Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

General

General questions, some answers may be platform-specific.

What? Why? How?

Revision control for software development.

Introduction, services, rules and policies.

Viruses, firewalls, logging in, clock syncronization, WLAN.

IPv6 is not yet safe to use.

Backup for laptops and other user administrated computers.

Accounts for guests/visitors for connecting to the wireless networks

E-mail services, UpUnet-S, junk mail, Thunderbird, Mailing lists.

Secure login and file transfer (ssh, scp and sftp).

Using the poster printer (up to A0).

Connecting to printers, print quotas etc.

Emacs shortcuts in Firefox

Access the department's file server shares.

Unix

Unix-related questions (primarily for Solaris and Linux).

Unix accounts [swedish]

Home directory (connecting to, available storage/quota, file protection).
Configuration (bash), logging in

Runaway processes, lack of Matlab licenses

Wich unix computers can I use for logging in with ssh from home?

Tips om små och stora programvaror du har glädje av.

How to produce special characters, like åäö on english keyboards.

Information about Sun Ray workstations.

Windows

Windows-related questions.

How to connect, software to use, virus protection etc.

Logging in, StarOffice

About Windows 7

Mac

About Mac