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OCF Heller Lab
About OCF Services

How to Get A New Account

New Accounts for Student Groups

Who Is Eligible for an Account

Instructions on Creating Web Pages

See also: Support Center


Virtual Hosting


Lab & Server Machines


pic: what some of our comps look like








* Lab hours currently depend on Heller Lounge being open, which is entirely controlled by Publications Staff, not OCF Staff.
What you get with an OCF account:

Students have run the Open Computing Facility since 1989 as non-paid volunteers, and we are adding new services every year. Currently, we offer the following with every student or group account:

  • Email
    Quota: 10 MB
    Accessible by Shell/SSH, POP3, IMAP, webmail
    Mail forwarding and auto processing (procmail)
    SpamAssassin mail filtering

  • Webspace
    Quota: 120 MB
    Extras: cgi-bin, SSI, PHP, Perl, MySQL

  • UNIX Shell Account
    Quota: 200 MB
    Somewhat unlimited email tech support.
    Complete array of prebuilt Solaris and Gnu software for email, news, C/C++, Internet, IRC, and lots more...

  • UNIX Architecture
    5 hosts with reliable Sun hardware
    Lightly loaded high-speed bandwith to Calren2.
    UPS Power and tape backup (files get enough water, light)

  • Computer Lab
    Heller Lounge, King Student Union, 2F. (Map)
    Hours: Monday - Friday during MLK building hours.*
    Computers:
    - Free printing! 250pp/semester
    - Sun Blade100s and UltraSparcs running Solaris 8 (graphical UNIX)
    - Gateway PCs running Windows 2000

  • All-Volunteer Student Staff
    Learn UNIX, help out your peers with computing issues, supplement your major (whatever it is) with IT experience... no prior experience necessary.
    Requirements: the ability to take initiative, good oral and written communication skills, a willingless to learn. :)

  • Help sessions and online help

  • Additional information


[OCF] Last modified: Monday, March 05, 2007
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