This document contains information pertaining only to CS department systems maintained by CRF.
For information about other Columbia computing resources, please refer to the AcIS website at http://www.columbia.edu/acis.

CRFers write and maintain some how-tos that carefully detail how to do some commonly needed tasks. By using these how-tos users can learn how to take care of some things that they previously would have had to contact CRF for. These include things like restoring personal data and installing printers on PCs. As always, contact crf@cs.columbia.edu if you have any problems.

Unix

• Mounting your home directory securely
• Personal file recovery
• Manage UNIX groups
• Procmail and spam filtering howto
• Vacation howto
• Setting up a webpage
• CVS over SSH howto
• SVN over SSH howto
• Securing FTP
• Changing Password
• Proxy Connection to the Columbia Network (MICE)

PC

• Mounting your home directory securely
• Downloading CS department licensed Microsoft software (MSDNAA)
• Downloading Microsoft developer and design tools (Student Verification Required)
• Outlook 2002 IMAP & SMTP setup
• Outlook Express IMAP & SMTP setup
• Using SSH on PCs
• Installing a Networked Printer
• Securing FTP
• Changing Password
• Proxy Connection to the Columbia Network (MICE)

Mac

• Configuring and Running X11 Applications on Mac OS X
• Proxy Connection to the Columbia Network (MICE)

Printing and Scanning

• How to use the copiers in 6th floor CEPSR and 4th floor CSB as network printers
• How to setup your Mac to print to CS Department printers
• How to use the copiers in the CSB copyroom as a scanner

Misc

• Securing Network Services

Please direct problems & comments to
crf@cs.columbia.edu