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1. Page 48 Internet Worksheet Network and Computer Resource Acceptable Use Policy QONZACA UNIVERSITY Section 1 Introduction a This policy is established to make users of Gonzaga University s computing resources aware of their privileges and responsibilities b This policy is established to maximize the value of those resources to the university community while permitting maximum freedom of use consistent with law the University s mission statement the Student Handbook the Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual the Faculty Handbook and a productive environment Any use of Gonzaga University computing resources which violates policies contained in these manuals and handbooks also violates this policy nothing in this policy shall contradict existing University policy c Violation of this policy can result in reprimand reduction or loss of computing privileges and or referral to University authorities for disciplinary action Violation of law may result in referral to appropriate authorities d This policy provides general guidelines regarding the use of GUnet Refer to http www gonzaga edu tech aup for specific examples of acceptable and unacceptable uses of GUnet as defined by this policy Section 2 Definitions a GUnet the physical network media and the attached computers and software owned or controlled by the University GUnet includes ZagNet the student network connecting the residence h
2. ES 1 Select Address Book from the Communicator menu 2 Click on Gonzaga University in the Directory list Note If Gonzaga University isn t listed go to the section titled Configuring Netscape Communicator 4 6 to add the directory step 13 3 Enter part of the name of the person you want to search for in the Show names containing field For a more advanced search click on the Search for button Note Students that have requested confidentiality will not appear in the e mail directory If you are on the directory and would like to be removed contact Greg Francis at x6896 or francis gonzaga edu 4 Click on the person you would like to send mail to and click the New Msg button A dash in place of their e mail address indicates the person doesn t have a known e mail address Accessing E Mail from within Netscape Communicator Netscape Communicator contains a module called Messenger This module is the one that is used to read compose and manage your mail In Windows 95 Messenger is actually a separate program called Netscape Messenger This provides Windows 95 users the option to run Netscape Messenger without running Netscape Navigator Communicator s web browser module On the Macintosh Messenger is an integrated part of Netscape Communicator so all of the features are loaded at the same time Whether you are using a Macintosh or Windows 95 you can select Messenger to gain access to your e mail
3. The university support staff will not be able to provide support for other hardware issues or software applications For other software and hardware issues students should call the vendor s support line for assistance Further Information This manual is intended to provide a basic introduction to ZagNet services and applications More extensive information is available in the electronic manuals for the applications and on Barney s web site at http barney gonzaga edu Page 2 ZagNet Support Services Configuring Netscape Communicator 4 6 What is Netscape Communicator 4 6 Netscape Communicator 4 6 is the cornerstone application of the ZagNet suite of software It provides web browsing e mail Usenet news and web page creation capabilities Netscape Communicator s features make it a powerful Internet tool The following four chapters will cover the configuration and use of Netscape Communicator This chapter will go through the configuration the next will discuss web browsing the third will discuss reading Usenet news and the final chapter will discuss reading mail with Communicator POP or IMAP Mail Protocol Gonzaga s student mail server Barney supports two types of mail protocols POP aka POP3 and IMAP The following is a brief description of each protocol When you configure Netscape Communicator you will need to select either POP or IMAP This won t effect how your mail is sent or looks it will only change where it is sto
4. U key If you do not delete the message or move it to another folder it will remain in your INBOX folder To return to the index of mail press I Pressing P will move you to the previous message and N will move you to the next message in your INBOX Creating Using Folders Pine gives you the opportunity to create folders to store your messages in other than the INBOX folder To create a folder press L to list your folders At this point a new screen will appear with the word Mail highlighted Pressing the lt ENTER gt key will list on the folders in your Barney account If you wish to add a new folder press A for Add Pine will ask you the Folder name to add Type in the name for the folder and press lt ENTER gt You will see the name of the new folder added to your expanded folder list Page 22 Using Electronic Mail Pine You may save a message to a folder either while you are reading the message or while you have the message highlighted in the message index In either of these situations press S to save You will then be prompted with a message similar to SAVE to folder in lt Mail gt postmaster Type the name of the folder you wish to save the message in and press lt ENTER gt Your message will be moved to the new folder and marked for deletion in the current folder harney onze edu 5 E You can switch between folders by EU Ex pressing L and t
5. Acceptable Use Policy Using Netscape Communicator for Web Browsing The most difficult part of using Netscape Communicator as a web browser is understanding how the World Wide Web works By understanding the basics of how to access documents on the Web you are well on your way to utilizing the most common features of Communicator Understanding URLs URLs Universal Resource Locators are the addresses of the Web URLs are used to describe the location of web pages on the Internet Using a URL you can locate any web page on the Internet The structure of a URL is fairly simple it consists of a protocol identifier a server address and a web page name For example the URL http www gonzaga edu zagnet index html specifies the hypertext transfer protocol http the www gonzaga edu web server and the web page named zagnet index html zagnet is the path to the file on the www gonzaga edu web server There is typically a default web page on each web site that alleviates the need to specify a web page name unless you want to go to a specific page on that web server For example the URL http www gonzaga edu will automatically load the default web page on the www gonzaga edu server Since a URL is the unique address to a web page to go back to a web page in the future the only thing you have to remember is the URL Communicator will use the URL to locate the web page and reload all of the data for that web page By keeping a list of URLs y
