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Important: The CS Dept maintains its own network of PCs and Unix machines. These are separate from the general University PCs maintained by the OCCS (Office of Computing and Communications Systems). In this course, you need a CS network account, which is entirely separate from the general University account you get from OCCS.
If you had a CS account in the past (if you took other CS courses, you probably did), it should be reactivated. Try logging in on one of the CS lab PCs (in Dragas 1103G or E&CS 3104)
If you aren't sure if you have had one or have forgotten your login, check with the system staff.
Browse to http://www.cs.odu.edu and click on "Account Creation".
After following the account creation procedure, use the browser to view your ODU email and wait for the authentication message.
After authenticating, you will probably need to finish the steps below on another day.
Log in on one of the Windows PCs
If you have a CS account login, but have forgotten your password, or if your account is not working, contact the system staff.
Read the Section 1 lecture notes for CS252 and do the first assignment ("Logging In").
If you had taken CS252 in a previous semester, do this anyway because things may have changed. But do not actually submit the Logging In assignment.
Follow the instructions here to log in to one of the CS Dept.'s Unix machines.
If you are able to log in, give the command "pwd". It should respond "/home/yourLoginName"
If you see anything else (most likely, just "/"), then there was a problem with your account setup. Contact the system staff.
If all looks OK, then give the command "exit" to log out.
Once you have had your account for at least 24 hours, browse to the Announcements page, click on the link to the Forum. Try to log in to the Forum. If you are unable to do so, click on "Cancel", and follow the instructions on the "Course Log In Failed" page.
If you are still unable to access the Forum, see Problems with Website Registration, below.
Read the Syllabus and other information on the CS250 Policies page.
Browse to CS252, and repeat steps 3 and 4 on that website.
Important: the CS Dept.'s computing facilities are separate from the general University facilities run by the OCCS. OCCS staff at the Technical Support Center in Webb Center cannot, in most cases, help you with account problems on the CS Dept. network.
To contact the CS Dept systems staff:
Use the Help Kiosks in the CS computing labs in Dragas 1103G or in E&CS 3104
Use the online Help Chat at http://chat.cs.odu.edu:8080, or
Send email to root@cs.odu.edu
If you encounter problems when trying to register with either the CS250 or CS252 websites, it's probably not something the CS systems staff can help with, because if you have done the prior steps, we already know you have a working account.
Make sure you have read the instructions and responses on the "Course Log In Failed" page carefully.
Note in particular that you must be registered for the CS course before you can register with its website, and you must have an active CS account before you can register with the course website. Furthermore, there can be a delay of up to 24 hours from when you first register for the course or create your CS account and when that information is available to the website. Until then, you will not be able to register with the website.
Contact the course instructor (cs250@cs.odu.edu) if that does not resolve the problem.
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