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FAQ by Category
Internet Access
- How do I obtain PPP dialup access to the Computer Science Department?
- How do I set up my browser
to use the web proxy? or
I cannot ftp files through my browser? or
I cannot open an ftp directory through my browser? or
All ftp links time out through the webbrowser? or
I cannot view a webpage, because it sends data on a higher data port? - How do I set up my modem and home network?
- How do I use the wireless network in the department?
- How to ftp now that ftp is turned off?
- How do I connect to "sbwin2" from my home machine?
- How do I configure my laptop for internet access within the department?
- When I ftp to ftp.cs.sunysb.edu (or some other ftp server) ls does not give me a full directory listing?
- I get an error while sending email from cde mailtool?
- How can I read mail attachments under Unix?
- How do I setup a .forward or alias my email ?
- How do I read my department mail using POP access?
- How can I filter junk email in Netscape/Pine/Outlook/CDE?
- Questions and Answers regarding the department spam filtering system
- How can I avoid using the "mailto:" tag on my website to prevent spam?
- Why am I getting email bounced back to me when I did not send it in the first place?
- What email aliases are available for general use?
- I received email with an attachment named "winmail.dat". What is this and how can I read it?
- I am receiving duplicate emails through my POP mail reader.
SSH
- Where can I download the SSH Client from?
- I cannot telnet to a certain host? or
How do I use SSH? - I cannot install a client, however I have web access. Is there anyway to connect to the department servers?
- How do I use SSH on a Unix machine?
- How do I use ssh on the PC?
- How do I set up SSH tunneling under Unix?
- How do I set up SSH tunneling on the PC?
- How do I set up SSH tunneling on the MAC?
- I set up a key pair, but when I ssh between two department hosts it still asks for my password, why?
- I am using Windows XP and every time I try and upload a file, I get the error, "Failed to scan directories. Error 6: ... No such file or directory". How do I correct this problem?
- Are there any problems using OpenSSH to connect to the department?
Unix Environment
- What are my quota limits?
- How do I adjust the volume in Real Player on the Suns?
- How do I change my login shell to bash or tcsh?
- How do I run StarOffice?
- Where is the C compiler on the Suns?
- When I try to compile my C program on the Suns I get a "package not found" error.
- I compiled my program successfully but when I try to run the executable I get a library error similar to: ld.so.1: a.out: fatal: libstdc++.so.2.10.0: open failed: No such file or directory.
- I include "math.h" in a my C program but the gcc compiler doesn't recognize some of the functions such as "pow".
- I have a program which used to compile under gcc or g++, but now it generates a long list of errors. What happened?
- How do I convert files between Postscript (*.ps) and PDF (*.pdf) formats?
- How can I convert files to/from Mac formats such as BinHex and MacBinary and Unix
- I am using Mozilla and the twm window manager and I cannot type into some of the text fields.
- How do I print pdf files from a Unix host?
- Can I print an A4 document on the department printers?
- How do I print from Mozilla or Firefox?
- How can I run Windows applications on my Unix machine?
- How do I use PGP?
- How can I encrypt a file without using PGP?
Windows Environment
- How do I install a Postscript printer under Windows NT/95/98/2K?
- Can I save my IE favorites in the Grad NT Lab?
- How to access the newsgroups using Outlook Express?
- How can I make sure I have all patches / critical updates from Microsoft?
- What steps can I take to protect my computer from viruses and spyware?
- How do I copy files to my Transaction Processing lab account?
- What is MSDNAA?
Web Development
- How do I publish my web pages on the department WWW server?
- How can I see statistics on who is accessing my web pages?
- Where can I view weekly statistics on our Department web server?
- How do I Password Protect my web page?
- How do I set up a www redirect page?
- How can I avoid using the "mailto:" tag on my website to prevent spam?
- Can I use Server Side Include files in my webpage?
Miscellaneous
- Are there any guidelines for choosing a password?
- What printing facilities are available in the department for general use?
- Is there an automated handin program that I can use for my classes? (for Teaching Assistants, Professors and Instructors)
- How can I report requests or problems?
- What do I need to know about using the copier?
- How do I access the department VMware Virtual Machines?
- How do I get an account on one of the campus hosts?
- How do I get a campus dialup account?
- Where can I get information about Blackboard?
- How do I get access to the Graduate Student Lounge?
- How can a department member obtain Mathematica or Maple for personal use?
- How can I get an external monitor or projector to work with my Macintosh laptop?
- How do I use the projector in room 1310?
- I clicked on a Real Player video/sound clip and I am getting sound but no video or vice versa.
- When I click on a video within Netscape, I get an alert from Real Player saying "Unable to connect to server -- Check network transport settings"
- How can I restore the image for a Symbol PPT 2700?
- How do I enable 128 bit encryption on a Symbol PPT 2700?
- How do I use Xwin32 to connect from outside of the CS dept network ?
