Technical Information

Below is a brief overview of technical services available in the Department of Computer Science together with links to further information.

Note

The Department does not provide IT services to 1st year undergraduate students. Please use the SCILAB computer labs provided by the Faculty of Science and administered by Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS).

Contents:

• Systems Administrators
• CS Authentication Credentials
  • Unix Credentials
  • Windows Credentials
  • Change your password
• Email
  • Out-of-Office Message
  • Policies
  • Accessing Email
  • About
• Printing
  • Printing in the Grad Labs
  • Honours Printing
  • Staff Printing
• Shell Server
• Database
  • MySQL (on nightmare)
• Software
  • Proprietary Software
  • Free and Open-Source Software
• Automatic Marker
  • Preparation
  • Methods
  • Troubleshooting
• Personal Web Page
  • Why do I need a Home Page?
  • How to setup my account to display my web page
  • Need help?
• Email Mailing Lists
• Wiki
• Survey
• Source Code Repository