CS368: Learning a New Programming Language
COMPUTER LABS - Lec 1, Spring 2015


  In this page: CS Accounts | Locations & Hours | New to Linux? | Printing
  Related pages: Home | CSL Home Page | Using SCP/SSH to connect to CS Computers

CS Computer Account:

A CS account is automatically issued to you by the Computer Systems Lab (CSL) after you register for the course. This account provides you with access to the lab computers, a disk quota (for file storage), and paper quota (for printing). Only registered students are given an account. See the "About Your Instructional Account" page for more information about your cs accout. To use this account you may need to activate it:

  • You do not need to re-activate your account if you are a declared CS major or had an account during the past semester. Login using the same CS username and password from the past semester.

  • You do need to activate your account if you are a new user of the CS lab computers. Use any web browser to visit https://csl.cs.wisc.edu/account_management/netid_login_message. You will need to authenticate to the UW-Madison NetID Login Service. If you are not already authenticated via NetID, you will be redirected to the NetID Login page when you continue to the account activation page.

    You can also activate your account in the instructional Linux lab: login on any Linux instructional workstations as the user "accthelp" (no password required). This will launch a browser at the account activation web site.

    Note there may be up to a 24 hour delay from the time you register until the time you may activate your CS account.

If you have forgotten your username or password, use any web browser to visit https://csl.cs.wisc.edu/account_management/netid_login_message or login on any CS Linux instructional workstation as the user "accthelp" (no password required)

If you have problems with your account go to the Computer Systems Lab (CSL), room 2350 CS, during regular business hours (Monday through Friday from 8 am - noon, 1 pm - 5 pm). Make sure to bring your UW student id.

CS Computer Account Policies:

  • Always logout before leaving the computer lab.
  • Never share your account password with anyone.

CS Computer Labs:

The computer labs for use by students are located on the first floor of the Computer Sciences building during the hours from 7 am - 1 am every day.

For locations look for the Linux machines listed in the "Computer Systems Lab Instructional Facilities" page.

Remote Access:

You may also remotely log into these machines. To access the machines remotely, connect to best-linux.cs.wisc.edu (this will connect you to the linux machine in the CS labs that currently has the fewest number of other users logged in to it). If your computer gives you a warning about spoofing, try connecting to best-galapagos.cs.wisc.edu (and if neither of those work, try connecting to galapagos-NN.cs.wisc.edu where NN is a 2 digit number between 01 and 30).

See the "Remote Access to CSL Computers" page for more information about remote access.

These instructions for using SCP and SSH to copy your work, remotely connect, and test your programs on the CS computers may be helpful (especially for Mac users).

New to Linux?

If you are new to the Linux operating system, here's some information that may be helpful:

Printing:

All the instructional machines are set up to print to the printers in 1359 CS.

Basic instructions for printing from the instructional machines:

In order to print from any of the computers your paper quota must be greater than 0. At the beginning of the semester all CS students receive an initial paper quota established by the CSL. If you exhaust your paper quota you must go to the CSL in 2350 CS during workday hours to purchase more pages.

Each of your print jobs will be scheduled individually and may print out on any of the printers in 1359 CS. To check which printer your job is coming out on look for your login name on the monitor by each printer.

If there is a problem with one of the printers or there is no paper left in the print room send email to lab@cs.wisc.edu. Do not try to fix any of the printers yourself.

For further information about printing (how to check your quota, how to remove a job that you printed accidentally, etc.) check the "Printing and Printers" page.

A useful command for printing source code listings: print -landscape -Plaser filename

Last Updated: 1/26/2015     ©2015 Beck Hasti