ARGO-NEW: Getting Started

Accounts will be given only to faculty members and to graduate students. To obtain an account, send e-mail to systems@uic.edu with Argo-new Account Request on the subject line and include the following information about the account holder:

• name,
• netid,
• office phone number, and
• a brief summary of how you will use argo-new.

Professors: Please do not permit any student (graduate students doing work for you or any student for whom you are an advisor) access to your account; doing so is a violation of ACCC policy.

After the account is created, you will receive notification via email and directed to the ACCC Common Password Facility to set your account password.

There is one method to access argo-new:

Telnet can not be used to access argo-new.

SSH (Secure SHell) is a secure alternative to telnet. The ACCC supports and distributes SSH Communications Security Corp's SSH for Windows; you'll probably find that it works a lot like whatever telnet you've been using. In addition to being a telnet replacement, SSH provides an easy and secure way to use X Windows.

For more information on SSH (including download and install instructions), see SSH -- A Secure Replacement for Telnet. Information on using SSH with X Windows is in Using Exceed X Server eith SSH X11 Tunneling.

The login screen for argo-new:

login:

In response, type your login id and strike the Enter key. A password prompt will appear:

Password:

Type your password and strike the enter key. If your password is accepted,

• the last successful login to your account;
• the login message (also referred to as MOTD, Message Of The Day)

Please take note of the information in the MOTD. System downtime, node availability, and much more is given there.

By default, your shell is bash.

If you want to change the shell to another, use the chsh command:

chsh -s new_shell netid

You will be prompted to verify by entering your password. The new shell will be in effect the next time you login.

For example, if user jsmith wants to change his default shell to C, then:

chsh -s /bin/csh jsmith

echo $SHELL