Host Name (or IP address) hopper.cs.niu.edu

Port 22

Connection type: (x)SSH

Click [Open] to begin session

If logging in from a personal system or from the lab, select [Yes].

login as: your Z-Id

system-id password: password

• Default password for first time logging into the CSCI cluster.
  First time login password is your birth-date in the format :

  NIU.####Mon## where :

  The 1st #### is the 4 digit year of our birth
  Mon is the 1st three characters of you birth month, 1st character in caps
  And the final ## is the 2 digit date of your birth.

  The first attempt to log in to our systems will fail but will trigger the generation of your account and home directory.

  Give the system about 15 seconds to complete this task.

  Re-run the log-in process. The second attempt should work.

• Changing password. If you are new to the CSCI Linux Cluster, you need to select a more secure password.
  A password should contain :
  • alpha, both upper and lower [a-zA-Z]
  • numeric [0-9]
  • and some other punctuation. Most punctuation should work but avoid the back slash \ and space.
  • And at least 8 characters long.

  Suggestions:
  • Use a phrase with hyphen, period, or comma between words. House-boat
  • Substitute zero for the letter o, 1 for i or l. H0use-b0at
  • Or abbreviate a phrase.

    Phrase : It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
    Password : Iwtb0t,1wtw0t
    # This example used Caps for 1st character, zero for both o's, a one for the second i and a comma.

• To change your password,
  Run passwd at the prompt.

  The passwd command will prompt you a second time for the chosen password. If entered correctly, it should accept it.

  Once you are in, you may finger yourself.
  finger z912730
  finger provides information about a user's account and login status, including the actual location of their home directory.

  You may find a slight improvement in performance if you login into the system where your home directory presides.