6. Gonzaga but posting to Usenet will increase the likelihood that you will receive spam messages Using Usenet News Page 15 Using Electronic Mail Communicator Electronic mail more commonly referred to as e mail is one of the oldest and most popular uses of the Internet Gonzaga s electronic mail system allows you to communicate with other students faculty and staff on campus and anyone that is connected to the Internet either directly or through an online service such as America Online Electronic mail has historically been the most popular network service at Gonzaga Students are provided a number of e mail clients to choose from The two supported clients are Netscape Communicator and Pine Pine is a text based mail program on Barney accessed using telnet and is described in the section Using Electronic Mail Pine Netscape Communicator is a free graphical client available for both the Macintosh and Windows that also includes a web browser a Usenet client and other capabilities This document will provide some basic information regarding e mail and will also provide information on using Netscape Communicator for e mail Your E Mail Address Everyone at Gonzaga has the option of getting an account on Barney For those that are using these accounts for e mail their e mail address is userid gonzaga edu where userid is your account name For example if my name was Jane Doe and my userid account was jdoe my e mail addr
7. a command line on which to type commands These commands are then executed on the remote server Any files messages etc you see are on the remote server not your computer To disconnect 1 Normally you will type a command to log out On Barney and Grace it s exit and on Libris it is exit Other systems may use different commands such as logout or quit 2 Quit the telnet client Page 26 Using Telnet Using Telnet Clients Included with ZagNet QvtNet Windows The following are instructions for using QvtNet to telnet To open a connection to Barney or Libris Library 1 Launch terminal in Start gt QvtNet 2 Select Open from the File menu to bring up the Open Session window 3 Type barney or foley and then click OK To open a connection to any other remote server 1 Launch terminal in Start gt QvtNet ret Hye cu F adia rap 2 Select Open from the File menu to bring up the Open Session window 3 Type the remote server you want to connect to and click OK NCSA Telnet Macintosh Pee S NCSA Telnet comes preconfigured for accessing Barney and Libris Library and does not require any additional configuration Opening a connection to Barney and Libris are as easy as selecting a menu item To open a connection to Barney or Libris Library Seon Comnection Persuit 1 Launch NCSA Telnet Losi Set iape Sel 2 Select the
8. have logged in you will typically be able to browse files and directories just as you would on your local hard drive Many of the following instructions have little relevance to GUI users since they typically don t need to enter commands directly Some FTP client software for GUI computers e g WinQVT for Windows does require the entering of commands Listing Files and Directories When you are connected to an FTP server you can view a listing of files on that server by entering the command ls or dir This will list all of the files and directories in the current directory If you FTP into Barney the current directory starts as your home directory Here is a typically listing from Is rw r r 1 francis cis 21103 Aug 6 13 28 ANSYS52 drwx 2 francis cis 1024 Aug 12 08 40 Mail drwxr xr x 2 francis cis 1024 May 31 08 17 bin rw r r 1 francis cis 27 May 29 15 11 forward drwxr xr x 2 francis cis 1024 Aug 2 17 56 manpgasc drwxr xr x 10 francis cis 2048 Aug 5 15 39 public html rw r r 1 francis cis 153238 Jul 10 16 27 unx staff lis rw r r 1 francis cis 458473 Jul 10 16 27 unx students lis Those lines that begin with a d indicate directories e g Mail and bin above and those that begin with a are files e g forward above The number near the center of each listing e g 153238 for unx staff lis is the size of the file in bytes Finally the name of the file or directory is at t
9. keyword for Dh Esvet Pee O the topic and then clicking Search Now To subscribe to one of these groups simply click on the group and click Subscribe You may need to try various synonyms for the topic or shortening the search down to just a partial word before you are able to locate an appropriate group DNE amare EE M Breanne sese VE anakaa af aire While there are many thousands of groups there is not one for every topic imaginable so you may not be able to find the topic you are interested in If that s the case you might look for a more general topic newsgroup that would be appropriate for the discussion of the topic you have in mind Unsubscribing from Newgroups If you are no longer interested in reading a particular newsgroup you can easily unsubscribe from it To unsubscribe from a newsgroup simply click on the newsgroup name in the Message Center window and press the Delete key on your keyboard This will remove the newsgroup from your subscription list and delete any information about the newsgroup from your Netscape Communicator configuration Page 14 Using Usenet News Dealing with High Volume Newgroups When you re reading a newsgroup there will often be messages that you don t read This is especially true on high volume groups that can get hundreds of new articles a day To reduce the clutter of a high volume newsgroup you can mark all the articles as read and then onl
10. of the residence halls is on the back of this form The following information is the same for each of the residence halls Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 This is also known as a Class C address DNS Name Server Address 147 222 1 253 Search Domain gonzaga edu Additional Information The following information is used by various Internet applications such as e mail clients Usenet news clients etc SMTP POP Server barney gonzaga edu NNTP News Server news gonzaga edu LDAP Directory Server whitepages gonzaga edu Web Server http barney gonzaga edu This is the web server where student web pages are located The official Gonzaga web server is http www gonzaga edu Internet Worksheet Page 47 ZagNet Information for Residence Halls 147 222 131 254 147 222 132 254 147 222 133 254 147 222 134 254 147 222 135 254 147 222 136 254 147 222 137 254 147 222 138 254 147 222 139 254 147 222 140 254 47 47 Md 47 k 47 1 P 47 xi 47 f 47 NI 147 222 141 xxx 147 222 141 254 25552 55 4 255 0 1475292 2 xxx 147 222 2 254 255 255 255 0 4 4 4 141 4 47 142 4 47 146 4 47 147 4 148 147 222 146 xxx 147 222 146 254 256952255 255 0 Sharp Apt House 147 222 147 xxx 147 222 147 254 2595295 25510 147 222 148 xxx 147 222 148 254 2059552550
