Guest Account Policy - Department of Computer Science | Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Guest Account Policy

Departmental computer accounts will be issued to a guest sponsored by a Computer Science faculty member as per the Guest Users Policy Statement. The purpose of the guest account is for exclusive use by the guest for collaborative research with the sponsoring Computer Science faculty member.

Policies

Access to the department labs will be granted only during regular open hours of the department exclusively for work on the collaborative research project.

Access to the sponsoring faculty member's office during closed hours is permitted only if the sponsoring faculty member accompanies the guest at all times. University policy is that keys must never be loaned, and this policy must be adhered to.

Department materials not directly used for collaborative work must be paid for by the guest. Guests with support should be encouraged to compensate the department for use of equipment, consulting time, etc.

The faculty member and the sponsored guest both agree to comply with all department policies regarding equipment and lab usage.

The SIU Board of Trustees Software Piracy Statement must be adhered to.

General Information

Account holders are not permitted to share their account or password with others (i.e., one person, one account). If it is discovered that an account is being shared the account will be disabled.

Note: If you need to allow others access to your files, a better way is to set up a new group id and put everybody that needs access to those files in the new group. New group ids can be set up by the Computer Information Specialist in Faner 2135.

Access to the Department of Computer Science computers implies the ability to create new files and directories, but it also implies a responsibility to erase and/or compress unneeded files. All Computer Science user accounts are placed on the same disk and therefore must share the disk space among all of the other users. Please be considerate of others. The Computer Information Specialist will have ultimate control on disk space allocation and is responsible for balancing the needs of the students.

Remove all "core" files that you generate.

Computer Science accounts may be accessed on the evenings and weekends by telneting from other machines on the SIU CAN. Regular Department of Computer Science hours are Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Note: Computer Science Faculty and Graduate students have priority access to the machines in the CS Lab1 (Faner 2133).

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