Unix
The University of Alabama's central academic computer is a SUN Solaris Enterprise server named bama.ua.edu. Every faculty, staff, and student of the University is eligible to get an account on this machine, which can be used for e-mail, Web publishing, and many other tasks, including programming and statistics. There are also other Unix machines in use on campus, including various Linux flavors.
Campus Unix Information
Join the UA-Unix-Announce mailing list. We send out information regarding Sun and SGI issues related to central support (software). Send email to Help.Desk@ua.edu to get on the list. Previous UA-Unix-Announce e-mail is now archived.
Maintaining Your bama Account
- Change Your Password
- Check Your Disk Usage and Quota
- Relieving Space Problems on Your Account
- Your Account Shell: The "shell" of your account determines how you interact with the computer bama.ua.edu. You must change your shell to use FTP, SSH, or telnet.
Using Your bama Account
- Bama 101: Technical Information
- Web Publishing
- Signing on Using SSH or telnet
- Software on bama.ua.edu
- Printing on bama
- Anonymous FTP
Using Unix