11. of Style and Pitsco s Launch to Citing WWW Addresses e Miscellaneous Company Profiles directory information for 125 000 private amp public companies Nobel Prizes and Statistical Abstract of the United States Page 40 Libris Online Library Resource GU Catalog Searching Tips BASIC COMMANDS KEYWORD Use when you are Looking for a particular subject Example gonzaga university Unsure of the exact wording of atitle keyword search Example gone wind AUTHOR OR Use when you are NAME Looking for something BY OR ABOUT a person Example crosby bing or bing crosby Looking for something BY or ABOUT an organization Example central intelligence agency TITLE Use when you are BROWSE Searching the EXACT title of a book journal or magazine Example adventures of huckleberry fin journal of higher education SUBJECT Use when you are BROWSE Searching the EXACT subject heading of a book journal or magazine Example art modern BROWSE Use when you are id Interested in browsing a CALL NUMBER SECTION Example hv1400 Assistance is available from the Foley Library Reference Desk 323 5931 Libris Online Library Resource Page 41 Gonzaga University Computer Labs Fall 1999 Bldg Room Normal Hours 4 Type Software Net 1 Print 3 Restrictions Contact Admin 243 24 Hours Win95 NT MS Office 97 Pro 2 WordPerfect 8 0 Netscape Yes DotMat Lab closed occasionally for classes Vicki Craigen x5552 Mac M
12. remote server from Open Special under the File menu FiarBinarg 1 Enabled Sheer FIF Leg To open a connection to any other remote server inf Select Page Salag 1 Launch NCSA Telnet 2 Select Open Connection from the File menu 3 Type the remote server you want to connect to and click Connect Using Telnet Page 27 Downloading Files using FTP Transferring files to and from Barney or other server is done using the File Transfer Protocol more commonly referred to as FTP Using FTP you can transfer files to and from Barney regardless of whether you are using a PC a Mac a UNIX server halfway around the world or any other type of computer that supports FTP How FTP Works FTP works by having an FTP client log into an FTP server Barney is configured as both an FTP client and server so you can both log into and out of Barney using FTP Personal computers are typically only an FTP client FTP clients can only log into FTP servers no one can log into an FTP client This is done to keep others from logging into a computer without authorization and transferring files to or from that computer FTP servers must be configured with accounts and passwords to ensure sufficient security When logging into an FTP server an FTP client must enter an account and password Many FTP servers are configured with an account called anonymous This account allows a user to login and download files from the server even though t
13. remotely Access is usually text based and requires some knowledge of the system you are telnetting into At Gonzaga Barney Libris and Grace can all be accessed through telnet In order to use the applications on Barney or Grace you must use telnet Barney e mail is available through telnet Pine POP and IMAP both Netscape Communicator Libris can also be accessed through the World Wide Web at http libris gonzaga edu The ZagNet software includes a telnet client for you to use Students with PCs will use QvtNet and Macintosh users will use NCSA Telnet Configuration of the software is different on the two platforms but once you are connected to a server e g Barney the commands are all the same since the commands are being executed on the remote server not the local machine A Typical Telnet Session A telnet session begins by connecting to remote server logging into the server executing commands on the server and then logging out of the server The following is the list of steps required to log into Barney that will work with any telnet client The specific commands required for individual telnet clients are not included To connect 1 Launch the telnet client 2 Opena new session 3 Enter the name of the server you want to connect to e g barney gonzaga edu and begin the session 4 Log into the remote server using an account Barney or Grace or as a guest Libris Once you are connected you will typically have
14. same ordeal themselves Professors can also be a good source of information they should know the current needs of their field and should be able to give you some good pointers You might also try local user groups the people that often attend user group meetings are new computer owners from all walks of life Other sources of information include computer magazines trade journals and the Internet The most important thing to consider when asking others for their recommendations is to back up their information with information from other sources This is especially true when looking at a particular computer vendor You should check on the company s technical support ratings satisfaction ratings whether or not they have toll free technical support etc Purchasing a computer is a major expense and should be evaluated seriously before making purchase Purchasing through Gonzaga University Students are able to purchase some brands of computers through the campus at reduced pricing Apple Macintosh and several brands of PCs are available at educational discounts through Purchasing For more information on purchasing through Gonzaga call Purchasing at 323 5672 Purchasing a Computer Page 45 Software There are thousands of software packages available for both the PC and Macintosh platforms The software that will be most commonly used will be word processors Internet software presentation programs and spreadsheets Much of Gonzaga has standard
15. support screen editing Text Editors on Barney pico vi emacs Page 33 Vi is run by either typing vi or vi filename at the username prompt If no filename is specified vi opens a new document The characters in an empty file are used to indicate empty lines in the file Command and Input Modes Vi operates in two different modes command and input The input mode is used while inserting text into the file Some commands are available in input mode but most are only available in command mode Command mode is used for moving around the file deleting or inserting blocks of text and saving the file In addition command mode can be used to execute shell commands such as Is and more The ESC escape character is used to enter command mode from input mode ESC can also be used within command mode to cancel a command that has been partially entered Input mode is entered by i nserting or a ppending text When entering a command in command mode entering a number before the command will cause the command to repeat that number of times For example entering B scrolls the file back one screen and entering 5 then B would scroll the screen back five screens Note the indicates that the CTRL control is held down while pressing the letter Moving Around Within a File As stated previously one of the greatest strengths of vi is its ability to move around within a text file using a mini
16. the computer for an extended period of time e g two hours or the computer is in an unsecured area Data on local hard drives should be secured either through password protection or physical security e g locked office when the user is not present d Personal accounts are private and should not be shared with others e The use of University resources including GUnet for political gain or exclusive personal gain shall not be permitted Revised 10 29 98 Network and Computer Resource Acceptable Use Policy Page 1 of 2 ff 8 The University may restrict the use of computing and network resources This includes blocking spam messages and deleting user files and mail to conserve disk space on University owned computers Employees students and other authorized users may post electronic documents and images e g web pages for public access provided that those documents conform to policies contained within the documents listed in Section 1 b and United States and international copyright law Section 4 Unacceptable Uses fa b c d fe ff 8 h i tj k Using GUnet for any unlawful activity Sending spam or creating or retransmitting chain e mail messages Sending e mail from another user s account Altering the header of an e mail message to prevent the recipient from determining the actual sender of the e mail Logging into or using any computer account or accessing modifying or creating any fi
