Accounts

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This FAQ provides answers to many common questions asked by students taking CS courses.

[edit] How do I get a Pegasus Account?

When you enroll in a CS course, an account is created for you automatically based on the Registrar information. If you just added the course, it may be 24 hours before your account is active.

[edit] What is my username and password?

We use the IU authentication system so your username and password will match those you use to access other IUPUI systems like email or Oncourse.

[edit] How can I change my Pegasus password?

Since we don't store passwords locally on CS servers, you cannot change you Pegasus password directly. You would need to change your password for all IU systems. This can be done via IU Passphrase Maintenance site.

[edit] How do I log into Pegasus

You will need to use an SSH program to access Pegasus via a secure conneciton. Macintosh and Windows clients can be downloaded from IUWare. Look in the Communication section for your platform. More details on using SSH can be found in the IU Knowledge Base.

[edit] How do I upload/Download files to/from Pegasus

SFTP is part of the SSH suite used to securely transfer files to and from UNIX and Linux systems. Macintosh and Windows clients can be downloaded from IUWare. Look in the Communication section for your platform. For Windows, SFTP is included in the SSH package. More details on using SFTP can be found in the IU Knowledge Base.

[edit] What other systems can I access with my account?

Pegasus is the primary server used by students for class projects and web page development. CS also has other servers to meet more specialized needs. Firebird is a Sun Solaris system and Oracle server. Oracle accounts are created for specific classes or can be requested for students by faculty members. Corsair (Linux) and Teddy (Microsoft) are specialized servers used to support specific classes and special projects. Accounts are automatically created for classes that use those systems and special projects, faculty members supervising those projects can request them for students.

[edit] How can I get an account on Corsair?

Courses which require accounts on corsair are created automatically at the beginning of each semester. Your username and password will be identical to those you use to access other CS and centralized IUPUI resources. The Corsair website includes links to all user account web sites hosts on corsair.

More information about using corsair can be found on the Corsair FAQ page.

[edit] How can I get an account on Teddy?

Courses which require accounts on teddy are created automatically at the beginning of each semester. Your username and password will be identical to those you use to access other CS and centralized IUPUI resources. You will need to use Remote Desktop to access your account.

More information about using teddy can be found on the Teddy FAQ page.

[edit] How can I get a database account in CS?

The CS department supports several database platforms to support course and research needs. These include Oracle, MSSQL, and MySQL. Course accounts are genrally created at the beginning of each semester but can be requested at any time. Usernames and passwords sent to the course instructor. Faculty members can also request accounts for students to support special course or research projects.

More information about CS database servers can be found on the Database FAQ page.

[edit] Why can't I upload files?

Chances are that you have used up all the storage space allocated to your account. On Pegasus, you can see how much disk space you are using by running the following command:

du -sk $HOME

The value is in KB.

If you use firefox, much of your space is probably being used by its web page cache. You can clear that cache by running firefox and going to Edit->Preferences and selecting the Clear button for Cache. In this window you can also set a limit on how large that cache can be. You may wish to make it smaller.

[edit] I deleted my files by accident, can they be recovered?

Student home directories are backed up nightly so as long as the files were more than a day old, chances are that they can be recovered. Please send an email to ithelp @ cs.iupui.edu with the details. Note: the backups only go back a few months so if the files had been deleted longer than that, it may not be possible to recover them.

[edit] How much storage can I use?

Newly created accounts have a soft limit of 250MB and a hard limit of 300MB. When you are above the soft limit for 7 consecutive days, the system will lock your account. Each evening an email will be sent to you warning that you are over your limit. When you use 300MB, nothing more can be stored in your account.

[edit] How can I get my quota limit increased?

If you need more storage for a course or project, your instructor can email the IT staff to have your limit increased. Ideally if you roughly know how much space you need, that should be included in the request.

[edit] I am no longer taking CS classes, how long will my account remain available?

Accounts are created based in registration data. Approximately arount midterms, students who have not enrolled 2 consecutive semesters have their accounts flagged for removal. At that time an email is sent to their IUPUI email account to notify them that their accounts will be removed in two weeks. If you receive such a message but need your account to remain active, please respond to that email with details.