How do I create an research systems account for an applicant with no undergraduate account?
To create a new account for someone you must either have a hard copy of the application form signed by both the applicant and their supervisor or have received an online application accompanied by E-Mail confirmation from the supervisor of their approval of the account. Before you create the account you must know several things. You need to know what kind of shell the user want, if one is not specified on the form, the default is /bin/csh. You must also know what filesystem the user’s home directory will be on. Sometimes it will be specified on the form and sometimes it will not be. One way to determine where the user’s account should go is to run the script findFileSystems. This will show you where other students of the given supervisor are stored. Always double check that the filesystem where the home directory is going is backed up daily, by looking here and pay attention to who owns the machines and what their use is described for here. When you have all the info you need execute t
