of Engineering within Washington University to provide various technical services, including operation of computer systems, software installation, network installation and operation, equipment repair, and advice on hardware and software purchases.

The CTS staff includes full-time software systems people and part-time students who work as assistants to the full-time staff. Feel free to contact us for further information.

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Departmental Information

The homepage for CTS itself. We are located in Lopata 406.

For general CSE login access, and bash.cse.wustl.edu for Linux, use siesta.cs.wustl.edu for Solaris.

The CSE web server is http://www.cse.wustl.edu.

Your CSE web home is at http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~loginname - for example: http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jst

The CSE mail server is mail.cse.wustl.edu, your email address would be your-login@mail.cse.wustl.edu

Single sign on test

Wireless Information for Computer Science and Engineering (cse), School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), and Washington University.

CTS expects you to follow the University Computing Policy

Department Documents

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Windows Information

You should have Antivirus, and Antispyware. Use Firefox.

Reading Email with Mozilla, Netscape, Thunderbird, and Outlook (and Express), look further down for dealing with SPAM
Using SSH (Secure Shell) to Create Profiles and Mail Tunnels
Mapping CSE Windows file resources
Connecting to Network Printers
Installing Antivirus Software
Installing AntiSpyware Sofware
Setting up Your Webpage (and where to find it)
Wireless WUFI-S WinXP SP2 setup and other network things.
VPN Instructions
Instructions for using Windows Update

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Linux Information

We recommend CentOS as the distribution of choice.

Reading Email (Mozilla, Netscape, Thuderbird, Pine, and Mutt), look further down this page for dealing with spam.
Using SSH (Secure Shell)—see your man page for enabling tunnels (+X, -X, +x, -x)
The init System for providing a consistent, friendly user environment
Software packages maintained by CTS abaqus
Setting up Your Webpage (and where to find it)
WUFI-S Linux configuration file.
The web interface to Solaris man pages
Changing process priorities: nice and renice
If you need a newer kernel, please send a request to bugs (your name, room, machine name).
Solaris systems: FAQ (answers to Frequently Asked Questions)

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Mac OS X Information

OS X takes care of itself, mostly, but there are some interesting Mac OS X Applications worth a look.

The department is licensed for the Mac OS X version of Microsoft Office and Norton Anti-virus.

Reading Email (Mail, Entourage (part of Office), Mozilla, and Thunderbird)
Setting up Your Webpage (and where to find it)
Using SSH (Secure Shell)—see your man page for enabling tunnels (+X, -X, +x, -x)
osx map smb-cifs - map a windows drive from mac osx
Wireless WUFI-S MAC OSX setup
Mac VPN Instructions

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