17. the user specifically requests that this information be kept confidential Section 6 Agreement a b I understand that access to GUnet is a privilege and not a right I acknowledge that failure to conform to this policy statement may result in revocation of my GUnet account s and or network access Furthermore disciplinary action consistent with University policy may be taken by the appropriate University officers e g Student Life Department Chair supervisor and illegal activities may be referred to the appropriate authorities I understand the above stated conditions for accessing GUnet and the Internet and I agree to abide by these terms and conditions I understand that certain material found on the Internet is offensive to some people and that I access the Internet of my own free will Furthermore I request access to Gonzaga University computing resources and or an account on GUnet Name of user printed Signature of user Date Revised 10 29 98 Network and Computer Resource Acceptable Use Policy Page 1 of 2
18. transfer the files There is no limit to the number of times that the directory and file type can be changed in a single session If desired a file transfer can usually be canceled by pressing Control C Disconnecting from an FTP Server When you have completed transferring files to or from the FTP server you will need to disconnect For command line users this is done using the command quit GUI users will normally have a button or menu option to close the connection For Additional Help When you are connected to an FTP server you can enter the command help for a list of commands Typing help command e g help recv will usually provide some additional information on that specific command While logged into a UNIX server such as Barney you can enter man ftp at the command prompt username on Barney for detailed information on the use of FTP Downloading Files using FTP Page 31 command append local remote ascii binary bye cd remote directory close delete remote file dir remote directory help command lcd local directory Is remote directory open ftp server pwd quit recy remote file send local file size remote file status user user name Page 32 FTP COMMANDS QUICK SUMMARY Available in some FTP clients Used to invoke a command that is normally only available from the command prompt For example ls invokes the Is command on the local computer to list files in the c
19. web page This is just as if you had manually entered the URL in the Open Location dialog box z D NM E Dex AE ATO a Dog tke vast oe eyes peni e o a x These links are not limited to linking to other web pages They can also refer to an e mail address a file to be downloaded an audio or video clip etc These are all special forms of URLs that help make the World Wide Web a rich environment For example the downloads web page on Barney http barney gonzaga edu tech download html is a list of links that will download files from Barney through anonymous FTP if they are clicked on Bookmarks There are millions of web pages on the World Wide Web Among those you will find a number of pages that you return to time and time again Rather than write down the URL and manually enter it each time you want to go to that web page you can create a bookmark for that page A bookmark remembers the URL and the title of the page and stores this information in Communicator s bookmark file All of your bookmarks are available under the Bookmarks menu Page 8 Using the World Wide Web bird Boo keer To add a web page to your bookmarks do the following gulde tere Inr E A Aireses qt Gnnraqa 1 Go to the web page you wish to bookmark Aveta ee i eee iyt Yalinc 2 Select Add Bookmark from the Bookmarks menu Searches Tuck Lie it Eder ae rd MAOUT UNE iby Habere Once you ve added a bookmark to your Bookmarks menu all you need to d
20. E ibi m I z Bora E fimi PraF DUSTHIBUTIQM LIET elements are entered the alias is available Faas Chats for your use Simply enter the alias in the To field of your message composer area You may also easily create a distribution list Each distribution list has a nickname a full name and a list of addresses The addresses may be actual addresses or they may be other nicknames in your address book They may even refer to other distribution lists A distribution list is created the same way as an address for a single person the only difference is that you enter multiple addresses on the Addresses line by separating each address with a comma Printing Your Messages To print an e mail message you must first let Pine know where you would like the message to print Type help printing at the username prompt to find the appropriate command At the Main Menu in Pine type S for Setup Once in Setup choose P for Printer You will then be given three options At this point enter arrow down to the Personally selected print command option and press ENTER When asked Command for custom printer enter the information which you retrieved from the help printing area in Unix This printer will then be used each time you print unless you choose another printer Using Electronic Mail Pine Page 25 Using Telnet Telnet is a method of logging into a server and accessing those server s resources
21. Messenger from the Communicator menu 2 If you check mail manually click FH Netscape Folder Inbox TE ma Y m E the Get Msg button to 1S Nj ua b we Y d KF g d nload our new mail i Get Msg New Ye Reply Forward File Next Print Security Delete Stop OW y p Inbox Y 29 messages 22 unread 66 EN GU Fwd Parking permit sales Jeff Hart Wed 5 37 PM 3 Double click on Inbox to open i New Packages on the HP UX hpux csc liv ac uk wed 9 07 PM your Inbox Eh GU Final BRRP Bulletin Mark Alfino Thu 7 53 AM Eh Establishing a PPP Account Ben Voight Thu 9 15 AM ui Delivery failure notification David H Calhoun Thu 3 06 PM Li 02 and opt Th Ketch 4 Thu 3 16 PM 4 Click on the message that you EE Subject Establishing a PPP Account n r Th xt of th Date Thu 13 Aug 1998 09 15 02 0700 wa t to ead x te t t e From Ben Voight chenviQdocent com gt message will appear below To Og e RR eS lie I hope that your summer is going well Next semester I m going to be living off campus but I would like to still browse the web using a GUI 5 O ve read the message LE ETC EPA M ES E EC ERR C REA uy nce you vell I would like to do this as well you can delete it by clicking on So if it is possible I would love to have a ppp account Could you set me up with one Also I m using a Macintosh as opposed to an IBM do you know the Delete icon at the t
