Jul 18, 2019 | Desktop, FAQ, Network, VPN
Some University of Chicago web pages, such as the library’s Lexis-Nexis pages, are restricted to viewing within the campus network. When you are off-campus and want to view these pages, you will need to configure and use the University’s Proxyit! web proxy service....
Jul 18, 2019 | Access, Desktop, Email, FAQ
IT Services supports and maintains all email at the University of Chicago. To get an email account, you must obtain a CNetID. When you create a CNetID for yourself, you are also creating an email account for yourself. The University uses the Office 365 suite for...
Jul 18, 2019 | Access, Cluster, FAQ, SSH
In order to run graphical applications on Acropolis with out VNC you will need to open an SSH session capable of X11 forwarding. Unlike VNC your applications will not continue to run once your SSH session has ended. This method is only suitable for short running...
Jul 18, 2019 | Access, Cluster, Computation, FAQ
The Acropolis system is available to eligible SSCS users. The guidelines for obtaining access are the same as accessing a departmental server. Once you have an SSCS account email us at ssc-server-support@lists.uchicago.edu. Please let us know if you are working in...
Jul 18, 2019 | Access, Computation, EasyVNC, FAQ, Software
The simplest way to run MATLAB from the server is to download and install the Easy VNC program that we provide. When you open the Easy VNC program and log on to the server, you will see MATLAB among the programs listed in the menu that appears when you click on the...
Jul 18, 2019 | EasyVNC, FAQ, Software
You can launch a text-based Stata session via SSH by typing: stata, stata-mp, or stata-se . To get into the X-Window versions, you simply type xstata, xstata-mp, or xstata-se, respectively. The graphical versions may be launched from SSH if your session supports X11...
