Hi, Since the question of RCF vs AFS passwrords come up quite often, and the RCF people gave a reasonable answer I like to forward this info to the software list in the hope you learn where to find information /fv ----- Original Message ----- From: Morris Strongson <mms@sun2.bnl.gov> To: <ekman@nbi.dk> Cc: <mcbreen@bnl.gov>; <videbaek@bnl.gov> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 4:22 PM Subject: New RHIC interactive user account, HPSS and AFS accounts. > Dear Claus, > > Please visit our web site at http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/RCF. > > PLEASE read this carefully, especially in reference to the TWO > DIFFERENT passwords. Recent security issues have made it important > to use ssh and its associated commands to login and change passwords. > Please read > http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/RCF/Services/UserAccounts/UserInfo/ChangingPasswd.ht ml > > Links to SSH can be found on that page. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. RHIC interactive account. > > You now have accounts on the RHIC Computing Facility (RCF) > interactive hosts; this gives you access to the resources of the RCF > file servers and the RCF compute servers. The accounts are set up > such that they all share a common home directory (which resides on one > of the file servers). The machines are served by NIS (formerly known > as "Yellow Pages") so the password for each of the accounts is the > same and is currently set to "user_0" (you should change the password > immediately using the yppasswd command on rcf.rhic.bnl.gov). > > Users must first login to either "rcf" or "rsshgw"; from these > machines, they can login to the other machines. > > 2. RHIC AFS account. > > An AFS account has been created for you. The temporary password is > "changeme" (it should be changed as soon as possible, using the > "kpasswd" command). To find out more about AFS and its implementation > at the RHIC Computing Facility, please take a look at our Web page on > afs located at > > http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/html/local/afs/afs_overview.html > > (NOTE: The AFS and interactive passwords are not the same, but > you can make them the same if you wish) > > Let us know if you have any problems accessing the account. Thanks. > (see phone and email information at the end of this message). > > NOTE: Make sure /usr/afsws/bin /usr/afsws/etc are in your path. > > 3. RHIC HPSS account. > > You now have an account on the HPSS (High Performance Storage System), > which communicates with the tape robot. Please access the web page > listed below; it describes the "rftp" command, which you can use to > access HPSS. > > http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/RCF/Software/General/rftp.html > > > > 4. Staying up-to-date > > As a user of RCF computers, you SHOULD be a member of the rhic-rcf-l > mailing list. You will receive all notices concerning shutdowns and > improvements in the resources available to you. You will NOT be > drowned in email; this is not a high volume mailing list. > > To join rhic-rcf-l, send email to "listproc@bnl.gov". The Subject line > is not relevant, but the message must be one line long , i.e., > subscribe rhic-rcf-l First_Name Last_Name > > It is recommended that you visit our web site at > http://www.rhic.bnl.gov/RCF for more details. > > If you have any problems, let us know. > > Regards, > Morris and Edward > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RHIC Project -- Brookhaven National Lab > Morris M. Strongson Edward Nicolescu > Email: mms@bnl.gov Email: edward@bnl.gov > Phone: (631) 344-4192 Phone: (631) 344-2072 > Fax: (631) 344-7688 Fax: (631) 344-3253 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >
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