22. PC or Mac using an FTP application For more information on FTP see the document Transferring Files To and From Barney FTP This document is also available in the ZagNet Manual Page 24 Using Electronic Mail Pine Using the Pine Address Book Pine s address book allows you to keep a list of addresses you send mail to so you do not have to remember addresses that are often complex Each entry in the address book has three required fields which are Nickname A short easy to remember label to identify the entry This is what you type in as you are addressing the message in the composer If there is a matching entry in your address book s Pine will extract the corresponding FullName and Address fields to generate the actual address for your message Fullname A longer field where you can put the full name of the person or organization Whatever you put as the name here will appear on the message when it is finally delivered Address The actual e mail address es wanna hpo imti cheer br nil To add an alias to your address book ry leer at qoran udi siiis ay corona asa gi LII En gore me arka E EE MEAE A an cric 7 T press M to go to the main menu and then A to update your address book Press the key to add an alias to the address han on Hog geram ls m tii book You will be prompted for the three z emi Blacimgion Liat TERELL L ISTE RU S OU required elements above Once these lag vig icio
23. Posesere d Click OK to add the directory At this point you have configured Netscape Communicator 4 6 to read and send electronic mail access Gonzaga s Usenet news server and to be able to query Gonzaga s directory service to lookup e mail addresses for people at Gonzaga To learn how to use these services go to the appropriate chapters in this manual or use Netscape Communicator s help system Modifying User Settings after a Profile has been Created The profile creator is a quick and easy way to configure the most common settings within Netscape Communicator There may be times however when you want to change your user settings or modify some of the settings that weren t set up by the profile creator For example you may want Netscape Communicator to automatically search the Gonzaga White Pages for the correct e mail address of a user whenever you enter an gonzaga edu address in the To field Preferences for Greg Francis Category ry Appearance Addressing Settings for addressing messages Fonts Colors Pinpoint Addressing wy Navigator Look for addresses in the following Languages Applications Mw Address books Smart Browsing irectory server T Mal Never Sr of a new message This and many other Rees Servers se le heii las features are available in the Netscape Viv Sets M ore poy ne men ar aes bt EA S S ED tar i C Use the address and do not sea
24. S Office 4 2 2 WordPerfect 3 5 Netscape Laser Admin 134 TBA WinNT MS Office 97 Pro 2 WordPerfect 8 Netscape Yes Laser Lab hours dependent upon tutor availability Donna Campbell x6676 Mac WordPerfect 3 0 Admin 425 TBA Mac MS Office 98 2 ClarisWorks Desktop Publishing Yes DotMat Communication Arts students only John Caputo x6656 Laser Comm Arts students have 24 hr access Foley ISM M Th 8a 8p Win95 MS Office 95 Pro 2 Netscape Yes DotMat Open during library hours Matt Wood x3861 F 8a 5p Sat 10a 4p Mac MS Office 2 WordPerfect Netscape Laser Sun 1p 5p Herak 220 TBA Various Dynamic configuration to meet class needs Yes Laser Access limited to certain classes Brett Hendricks x3910 Herak 223 TBA WinNT MS Office 97 2 Netscape Visual Studio 6 0 Yes DotMat Lab hours dependent upon workstudy avail Brett Hendricks x3910 InkJet Must have a lab account Herak 103 104 M F 7 30a 10p WinNT MS Office 2000 AutoCAD Adobe Photoshop Yes Laser Engineering students only Jim Witten x5709 Netscape MS Explorer Engineering Software Color Engineering students have 24 hr access Hughes 137 M F 8a 5p Mac Biology software Yes Laser Biology classes and students only Sherry Woods x6626 Jepson 07 M F 9a 5p Win95 MS Office Pro 2 Netscape Yes DotMat Lab closed occasionally for lectures Bob Toshack x3407 Win3 1 MS Office 2 MS Project Netscape Laser Paradox 5 WordPerfect 5 1 DOS Color WordPerfect 5 2 Win3 1 Music Office hours Mac Clar
25. UE LT E Pee t a u ire ana 4T te eode lr cetera Note If you aren t currently subscribed to any newsgroups see Subscribing to Newsgroups Communicator will open a new window for the newsgroup you double clicked on The window will be divided into two panes the top pane will list all the articles in the newsgroup and the bottom pane will show the text of the currently selected article Unread articles will be bold text and previously read articles will be plain text Page 12 Using Usenet News 5 To read an article click on the article subject B Re Ethernet over household AC comp sys mac comm Netscape Discussion File Edi View Go Message Communicator Help D y Gd bow T c F amp F B EH GetMsg NewMsg Reply Forward File Next Print Security Mark Stop Ex comp sys mac comm sj Note Articles with the same title are grouped into a thread to make it easier to follow the Total messages 163 Unread messages 160 3 t2 Re Wireless Ethernet for SOHO Pete Lucas discussion Threads are F s Re DCE Speed Display Utility 4 numari my dejanew Tue 9 42 4 Re Ethernet over household AC Darryl Lee Tue 10 45 indic ated by a plus sign f Re Ethernet over household AC Daryl Lee Tue 16 41 A t Re Ethernet over household amp John Lundgren Tue 13 09 PC ora triangle Mac t Re Ethernet over househol 4 Travis Hay
26. Windows 95 have the additional option of opening Netscape Messenger from the Start menu this takes you right into your Inbox Using Electronic Mail Communicator Page 17 Checking and Reading Mail in Netscape Communicator POP3 When using POP3 your mail must be downloaded from Barney to your local computer before it can be read Once it is on your local computer it can be read replied to filed and or deleted All mail folders are stored on your local hard drive All new mail is downloaded from Barney into your Inbox folder You can either have Netscape Communicator check mail for you automatically or you can force it to check for mail by selecting Get New Messages from the File menu Netscape Communicator must be running on your computer in order for it to automatically download mail For setting up automatic checking of mail see the section titled Configuring Netscape Communicator earlier in this manual If you have new mail on Barney Netscape Communicator will download all of the mail to your local computer If the messages are long or Dii Mes Fig Ms Fai un brcapa a Girerse Cente for iry raak contain file attachments this may take a few ig eet moments When you receive new mail the treet Pera Unread column for your Inbox folder in the 3 a Message Center window will indicate that you Reid have unread messages 2g esi re ST rere garcia To read the mail in your Inbox do the following Sees ese esee 1 Select
