• Student accounts are created for the sole purpose of allowing students to complete their studies in the Computer Science department. Accounts are created from the official course rosters only.
• Accounts are terminated within 60 days of the graduation of a student or, in the case of a class account, at the end of the semester. The accounts, systems and data are the property of Computer Science department and you are allowed use of the systems for the purpose of your studies only. As a rule we do the most possible to avoid compromising users' privacy but we do NOT guarantee privacy of any data or activities on our systems.
• Students are assigned a fixed quota and are responsible to manage their own space.
• Student accounts are assigned to one user who is fully responsible for the activities of that account. You are NOT to share your account or password with ANYONE. Your account will be disabled if this activity is detected.
• We do attempt to crack your password during the year and if we are able to do so, the account will be disabled and you will have to present yourself (with id and in person) to get the account reactivated. We do not conduct account reactivation over the phone or via email.
• Your student account is not intended to be used to break into other accounts, our systems or other systems on the internet. Activity which denies services to our systems or other systems on the internet are not allowed, this includes disconnecting the power from one of the Translab PCs. Your account will be disabled if such activity is detected. You are not allowed, by default, to view/edit/delete/modify/copy/move/rename other users files without their permission, or attempt to crack or capture other users accounts or passwords by any means. Promiscuous file permissions do not imply tacit permission to view/edit/delete/modify/copy/move/rename other users files.
• You are not allowed to connect your own PCs to the Translab network, to disconnect the monitor from a PC in the lab to connect it to your own machine, or to disconnect the power from a PC in the lab to connect your own equipment. Your account will be disabled
• Your account is not to be used to harass other users, persons, groups, or organizations on the internet. Improper use of your account will result in the loss of the account and possible notification to authorities.
• All course TAs are provided access to the TA account for the course(s) they are involved with. All TA accounts are restricted to the machines in room 2110, the room where they should be holding office hours. Course TAs are PROHIBITED from using student course accounts for their personal use.
• No changes will be made to server software configurations during the course of the semester.

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