In order to login to the University of Maine UNIX cluster you need to enter
your logon ID and password. When your account was issued your password
was set to your student or employee ID number, without the dashes.
Enter your logon ID, hit RETURN and then enter your password and hit
RETURN again to logon to the system.
Please note: For security reasons, your password will not appear on the screen as
you type it.
If you make a typing mistake in either your logon
ID or your password, type the backspace key to erase previous characters.
If you get either logon ID or password incorrect, you will be prompted
again for both until you get them correct.
Please remember that UNIX is CASE SENSITIVE. That means you must enter
all characters in the proper case. ALL user accounts are LOWER case
and must be typed in as such. For example, user001 and uSeR001 are NOT the same in UNIX.
If you are on a SUN workstation, after a successful logon, you are
presented with a number of X-terminal windows on your screen. To
enter a command, move the mouse pointer into a window to bring that
window into focus. Before a window is selected, the pointer is
either an arrow or a hollow "X" depending on where it is on the
screen. When a window is put in focus, the pointer looks like
a capital "I" and the text cursor changes from a hollow rectangle
to a solid one. You can customize the X screen as you like and have any number
of programs and windows execute upon login. See the section on Customizing X-Windows for more information.
If you are on a tty terminal you will see a shell prompt.