27. ZagNet User s Manual The Definitive Guide to Gonzaga s Student Network 1999 2000 Edition Produced by Information Technology Services Copyright 1997 1999 Gonzaga University Table of Contents Introduction and Welcome ei eiie quete ier cep rici ep ie nian Ale 1 Zag N t Support ServICBsai ge etis te ee utes E E T aA a E none delser 2 Configuring Netscape Communicator 4 6 esses enne 3 Using the World Wide Web editore o Beetle fatis tuse tu cen eens 7 Using Usenet News incinta i EU EIUS ene nerne en eet testes 11 Using Electronic Mail Communicator eeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeeee rennen enne enne 16 Using Electronic Mai PINE easier date ed Iu utei cda ud ut 21 USE Telnet ac i eu ero eset isa od quee See E 26 Downloading Files using FIP iustitie e mea eU Ie en SU naa rarere EN Re e Ue s Ua 28 Text Editors on Barney pico vi eds seo cene sue Ieri tos in aa eo aei e Eat sec ee dete ciecandenss 33 Student Web Pages on Bariey ioco e eee dtd E ice pend o R eel ees 37 Libris Online Library Resource accel edi id le ae ede ada deus 39 Computer Lab Informations udo Rosetta rea Rede rars ETE reste ivi repe t tois unen eie Ud 42 UNIX Quick Referencer sase eo Ste en tete etie ee ot bee 43 Purchasing a Computer exe nace tecadis Seat gaged ote nd etob ie sie eats etd ect cedes 45 Internet WOPESBEet uere Giusto quss ecd tq sia seta aa esti ostobe idera 47 Appendices Appendix A Acceptable Use Pol
28. agNet you must have an Ethernet card Gonzaga will support only SMC PC and Apple or Asant Mac 10BaseT Ethernet cards If you are not planning to connect to ZagNet or other network then an Ethernet card is not necessary Page 46 Purchasing a Computer Internet Worksheet Introduction Every computer connected to ZagNet requires certain address information that will uniquely identify it to the network and will allow it to communicate with other computers on the Gonzaga campus and the Internet The following worksheet will determine the values for your computer Basic Configuration Information The following information is required in order for your Internet connection to work properly IP Address 147 222 P e g 147 222 131 125 The IP address is the unique identifier for your computer It is a series of four numbers separated by periods The periods are required whenever using an IP address All IP addresses on campus begin with 147 222 For residence halls the third number specifies the residence hall see back of this form and the fourth number is the specific port number in the residence hall The port number is written on the wall jack where you connect the network cable Router Gateway Address 147 222 254 e g 147 222 131 254 The router gateway address is unique for each residence hall Only the third number of the four is different depending upon the residence hall The router gateway addresses for each
29. alls to the campus network b Internet the global computer network composed of millions of computers and thousands of networks c Logged on connected to a service with a non public user identification e g personal account d Resource any computing device peripheral software or related consumable e g paper disk space central processor time network bandwidth owned or controlled by the University e Service any software that makes a computer s files or other locally stored information available for use by another computer or facilitates the transfer of data between two remote computers Services include but are not limited to web file and e mail server software f Spam unsolicited mass e mail for the purpose of advertising a service personal gain or other inappropriate use Section 3 General Usage Statement fa Network and computing resources at the University are provided primarily to support the mission of the University Users may occasionally use GUnet for personal needs as long as such use is consonant with established University policy and does not inhibit academic or administrative use of GUnet b The University cannot provide and will not be responsible for software kept on personally owned computers nor are they responsible for the installation repair maintenance or upgrade of personally owned hardware c Users should not leave a computer logged on if the user will be away from
30. and other allied health professionals Compendex Engineering Index Major index to engineering periodicals conference proceedings and related materials Ebscohost Abstracts and indexing for over 3 200 scholarly journals covering the social sciences humanities education and more Also offers full text for over 1 000 journals with many dating back to 1990 Includes coverage of over 1 700 peer reviewed journals ERIC 1966 to Present Index to journal articles and unpublished documents in the field of education Find Law A searchable directory of Internet legal resources Legal Resources Index Indexes approximately 806 legal publications Sources include all major law reviews seven U S legal newspapers law specialty publications and bar association journals ProQuest Direct Provides access to summaries of articles from over 5 000 publications including newspapers Many articles also appear in full text full image format Available on the GU campus network PubMed Access to Medline the most comprehensive index to the world s medical literature and additional biomedical information resources Sociofile Collection of citations and abstracts reflecting the world s periodical literature in sociology and related disciplines Libris Online Library Resource Page 39 SIRS Researcher General reference database with thousands of full text articles covering social scientific historic economic political and global issue
31. be configured to carry a select number of the newsgroups or all of the newsgroups These news servers periodically connect with one another to pass along any new articles that were created on its server or that were passed to it by another news server Because of this distributed architecture an article posted on Usenet may take several days to be distributed to all of the news servers that carry the newsgroup where the article was posted Barney is Gonzaga s news server and carries only a portion of the total newsgroups on Usenet At present this is more than 8000 newsgroups these newsgroups include the majority of the most commonly used newsgroups There are more then 24 000 other newsgroups that are either regional for companies or for a very specific group Requests for adding a newsgroup that Gonzaga doesn t carry can be sent to Greg Francis at francis gonzaga edu As an example the Seattle newsgroups were added at the request of someone from the Seattle area Newsgroups designated for the posting of files will not be carried because of the excessive disk space required to store the files What is a Newsgroup A newsgroup is a discussion area on Usenet that was created for the posting of a specific topic Topics can be anything examples include artificial intelligence Friends politics and skydiving Many of these newsgroups are purely for entertainment while others can yield valuable information for research projects One thing to
