Computer Science and Engineering

These FAQs were designed to help you with most commonly encountered problems. If, after checking these guides, you still have trouble, please contact CSE Systems via email at systems@cs.ucr.edu. You will be assigned a problem ticket number and will be emailed a confirmation when the problem is solved.

CSE Technical Staff Email: systems@cs.ucr.edu
CSE Technical Staff Office: EBU 2, room 105
Office Hours: 2 - 4 PM or by appointment

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Account FAQ

• Obtaining an account
• Card Access
• Accessing an Account at School
• Accessing an Account at Home
• Configuring and X-Server
• Setting up Cygwin
• Copying Files Home and Back
• Usage Quotas
  • Determining Current Usage
  • Tips to Reduce Disk Usage
• Acceptable Use Policy
• Home Pages
• Backup and Restore Requests
• Mailing Lists
• Blackboard Usage

Email FAQ

• What is my email address?
• What client can I use to read my email?
  • Can I access my email over the web?
  • Can I use text-based email clients (i.e. Pine or Mutt)?
• What email settings do I use?
• I have problems with using the outgoing mail server...
• My email client complains about the CS IMAP SSL certificate...
• Can I configure email filters?
  • Can I filter out spam?
  • Can I set up forwarding to another account?
  • Can I use ~/.forward or ~/.procmailrc files?
• I only see the 'To:' field when using Twig...

Print FAQ

• Where to Print From
• Printing From Linux
• Printing From Windows
• Print Quotas

Windows FAQ

• Getting Software From MSDNAA
• Access Using Terminal Services
  • From Home
    • Using Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000
    • Using Windows XP or Later
    • Using Linux
    • Using Mac OS X
  • From a CS Department Linux Computer
• Which Terminal Server Am I Using?
• Problems Connecting to a Terminal Server
• Mapping Your Home Directory on a Windows Machine
• Other Problems

Database FAQ

• Log In
• Create Directory Structure
• Initialize the Database
• Start the DBMS
• Create the Database
• Connect to the Database
• Stop the Database