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UNIX-user registration

By sending this registration form (see below) to user @ ux.uis.no, you accept the rules, on http://www.ux.uis.no/retningslinjer, for usages of the UNIX-system. The rules essences boils down to the The Cardamom Law (Kardemommeloven):

The Cardamom Law		Kardemommeloven
You shall never bother others, You shall be both fair and kind. And whatever else you do, I shall not mind.		Man skal ikke plage andre, man skal være grei og snill, og for øvrig kan man gjøre som man vil.

UNIX-user registration form

Cut and paste the following, fill in your data and mail it as plain text (no Microsoft Word docx or any other attachment) to user@ux.uis.no, from your @stud.uis.no or @uis.no mail account (to verify you as a UiS student or employee), the mail subject has to be UnixUserReg.

Mandatory fields for students is marked with a *, registration forms (UnixUserReg mails) with empty mandatory fields will be deleted/ignored. Mandatory fields for employees is the same as for students.

To: user@ux.uis.no
From: "you"@stud.uis.no or "you"@uis.no
Subject: UnixUserReg
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* UiS id:
* Name:
* Email:
  Mobile phone (when not uis.no email): 
* Association:
* Faculty of:
* Department of:
* Study start:
* Study end:
* Desired user name:
  GeoLab account:
  Comment:
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Field explanation:

• UiS id - your UiS student or employee number.
• Name - your full name - given name first, middle name, surname/family name last (please do not use all caps).
• Email - your @stud.uis.no or @uis.no address, (all number address like 123456@uis.no is a defective/bad email address, non uis.no or bad addresses no account)
• Association
  1. Student
  2. Bachelor student
  3. Master student
  4. PhD student (Stipendiat)
  5. Postdoctoral
  6. Employee (only for permanent employees)
  7. Other explain
• Faculty of
  1. Arts and Education
  2. Science and Technology
  3. Social Sciences
  4. Health Sciences
  5. Other explain
• Department of
  1. Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering
  2. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  3. Energy and Petroleum Engineering
  4. Energy Resources
  5. Mathematics and Physics
  6. Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science
  7. Safety, Economics and Planning
  8. Other explain
• Study start - your current study (bachelor/master/!PhD/Postdoctoral) started - year-month (yyyy-mm)
• Study end - expected completion of your current study (bachelor/master/!PhD/Postdoctoral)- year-month (yyyy-mm)
• Desired user name - The user name is limited to 8 lower case letters and numbers, it has to start with a letter and can't be shorter than 3 characters. It must reflect your name somehow. You may enter more than one user name, separated by a space, in case your first choice is already taken.
• GeoLab account: y/n - if yes explain why. A GeoLab account will only be created for the following user groups:
  • Employees at the Department of Energy Resources or the Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering
  • Students enrolled in one of the following programs:
    • Geosciences and Energy Resources (BSc.)
    • Energy, Reservoir and Earth Sciences (MSc.)
    • Petroleum Engineering (Msc.) with the specification in Drilling Engineering

First time log in

Log in on the Unix system can be done with the command ssh in a terminal window, or with a special client connecting to a virtual remote desktop.

1. Whatever login method you prefer, all users must start with adding Unix account to Authenticator App and do a ssh log in test.
2. If you later want to use a virtual desktop, read about it here NXInnlogging.

Changing password

Changing password is only possible on the server pw.ux.uis.no. To change password, first SSH into on one of the login servers, then SSH into pw with ssh pw. When on pw, run the command passwd. You will be asked for your current password, and then twice for the new password, nothing will be printed to screen during password typing. If the new password is accepted, wait 10 minutes for it to become active on all servers. (pw is a special server and should be used only for changing password, nothing else please.)

More info

More info, in Norwegian…, available at http://info.ux.uis.no/

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Theodor Ivesdal
UNIX System Administrator
theo@ux.uis.no
Office E-322