32. but doesn t delete it from the server IMAP also allows you to utilize mail folders on the server for filing messages These folders are compatible with Pine so that all of your mail is available not only from Communicator but from Pine as well This is advantageous if you want to be able to read and file mail from other computers on campus besides your own The disadvantage of IMAP is that it is slightly slower Configuring Netscape Communicator 4 6 Page 3 than POP because it must retrieve messages from the mail server rather than from your local hard drive POP is recommended for those users that are going to primarily read their e mail from one computer It is also recommended for those users that have older computers IMAP is recommended for those users that want full access to their e mail regardless of the computer they are using More information on IMAP and POP can be found at http www imap org Configuring Netscape Communicator The configuration for Netscape Communicator is easiest when creating a new user profile This is done automatically when Netscape Communicator is launched for the first time After the initial profile is created new profiles can be created by running the User Profile Manager application that comes with Netscape Communicator You can modify the settings for the active profile by selecting Preferences from the Edit menu The information you will be entering includes your e mail address and name vari
33. char R text ESC s text ESC S text ESC Line Character Movement Move backward one character Move down one line in same column Move up one line in the same column Move one right one character Move to first real character in previous line Move to first real character in current line Move to first real character in the next line Move to the end of the current line Move to the first character of the current line Goto line number if entered or end of file Movement by Search Search forward for text following Search backward for text following Changing Text Replace current character with character Replace current character s with text Substitute current character with text Substitute entire line with text cw text ESC Change current word to text C text ESC J nyy as ce Change rest of current line to text Join next line s to end of current line Copying and Placing Text Yank cut n lines and place in buffer Put yanked text after cursor Put yanked text before cursor Undo Undo last command Restore current line to original state Quitting and Resetting vi Quit must save first Quit without saving changes Re edit current file discarding unsaved changes Inserting commands will remain in insert mode until the ESC key is pressed Page 36 Text Editors on Barney pico vi emacs Student Web Pages on Barney Introduction The academic server Barney is available for hosting student created web
34. e are many programs that can create HTML documents including Netscape Navigator 3 0 Gold Netscape Communicator 4 0 Claris Home Page Microsoft Office 97 and earlier versions with free plug ins from Microsoft and dozens of other programs Since HTML documents are simply text documents with special tags to provide formatting information they can also be created using text editors and word processors These include text editors on Barney such as pico vi and emacs How you create the documents is arbitrary and depends on your preferences The web server on Barney doesn t care which program created the web page as long as it is in the correct format There are dozens of books on creating web pages and many excellent tutorials and resources on the Internet A number of classes at Gonzaga also teach web page development Page 38 Student Web Pages on Barney a d i LI Lm e Cc 7 me 7 Joni ne Library Resource GONZAGA UNIVERSITY These options and more are available through LIBRIS http libris gonzaga edu GONZAGA LIBRARY CATALOG Searches for books media state and federal documents and titles of magazines and journals held in the Foley Library ARTICLE INDEXES DATABASES ATLA Comprehensive index to periodicals book reviews scholarly essays conference proceedings and books on religion and related fields CINAHL Comprehensive amp authoritative index to current published literature in English for nurses
35. e penses Fil Instant Message E Internet C4 Lookup C4 NewkCool the Internet for e mail addresses and add them to their databases similar to how web onzaga Universit G p J search engines build their databases ail Directory If you are looking for the e mail address of E Mail Fe eaaet aer inen a ic md a specific person you can see if the ius the first and or last name of the person for whom you are ocatlons searching select a group and then click Scarch Leaving a company they work at or the school they un i field blank will match all entries in that field attend has an online directory like m Gonzaga s You can also search one of the inwneisidsess Finder aime 1 ast Name Wood national e mail directories for their name a Group C All C Student Faculty Staff Search Yahoo White Pages and e mail address or you can even search one of the web search engines like Alta Vista or Yahoo for their name cinis For More on Netscape Communicator Netscape Communicator has many features that cannot be covered here For information on these features use Communicator s built in help system To access help use the Help menu inside of Communicator Enjoy the Web Page 10 Using the World Wide Web Using Usenet News What is Usenet Usenet is a network of thousands of servers on the Internet that distribute thousands of discussion groups called newsgroups Each server can
36. en lines of a file head file To display the first n number of lines of a file head n file jobs Displays active jobs and their corresponding job numbers jobs To start a job in the background job amp To retum a job to the foreground fg 9ojobnumber To send a running job to the background lt Control gt z bg Page 43 kill Terminates a process by its process identification number pid kill pid Strongest form of kill kill 9 pid P rint a file to the default printer lp file To printa job to a specific printer lp d printername file Is Lists the files and subdirectories in the current directory Is Itad filter Lists long format same as II t Lists sorted by modification time a Lists all files including files beginning with a dot d Suppresses the listing of the contents of a subdirectory lynx Runs the text based web browser lynx url mailid Shows accounts with keyword in the user s e mail address mailid keyword man Display the manual page for the specified command man command mesg Deny or allow access for other users to write to your account mesg y Allow users to write to your account mesg n Deny users ability to write to your account mkdir Creates a new directory within the current directory mkdir directory more Displays the contents of a file one screen ata time more file Use lt spacebar gt to scroll forward and q to quit mv Moves a file or directory to a differen
37. es Thu 15 18 4 Re Ethernet over household AC John Lundgren Tue 13 05 A thread can be expanded 5 Re Ethernet over household AC Henry Houh Wed 15 01 E x 4 Are standard Apple Mac fonts availa Castle Tue 11 09 zi or contracted by simply clicking on the References 1 PA appropriate symbol PS Henry Houh lt hhh dill les mit edu gt writes Hide Ethernet over household AC Comp dcom lans misc 6 To reply or post a gt I don t know if this is true but it sounds good It came from a gt friend who worked with someone who was looking into using home response to the current wiring gt for distributing audio to speakers article click on the Reply button But there are devices that do this i ve seen them in things like the al Document Done SUE s ce sz By default your response will be sent back to the poster of the article via e mail If you want to post back to the newsgroup itself click and hold down the Reply button then select to Discussion from the list Other options for posting are also available Once you ve completed your message article send it by clicking on the Send button 7 Ifyou want to post a new article click on the New Msg button Subscribing to Newgroups Before reading a newsgroup you must subscribe to it so that it will be listed in your Message Center window Subscribing to a newsgroup merely tells Netscape Communicator that you wan
