Ethical Guidelines
All users must follow the Institute's
ethical guidelines.
In particular, passwords must NOT be shared with anyone! Every individual
with access to the facility should have his/her own user account and
password.
Privacy
The default file permissions for the new user is read/write/execute by the
user and read/execute by the user's group. A principal investigator has the
right to access data and files in his/her research group. In the event that
the P.I. has difficulty doing this, he or she may contact the Research
Programs Administrator or the Head of Technical Support.
Technical support staff do not read a user's email or files or alter them without the user's permission except in cases of emergency and only within the scope of administrative responsibilities.
Background Jobs
All background jobs must be submitted through either PBS or DQS.
Jobs submitted through the queuing are
suspended when someone is actively using the console. The technical
support staff reserves the right to kill any background job not
submitted through the queuing systems which adversely affects a user at the console.
There will be limits on amounts of memory and the number of CPU hours
permitted. See our
queue configuration for more information.
The console user has highest priority. If a remote access causes problems for the console user, the Institute staff will ask the researcher connecting remotely to cease the disruptive activitie. In the worst case, the Institute staff will kill processes of remote users.
Disk Quota
Each user is allocated a limited amount of home
directory space (currently 500 MB). Home directories are backed
up nightly.
Temporary Disk Space
The local disk space in /usr/tmp shouldn't be used as temporary
storage. It will be cleared regularly. For term temporary space,
/scratch is available . Any file older than and unchanged for 14
days will be deleted. The technical support staff will work with users to
accommodate longer term, large disk requirements as resources
permit. Temporary disk space (/usr/tmp and /scratch) are
NEVER backed up by technical support staff.
Unattended Workstations
Users must log out of the console whenever they leave the workstation for
more than a few minutes.
Reserving Workstations
Some machines may be reserved for 2 hour periods. For
example, a researcher who wants to work with a visitor may want to
reserve a machine to guarantee access at a certain time. This is only
on a case-by-case basis. For example, a user may not reserve a
particular workstation every day between 2:00-4:00 pm.
This information is available in alternative formats upon request by individuals with disabilities. Please send email to alt-format@msi.umn.edu or call 612-624-0528. |
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