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 CustomizingX-Windows for more information.
If you are on a Silicon Graphics workstation, then you will also be presented with a number of windows. In order to bring a window into focus on the SGI's, you need to move the mouse pointer over that window.