EML FAQs
Accounts
- How are computing accounts issued?
- What are the rules of the computing facility?
- How do I access a project account?
- How do I enable or disable users from accessing my files?
- What is the operating schedule of the computing facility?
- What ergonomic resources are available to me?
- How do I manage my passwords?
Nodes
- What is the policy for using the compute servers?
- What computers can I remotely connect to?
- How do I use the EML Linux Cluster?
- Why might my job run out of memory and what can I do about it?
- Why does Tensorflow fail with an "Illegal Instruction"?
Remote Access
- How do I access the EML through my browser via JupyterHub
- What is SSH?
- How do I copy files to or from my account?
- How do I publish files on the web?
- How do I manage SSH keys?
- How do I create an SSH tunnel?
- How can I open a remote desktop?
- How can I mount my home directory remotely?
- When and/or why will computers or the network be down?
- How can I view graphical UNIX programs on my personal computer?
- How can I remotely run an x2go graphical desktop my personal computer?
Files
- How do I compress or uncompress files?
- What files can be easily deleted to save disk space?
- What is my disk quota?
- What temporary disk space is available?
- How much disk space am I using?
- How can I have my deleted files restored from tape backups?
Software
- Install Python packages into your account
- Install R libraries into your account
- Use (and install) Julia packages
UNIX
- How do I run my program in the background?
- How do I install R packages?
- How do I correctly terminate an R session?
- How do I manage UNIX processes?
- How do I choose a default printer in UNIX?
- How do I use the spellchecker in UNIX?
- How do I forward email to another address?
- What UNIX utilities can I use to process emails?
Personal Computers
- What are the rules for connecting my personal computer to the network?
- What services are provided for self-maintained computers?
- What is my personal computer's wired ethernet (MAC) address?
- Where can I download secure shell (SSH) software for my personal computer?
Document Processing
- How do I use TeX/LaTeX?
- How do I use the ucthesis LaTeX style?
- How do I convert my PDF files to PostScript?
- How can I save PDF files that I opened from a web page?
- How do I print from the command line?
- How do I print in landscape mode?
- How do I convert all the spaces within a text file to tabs?
- How can I change my document's PostScript level?
- How do I convert my PostScript files to PDF?
- How can I resize PostScript files?
- How can I simplify a PostScript file?
- How do I put a figure into a Microsoft Word document?