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Using the VAX
Logging in:
At the Login prompt, type your username, as given (no caps, no spaces).
Press Enter.
At the Password prompt, type your password, precisely as given (or set
by you). Press Enter. (If the Login failed, try again.) If you did it right,
you are now in your account, the screen fills with messages.
Logging out (DON'T FORGET!)
At the VAX prompt $, enter the word lo (for logout).
If you return to the menu, enter the number given for Exit. Close the
window.
see Connecting in the ACC by
modem with a direct connection
Changing your password
At the VAX prompt, type set password. Type your new password,
6-8 letters/numbers, no spaces. Watch for the prompts.
Then you are prompted to enter your password. Type it correctly (you
don't see it on the screen and you can't edit it), then press Enter.
If you did it right, you are now in your account, the screen fills with
messages.
If not, try the process again, without making a mistake. You may need
to ask someone in the Computer Center to reset your password to the password
which was originally assigned.
Communicating online: Who is on VAX?
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$ enter sho user to see list of persons currently logged on
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Phone them -- type <message>; when done, press Ctrl-z, then type
exit:
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$ enter phone to initiate
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$ enter phone, then enter answer to answer the message "x
phoning"
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Finger them -- type a one-line message to someone logged on (if not
logged on, you get a message):
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$ enter send <username> finger to see if user logged on to VAX
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$ enter send <username@node finger to see if user logged on to
Bitnet
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Message (line by line) to a user currently logged on; press Enter on
blank line when done:
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$ enter send <username> to someone on the VAX
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$ enter send <username@node> (8 letters max. for node) to someone
on Bitnet.
More VAX commands at the $ prompt:
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dir shows list of files in your account
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delete followed by a filename & version#, to delete a file
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ed or edit/edt invokes the EDT screen editor
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help shows list of topics to choose from
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help followed by a topic, for information about this command
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show user shows names of users online
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show quota shows space used/available (512 bytes=1 block)
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type or type/page followed by a filename, displays the file's
contents, screen by screen
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send/file <filename> <user> sends a textfile to another user.
Internet:
At the $ prompt, enter lynx. See separate page.
When ready to quit, press q, then Enter.
E-mail:
At the $ prompt, enter mail. See separate
page. When ready to exit, type exit, then Enter.