Your 4330/6310class accounts

J.-F. Pâris

Spring 2014

The accounts

Numbered cosc648 to cosc701 If you missed class, you can ask any of the TAs Passwords are 9 characters

PeopleSoft ID number followed by capitalized last and first initial of your name.

In short, that's PSID+L+F

Example

Password for Fudd, Elmer J with PeopleSoft ID 1112222 is1112222 + F + E = 1112222FE

Accessing your account (I)

From a Windows computerDownload putty.exe from

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Select bayou.cs.uh.edu as Host Name SSH as Connection type

Accessing your account (I)

From a Windows computer:Download putty.exe from

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Start it and select bayou.cs.uh.edu as Host Name SSH as Connection type

Accessing your account (II)

From a Mac:Mac OS X has a built-in SSH client

called TerminalOn most systems, you can find it in

Applications > Utilities folderStart it and type:ssh <your userID>@bayou.cs.uh.edu

By the way, the Mac Terminal appis a full-fledged UNIX shell

Accessing your account (III)

From an Android device:Go to Google Play StoreDownload a free terminal app

I use Connectbot:http://code.google.com/p/connectbot/

Do not expect to do too much work with it!

Accessing your account (IV)

From a Linux computer:Open a shell and type:ssh <your userID>@bayou.cs.uh.edu

It also works for Cygwin

A last word

Change your passwords ASAPYou are responsible for any misuse of your

account by yourself or a third party An easy way to create strong passwords is to

start with an easy to remember sentence:When in the Course of human events, it

becomes necessary for one peopleWitcoheitbnfop or W1tc0he1tbnf0p