If you are connecting from outside the department computer lab from NT/2000,

3.4 - How do I share files with others?

First you must give permission to users to access your z: drive directory. Then you must take away that permission on the contents of the folder.

To change permission of your user directory.

Open the My Computer

Double Click on the z: drive

Find your user directory and Right Click on it.

Select Properties to change the properites of that object.

Click on the Securites tab.

Click on the Add button to add users.

Click on the Name column heading to sort by same.

Scroll down to find the users name you want to give permission to. If you want everyone to have access, select Authenticated Users.

Double Click the users name or select it and press Add to add the user to the lower box. You may add more than one person at this point if you are working in a group.

Press OK. You will now see that you have added that user to the first box of the previous window.

Next check the allow boxes to give the level of access you want to this directory/file. See tips below.

Press OK

Tips at this point. Read and Write are the lowest level of security that you can give a user. Next is read and execute. Next is Modify followed by Full Control. Play with these check boxes. Not all must be checked. Some when ckecked will automatically select others.

Read, Write, and Read and Execute are obvious in their effect and pertain only to already existing objects. List Folder Contents shows up for directories only. Modify allows the user to add new files and directories to the directory. Full Control given to a user allows them modify the security settings of other users of that object.

So for a group in a lab that will be creating new files, select modify. Select something more secure if you just want read permissions. Again, find another user and play with these settings to understand how they work.

Now that you have given access to your user directory, EVERYTHING in that directory is accessable by that user with that security level. Next you must repeat the previous steps to block the user to those directories and files that you don't want them to have access to. However, DO NOT use the DENY column. Use the Remove button to remove the user/s access. You may have to uncheck inheritting permission on the bottom to do this. Unckeck, Click OK, then Copy.

You may do more than one object at a time by highlighting them, as long as you want them to have the same settings. Then right click to select properties. One exception: you must do directories seperate from files and vise versa. Above all, please do not change the settings for any Administrator account or wallace. These permissions are for backups and they also there for your safety. If you accidentally change a permission that locks you out, I can undo your mistake.

3.41 - How do I access my files outside the deparment lab?

Due to ARL firewall rules, access to our machines from campus machines and dialup connections are not permitted. If you have computers within the ARL network, you may do the following:

If your machine is a Windows 2000 machine:
I'll let you know exactly soon, but it is similar to NT instructions below except you have to click 'use different account' on the map network drive window.

If your machine is a Windows NT machine:

Right click on the my computer and select Map Network Drive.

Select a drive letter (Z:\ is recommended for consistancy with the lab).

Enter \\Skudrzyk\users$ for the Path.

Enter acs_lab\username in the Connect As blank.

Leave the Reconect at Logon checked, if you want it to do so. Press OK.

You will be prompted for your ACS NT account password. Enter it. Press OK.

If your machine is a Windows 95/98 machine, things are tricky:

The username and password for using your local machine must be identical to your ACS NT account. You are on your own here.

Then you may follow the NT instructions.

3.5 - What software do I use to access my UNIX account?

That depents what you want to do.

FTP files.
Telnet to a machine.
X-Window sessions.

If you want to transfer files, you can use a command line program called pscp or you can use a GUI program that simulates drag-and-drop transfers called WinSCP.

PSCP:

Open Start>ProgramFiles>Accessories>Command prompt.

Type pscp /? for help or click here for examples.

WinSCP:

Open Start>ProgramFiles>Kerberos>WinSCP

Enter in the host name (ie sabine.acs.psu.edu or evelyn.acs.psu.edu.

Enter your user name.

Type your UNIX password. And press OK.

Use the help menu or go the WinSCP homepage for all that I know.

If you want to "TELNET" to our department machines. You must not use telnet. We only use ssh that encrypts the entire session, password and all.

The first time you use this program, you must set up sessions for each machine.

Open Start>Programs>Kerberos>Putty

Type sabine.acs.psu.edu in the host box.

Click the SSH radio button.

Type sabine.acs.psu.edu in the stored sessions box.

Press save.

Press Open to run.

If you want to save a few key strokes and not type your username in every time,

Select your stored session.

Press load to recall the settings.

Click on the connection menu on the left.

Put your user name in the auto-login username box.

Click on the session menu on the left.

Press Save to save the session.

For more help see the PuTTy homepage.

If you want to run X-Windows programs on our unix machines, you must configure a "session" before logging into the machine.

To Get to our Kerberized machines (Sabine,Evelyn)

Open Start>ProgramFiles>X-Win32>X-Config

Click the Wizard button.

Select ssh as the connect method. Click next

Type the machine name. Press next.

Type your UNIX username in the first box. Leave the password blank (This feature doesn't work.) Press next.

Type /usr/bin/X11/xterm -fg green -bg black -bd green -ls -sb -sl 100 if setting up a Sabine session.

type /usr/bin/X11/xterm -fg red -bg black -bd red -ls -sb -sl 100 if setting up an Evelyn session.

Press Next

Type ComputerName-Username. Check the box. Click Finish.

To Get to Thales:

Open Start>ProgramFiles>X-Win32>X-Config

Click the Wizard button.

Select XDMCP for the connect method. Click Next.

Click on Query radio button. Click Next.

Type thales.acs.psu.edu in the box. Click Next.

Type thales-username in the box. Check the box. Click Finish.

To run X-Win32 with this session from now on,

Open Start>Programs>X-Win32>X-Win32. You will notice a blue x on the lower right.

Right click this icon. Move the mouse over sessions.

Choose the session you want to run.

If you want to skip this last step and you have a prefered machine,

Open Start>ProgramFiles>X-Win32>X-Config

Select your session. Press edit.

Check the auto-start box. Click save. Click Ok.

This session will now start when Start>Programs>X-Win32>X-Win32 is run.

You may have every session auto-start by editing them this way, but it is very confusing having more than one.

For further help,

Open Start>Programs>X-Win32>X-Win32

Right click on the blue X.

Move the mouse over Help.

3.6 - How do I configure Outlook to access my CAC account?

Outlook, by default is broken. Here is how to fix and setup.

Double Click on Microsoft Outlook

An error will occur. Press OK.

You will be prompted to open an new OUTLOOK.PST file

create a new directory by Right Clicking on the Largest White Box.

Select New>Folder

Type mail

Double Click on mail.

Press Open.

A new window will appear. You may select to passwork protect your file or just Press OK.

A warning will appear. Press Ok.

Outlook should now be running properly. You must now set up your account. These steps will help you get to your CAC access account.

Double Click on Outlook Icon.

In the Tools menu. Select Accounts...

Click Preferences along the right side to modify the existing account.

Change the Name, E-mail Address and add a Reply to address if different than your Penn State one.

Click on the Servers tab

Change the account name to your access account (omit @psu.edu)

Change the password

On the Advanced tab. You may change the lower settings if you prefer. If these machines aren't your primary mail reader, you may want to uncheck the 'Remove from server after X days' so your primary machine will download them instead.

Press ok and close.

Outlook should now be configured to access your PSU mail account
Configuration for other Email services have very similar settings.