This page is a collection of information that someone starting new with e907 might want. Since I am new, I have tried to remember all of the steps I needed to learn to get started and put them here. This is in no way a complete list, just some handy information. Please feel free to add/edit this page. (To keep the style the same, this page is an edited version of the main E907 web page.)
My notes for registering my laptop are here. This is actually a rather
simple
process with two steps. The first step is to get a FNAL
visitors ID, and then
you can get a computer account. The details
are in the following email
that was forwarded to me. All I can say is that the process worked
just as
stated in this email, and was quite painless. It only took
me a few days. Unless you are one of those strange people who
actually
likes vi, you might find yourself asking the question in
the title of this
section. I logged into one of the computers that
the FNAL people sent me in my
welcome e-mail
(fsgi01,fsgi03,fsui02,fsui03), typed pico, and I got nothing.
Then I
tried emacs, nothing. It appears that FNAL has their software setup
so
one has to "setup" each package that one wants to
use. I don't
completely understand it yet, but if you just want an
editor type "setup
name_of_editor". For example if you
want emacs, type "setup
emacs", or in my case "setup
pine" for pico. They also have
nedit that looks
interesting. There is a way to set this up in your .cshrc
file, but
I haven't taken the time yet to figure it out. OK, now you can log in and edit stuff. Maybe
you want to
get at the web pages to post some work, or add to this
page. The web directory
is located on afs in the directory
/afs/fnal.gov/files/expwww/ppd/physical_experiments/e907/html/ . There
is one
catch, you can't edit these files without one more
permission. You need to be
added to the afs group e907agr. Who do
you ask for this permission? I'm not
sure who is responsible, but I
asked Peter Barns, pdbarnes@llnl.gov, about the
problem, and he sent
an e-mail to Karen Carew carew@fnal.gov. This put me on
the
permission list rather quickly, and here I am mucking with the e907
web
pages.
To register your machine go here.
To check if your machine is registered go here.
Installing Kerberos (i.e., kerberizing your machine)
Getting a Computer Account (also getting FNAL visitor's ID)
Where the #%@#$% is an editor?
How can I
edit the web pages? (So I can make a better Getting Started
page.)
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