How to login to UNIX at DCU

If your machine is in Windows, reboot it (Start - Shut Down - Restart).
As the machine starts up, you should see a choice of Windows or Solaris (the version of UNIX we will be using). Select Solaris.
If there is no option to pick Solaris, your machine must only have Windows installed. Find a machine that has dual-boot Windows and Solaris (ask at the helpdesk if necessary).

As Solaris starts, it may ask you what disk to mount or something. Do nothing. Just wait for it to start.

At the Solaris/UNIX login screen, you can select one of two Windowed environments - Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and OpenWindows. CDE is probably easiest to use.

Enter userid and password and you're in.

Solaris online help

• In UNIX, type "man" at the command line.
• "man -k (topic)" may give a list of commands related to a particular topic.

• In CDE:
  • Help pop-up menu above the Help Icon
    (note in particular 'Desktop Introduction' and 'AnswerBook')
• In OpenWindows:
  • Right-click on background - Help
    (note in particular 'Introducing Your Desktop' and 'More Handbooks')
  • Right-click on background - Programs - AnswerBook

• OpenWindows help

DCU-specific

• CA
  • CA support pages
    • Win software installed
• DCU
  • CSD

• redbrick
  • helpdesk wiki
  • Reference

To change your password

On the command line, type:

passwd loginid.ca2

passwd $user

To Exit

• In CDE:
  • Click the [EXIT] button.
• In OpenWindows:
  • Right-click on the background and select Exit.

To reboot from UNIX

Exit first to go back to the UNIX login screen.
Enter userid "reboot", password - just hit Return.

This may also work from the command-line:

$ shutdown -reboot