Agenda Overview of Seneca Computer System File Servers / Student Computer Accounts Telnet application How to Logon to Learn / Phobos accounts How to Change your Password

Computer Networks Personal computers that are not connected to other computers (via network cards) are referred to as “stand-alone” computers. Institutions such as colleges find it more economical and efficient to connect up personal computers to form a computer network

Computer Network File Server (Central Computer) Terminal (Client)

File Server A file server is a powerful centralized computer system with an operating system that allows multiple users to access software applications and data files. The file server may also provide other important services such as network printer management and connection to other networks (Internet)

Computer Networks Computers connected to form a network over small geographic locations (such as a building or city) are referred to as Local Area Networks (LANs) Local Area Networks can use modems or routers to connect up to other LANs from far distances to form Wide Area Networks (WANs)

Advantages of Computer Networks Economical Ability to share hardware devices such as printers and scanners Efficient Ability to communicate among users Efficient method to maintain and upgrade software (I.e. one copy of software on file server - therefore, only upgrade one location) Ability for users to share files

Newnham Campus SIRIS (Academic) LEARN (Student Academic) York Campus PHOBOS (Programming Account) VISION (Student Webpage) FURIES (Faculty) Internet Student Modem Pool Servers at Seneca College

Relevant Servers LEARN Used to read and send . Phobos password will be ed to this account PHOBOS Computer account used for creating, modifying, compiling and executing programs VISION Used to store and maintain a student webpage. Need to request permission for account

Setup Netscape to Access LEARN mail Launch Netscape, point and click onto EDIT menu and point and click onto preferences

Setup Netscape to Access LEARN mail Point and click onto the plus sign to the right of the “Mail & Newsgroups” category: this will expand the selection. Point and click onto Identity

Setup Netscape to Access LEARN mail If you are using Netscape at our Windows labs, you will have to enter the following for every new session: Your name Your LEARN address With Netscape on Linux, you get all your settings from any workstation.

Setup Netscape to Access LEARN mail Point and click onto “Mail Servers”, and enter the following information: Mail server user name: type your username Accept all other defaults Point and click onto OK

Setup Netscape to Access LEARN mail

How to Read via Netscape Point and click onto the mailbox button: Point and click onto the New Message button to read your

How to Read via Netscape You will required to enter your LEARN password (not the 5 digit number, but actual LEARN password you created in SIRIS) WARNING: Make sure to close Netscape after reading your messages; otherwise, people can read your and send with your address.

What is the Telnet Application? Unix systems such as PHOBOS were originally designed to accommodate “dumb terminals” which were simply monitors and keyboards directly connected up to network Telnet allows the server to “think” that the user’s personal computer is a “dumb terminal” A common type of “dumb terminal” was Digital Equipment corporation’s VT100.

Telnet Application To launch or “run” the Telnet application from the Seneca computing lab, point and click onto the application “telnet” on the Windows 95 desktop You can obtain a free version of Telnet application for home use. SSH Secure Shell Access (More to come)

Open Session For all Telnet applications, you must specify which server that you will connect For this Telnet application, you must point and click onto the File menu, select Open and type the server name (such as phobos). If you are logging in from another ISP you must provide the full domain name of the server (such as phobos.senecac.on.ca)

Logging Onto Your Phobos Account After you connect to the phobos server, you must type in your username (should be on your Seneca “one-card”) and your password. The password will be provided to you by an message in your LEARN account. It is important to get your LEARN account as soon as possible!

Protecting your Computer Accounts It is important to assign an appropriate password to prevent unauthorized access to your computer accounts. Concerns regarding unauthorized use: Illegal Activity Suspension of account Loss of data / Copying of assignments

Password tips Avoid easily detected passwords such as names or a series of numbers. Use phrases and take the first letter of each word For example: Autumn leaves Turn red, yellow, orange

Password Tips Combine upper and lower cash letters Include a non alpha-numeric characters such as. - in your password Acceptable passwords on PHOBOS and LEARN range from 6 to 8 characters

Changing your Password After logging onto PHOBOS, you can change your password by typing at the $ prompt: passwd Note: It is recommended to change password periodically.

Logging-off Always log-off of your account and exit the Telnet Application before you leave your terminal To log-off of your Phobos account, type the following command at the Phobos prompt: logout (or exit or ) After your session is disconnected, exit the Telnet application