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RSAA Local User Guide

RSAA operates a network of computers at Mount Stromlo Observatory and also at Siding Spring Observatory. We support a variety of hardware and software as well as producing software for astronomers to use at our telescopes.

General Information

Computer section & how to get help from sysman or handyman

Computing news

Safety

Accounts

Email

User accounts

Hardware

Data backups

Mounting a USB stick on the Sunray

Personal laptops & desktops

Printing

Security of personal laptops & desktops

Tapes and CDs/DVDs

UNIX disk space

Which machines to run on

Internet/Networking/Phones

Connecting to the RSAA from outside

Connecting to the RSAA using a VPN client

Mounting RSAA disks on a personal laptop or desktop

Accessing Journals from outside RSAA/ANU

Network traffic FAQ & usage guidelines

Phones, teleconferencing & video conferencing

Transferring data to or from RSAA (sftp, scp, and the RSAA public ftp server, etc)

Creating a Personal Web-page

Software

Calendar

Compiling programs

Software overview (Nearly done)

StarOffice - Office for Solaris

UNIX commands & shell customizations

Miscellaneous

Accessing journals off-site

Library

Purchasing

Student wiki