System Guide for the OSU Mathematics Department Computer Systems

Our Servers

hardy.math.okstate.edu

Hardy is a Dell PowerEdge 6300 with four Pentium III processors and a gig of memory. This is our general use server. It is running RedHat 6.0. All faculty, lecturers, grad students and staff have an account on this server. Initial passwords and user ID's are obtained from the front office, MS401. This is the place to run computations, write papers, etc. Hardy has many software programs available including: pine, Emacs, X Window, TeX, Maple and Mathematica.

mail.math.okstate.edu

This is a PC running RedHat 5.1 that functions as the mail server for the department. This system is soley dedicated to mail. For further information on the use of this system see the departmental rules for acceptable use.

www.math.okstate.edu

This is a dual Pentuim lll PC running RedHat 6.0 that serves as our departmental web server. Facutly, lecturers, grad students and staff can create web pages here. Accounts on this machine are created as they are requested. For information on creating a web page and getting a web account see the Web section of our departmental howtos.

minkowski.math.okstate.edu

This is PC running RedHat 6.0 that used to be our web server till we outgrew it. It's now functioning as the boot server for our X-terminals. It may also become our print server.

Office Computers, Software and the Terminal Room

There are three color X-terminals, two PC's, a scanner, and two HP laserjet printers in MS422 for general departmental use. The door to this room is kept locked at all times. If you need a key see the front office folks in MS401. There is also an X-terminal and HP color printer in the 5th floor reading room.

Each faculty, grad student and lecturer office has an X-terminal or PC of some sort in it. PC's for grad student and lecturer offices become available when other equipment is replaced by new grant funds, etc. We really don't have extra PC's lying around, nor do we have the resources to purchase new PC's for grad students. If you have a complaint about the PC in your office; if you feel you need a larger hard drive, wish you had a sound card, etc you'll need to talk to our department head about that. The system administrators can't just buy you a bigger hard drive because you want one.

We have a standard set up software that we install on PC's. This includes Netscape Communicator, Microsoft Word, Norton AntiVirus, Winzip, an X-server, an ftp program, and a telnet program. Maple, Derive and Lotus SmartSuite can also be installed upon request. Mathematica and SAS are licensed through CIS and each department pays a licensing fee for their use. Due to the licensing cost these programs cannot be installed on individual office PC's. Just because a program is installed on the PC in your office does not mean that the department supports it. Individuals are free to install whatever they chose on their PC's. If you find, for example, a copy of Word Perfect on your PC and use it to write a paper you may have problems printing, viewing those files on other PC's, etc as that software is not supported by the department.

Misc

Computer problems should be directed to the departmental tech people. They can be reached by sending mail to sysmgr@math.okstate.edu. Currently Raven in MS420 is the System Administrator and Dave in MS502d is our PC expert.

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This page was last updated on January 4, 2000. Questions, suggestions, and general grumpings should be sent to webmaster@math.okstate.edu.