Student accounts are created for the sole purpose of allowing students to complete their studies in the computer science department. Accounts are created at the direct request of a faculty member of the computer science department.

Accounts are terminated within 60 days of the graduation of a student or, in the case of a class account, at the end of the semester. If you need email access after graduation (for job hunting reasons) YOU must make arrangements to do so. Email root to make such arrangements. The accounts, systems and data are the property of computer science department and you are allowed use of the systems for the purpose of your studies only. As a rule we do the most possible to avoid compromising users' privacy but we do NOT guarantee privacy of any data or activities on our systems.

Students are assigned a fixed quota and are responsible to manage their own space (read the man page on quota, tar and compress). If a student requires extra space for a project mail should be sent to the advisor and root to make arrangements.

Student accounts are assigned to ONE user who is fully responsible for the activities of that account. You are NOT to share your account or password with ANYONE. We do attempt to crack your password during the year and if we are able to do so the account will be disabled and you will have to present yourself (with id) in person to get the account reactivated. We do not conduct account reactivation over the phone or via email so don't ask. Read the man pages on passwd and there is much information on the web about proper password choices.

Your student account is not intended to be used to break into other accounts, our systems or other systems on the internet. Activity which denies services to our systems or other systems on the internet are not allowed. Your account will be disabled if such activity is detected. You are not allowed, by default, to view/edit/delete/modify/copy/move/rename other users files without their permission. Promiscuous file permissions do NOT imply tacit permission to view/edit/delete/modify/copy/move/rename other users files.

Finally, your account is NOT to be used to harass other users, persons, groups, or organizations on the internet. Improper use of your account will result in the loss of the account.