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| How
do you get email account? |
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Email accounts are automatically created
for students enrolled at NEIU. To obtain your account information,
bring your picture ID to CLS-3108. There you will receive your login
and password, which are necessary for account access.
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| If
you can no longer log into your email account? |
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Bring your picture ID to CLS-3108. A consultant
will address the problem and have your password reset.
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| How
to change your email and Yoda password? |
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Double click on the gamut icon. |
| 2. |
Type your login name and press enter. |
| 3. |
Type your password and press enter. |
| 4. |
At the gamut> prompt type passwd. |
| 5. |
The computer will ask you to enter an old password. You
should type in the password you are currently using. If you enter
the wrong password the computer will give you the message: Password
not changed: old password entered incorrectly. If this happens return
to step 4.
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| 6. |
Next the computer will give you a list of options (see below):
Do you want (choose one letter only):
Pronounceable passwords generated for you (g)
A string of characters generated for you (c)
A string of letters generated for you (l) ?
To pick your password (p) ?
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| What
to do if password expires? |
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If the prompt reads "Old password:,"
type in your old password and press Enter. You will be asked to enter
a new password, which must be 6 to 10 characters long. This new password
may not be your old, expired password. It will ask you to type in
your new password a second time, for verification. If the password
change was successful, you will see the gamut prompt (gamut>).
At this point, you may proceed with using your account.
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| How
long can you keep your email account after you graduate? |
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Your account will last six months before
it is deleted. If you plan to graduate and are concerned about the
deletion of your files, you may wish to save important files to a
disk.
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| How
to get email address of other NEIU's students or staff? |
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Log into your E-mail account, and at the
gamut prompt, type finger followed by the person’s first and
last name. All matches will be shown. Therefore, if you are looking
for someone with a common name, such as John, you may want to use
only a last name, or type | more after the person’s name.Examples
are shown below:
gamut> finger mario hernandez
OR
gamut> finger hernandez |more
Note: The straight line preceding "more" is not a colon.
It is used when you are viewing more information than it can be
displayed on one screen. it is called a "pipe" in Unix
jargon, and it directs the output of a process to another process.
The data will be displayed to you one screen at a time. The symbol
is on the same key as the backslash (\).
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| How
to access NEIU's Internet from home? |
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A Dial-Up package for current students
may be obtained in CLS-3108. Bring a picture ID and a blank, high
density 3 1/2" disk. The documentation and files you need will
be provided.
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| Can
student post their web page? |
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Yes. Every student has a 4 MB home directory
on the Unix server. Your web page should be posted in the http directory
in your home directory.
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| If
some files are not viewable on your web page. What should you do? |
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Log into your NEIU account (E-mail), and
type setup at the gamut prompt. Choose "b"
(create/fix your www directory), then type"x" (exit).
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| How
do I get a web page, network or cars account? |
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Fill out a Department
Account form and submit it to helpdesk CLS building room 0004.
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