Policies for Public Access Unix Systems
Individual publicly accessible systems and their functions will be listed first. Policies that apply to all public access systems will follow.
infoserv: General Access Information Server
Menu-driven interface allowing access to email, news, bulletin boards - no command line. No Unix knowledge is required to use this system.
apache: General Access Application Server
Application packages for word processing, mathematics and other modeling packages are available on this server. User written programs should be run on this system as well. This resource is primarily intended for student use.
inca: Special Resource Server
This machine is a limited access system with the same software available as apache. It serves as a development resource and is available to faculty, staff, graduate level research and users enrolled in specific courses. Access can be requested through the TaCS office.
razor: General Access "Beta" Server
This system is available on an "as-is" basis for evaluating new software.
Policies for all Public Access Unix Systems at UTD
These policies are an extension of the 'Policies for Use of Computer Accounts' and have been added to benefit the maximum number of our unix user population.
- IRC -- The University of Texas at Dallas currently does not recognize IRC as being a requirement for the completion of any course work. It will not help nor provide any user with information, source code or binaries needed in order to access IRC. The use of IRC is discouraged in order to allow others to work on their course work. IRC processes may be killed without notification of the owner.
- IRC and BOTS -- Having stated the above policy, the University of Texas at Dallas does not allow nor will it tolerate any IRC robots of any kind to run on its systems. Any IRC bots found to be running may be killed without notification of the owner. Repeated violations of this policy may result in the loss of computing access.
- Resource Limits -- These systems may have limits to the number of processes a user is allowed to run. Processes may also be limited to a maximum amount of CPU time allowed. These limits may differ on each system, depending on that systems charter.
- Sockets Programming -- Sockets programming is strictly prohibited on all general access systems at the University of Texas at Dallas. Any such processes are subject to termination without notice.
