New User Information

Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta

New User Information handout. (a LaTeX dvi file)

This is the one-page handout that is given to all new users (research systems) when they receive their login account.

Startup Scripts

A standard set of rc files (aka dot-files, as in .login, .cshrc, etc.) is provided to all new users when they receive their account. The master copies are stored in /usr/local/startup.scripts/ and are available for copying from there. Or select the above link.

Introductory Documents

This is a collection of introductory documents about Email, Unix, Network News, and etc, that all users should have a look at. PLEASE READ.

-- (validated Oct 19/95)