Computer Accounts

This document summarizes ECF's policy on computer accounts, how they are provided and how they are to be used by students and staff.   

Undergraduate Students
Every undergraduate student is entitled to an ECF UNIX/WINDOWS computer account.  Undergraduate students will keep these accounts until they leave the Faculty.  All undergraduate accounts are created using information from the Registrar's office

Graduate Students
All graduate students are entitled to a resource-limited UNIX account for email, web browsing and internet access. The account will not have access to WINDOWS-based ECF machines and will be limited in cpu time and disk space. Graduate student accounts are not created automatically.

Course or T.A. Accounts
Graduate students taking or tutoring courses that require the use of ECF will have access to full resource accounts for the period of the course. Instructors must apply for 'course' accounts on behalf of the students enrolled in their course. Instructors may do this by emailing Phil Poulos at phil@ecf.utoronto.ca with the following information:

• course name and number
• resources required (UNIX or WINDOWS, software, etc.)
  
• full name and student number of every student requiring a 'course' account

Grad course/TA accounts are terminated when the course ends, usually at end of term.

Grad students can determine their login name and initial password by logging in as "account" on any ECF UNIX lab workstation.

Research Accounts
Graduate students requiring the use of ECF for their research may obtain a 'research' account. These accounts will cost $1200/year, payable when the account is created at the beginning of each year (e.g. September 1), or $100/month for accounts required for less than one year. Accounts closed before year-end will receive a refund for unused months at the rate of $100/month. 'Research' accounts will be allotted a reasonable amount of disk space and cpu time, access to available software, tape backups, etc. Users of these accounts must accept that there may be times when resources are unavailable for service, upgrading, or in use for course testing. Refunds will not be given for these periods of unavailability. ECF-WINDOWS 'research' accounts are separate from ECF-UNIX 'research' accounts and cost $1200/year each. Applications for research accounts may be obtained from the ECF office.

For a copy of the research application select the Microsoft Word attachment. 
 

Faculty Members
Every professor is entitled to a 'prof' account for email and teaching purposes. To set up a 'prof' account, professors are asked to go in person to the ECF Office EA212. This teaching account may be used for email exchange with students, testing software for a course, etc. ECF also supplies a shared disk space area for each course. This space can be used by the professor to hold files that the students need for their assignments and projects. This shared space exists outside the 'prof' account so that professors never have to leave their account open for student access. Professors wishing to use ECF for research purposes are asked to obtain a 'research' account (see above). 
  
  
Administrative Staff
Administrative Staff are entitled to an 'admin' account for email purposes at no charge. The 'admin' account does not have access to WINDOWS-based ECF machines and will have very limited disk space as it is assumed that all email will be downloaded to their local office personal computer.

Office of the Registrar

Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
35 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A4 Canada

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