38. ess would be jdoe gonzaga edu Students using other servers would put the server name and domain after the As an example if Jane were on the Grace server in Computer Science her address would be jdoe cps gonzaga edu Most students will use Barney as their e mail server so their address will end with gonzaga edu Locating an E mail Address for Someone at Gonzaga ET Fetsrops earth fer Mad Adi renun of Gontaga Ei It is often desirable to locate another person s 4 4 a E au lt b st n E e mail address to send them mail Gonzaga E re ae er ERR Er has a search engine on the Web and on Barney to look for someone s e mail address based on either their first or last name The web based search is at http barney gonzaga edu email Gonzaga University F ail directory If you telnet into Barney you can type mailid keyword replacing keyword with a portion of the person s name e g mailid jane would list all of the Janes at Gonzaga Page 16 Using Electronic Mail Communicator Gonzaga also has something called the Gonzaga White Pages These white pages can be searched from either Netscape Communicator or from within Pine liprzaga Uraani liprzaga E lipreaga lire ky To search the white pages Moly Wood iecocisiganaga adu liprzaga Li reb Student from within Netscape Hadas hiiri rerai Gereege rao Sudan E Communicator do the 24 aitHTeeril following es
39. f the ZagNet software is available during the first part of the semester at residence hall connection parties and at Connection Central in the Crosby Center For more information on the connection parties contact the Help Desk at x5550 Signing the Acceptable Use Policy and picking up your e mail account can be done at the orientation days at the beginning of school and in ADO16 during the rest of the year between 10 00AM and 11 00AM Extended hours are available the first two weeks of each semester Once you have your network card and ZagNet software installed go through this manual to configure individual programs included with ZagNet These include Netscape Communicator 4 61 QvtNet or NCSA Telnet and Fetch 3 0 If You Need Assistance If you require assistance with connecting to the network or using the included ZagNet software contact the Help Desk at x5550 from 8 00AM to 4 30PM Monday Friday Introduction Page 1 ZagNet Support Services Help Desk Information x5550 As a part of ZagNet Gonzaga University has a technical Help Desk Students faculty and employees are able to call a single telephone number and receive help in solving computer related problems Students who are having problems connecting to ZagNet can call the Help Desk staff who will help them diagnose and solve basic network related problems If the problem can t be quickly resolved and appears to be network related the Help Desk staff will initiate a wo
40. he G command as it will allow you to jump to a specific line anywhere in the file e g 100G jumps to line 100 Entering and Editing Text Vi offers several ways to insert and change text You can insert text beginning at the current character after the current character at beginning or end of the current line or insert a new line above or below the current line You can also replace existing characters blocks of characters and lines Commands are entered in command mode unless stated otherwise Remember many of these commands can be preceded with a number to indicate the number of times or count the command should be performed Inserting Text Changing Text 1 Insert before current character r char Replace current character with character a Insert after current character R text ESC Replace current character s with text I Insert at beginning of current line s text ESC Substitute current character with text A Append to end of current line S text ESC Substitute entire line with text O Insert new line above current line cw text ESC Change current word to text o Insert new line below current C text ESC Change rest of current line to text ESC Return to command mode J Join next line s to end of current line Deleting Text Copying and Placing Text x Delete current character s nyy Yank cut n lines and place in buffer X Delete previous character s p Put yanked text after cursor dw Delete current word s P Put yanked text before cur
41. he far right of the listing e g public html If there are a great deal of files in the current directory you can limit the listing to a select group of files by setting criteria for the Is command For example Is a would list only those files that begin with the lowercase letter a To list files in your local directory i e where you are FTPing from the command will vary depending on which FTP client you are using Common ones include Ils local listing Idir local directory and ls 1 the executes a command on your local computer If none of these work check help while at the FTP gt prompt for a list of available commands Changing to a Different Directory Quite frequently you will want to transfer files to or from a directory that is not the default directory you logged into To change to a different directory you will use the cd command For example to change to the public_html directory in the listing above you would type cd public html Type cd to go to the parent directory of the current directory Another option is to enter an absolute path name such as cd home staff cis francis Following are some examples of changing the current directory Downloading Files using FTP Page 29 cd manpgasc Changes to the manpgasc directory in the current directory ed vs Changes to the parent directory of the current directory cd home staff cis francis Changes to the directory home staff cis francis Once y
42. he server where the account is located For example if a user had an account of horatio on a server known to the Internet as iea com their address would be horatio iea com The user s account does not have to correspond to the user s name Most users at Gonzaga have an Internet address of username gonzaga edu For students the account is usually their first initial followed by the first seven characters of their last name For faculty the first eight characters of their last name are used for their account This will depend upon whether or not there are people with similar names When addressing mail to someone at gonzaga edu only the account name is required Gonzaga provides several ways to look up student and employee e mail addresses User s can search the web at http barney gonzaga edu email type mailid followed by a person s name while at the prompt in Barney or search the Gonzaga White Pages through Pine see below Entering and Exiting Pine To run Pine simply enter the command pine at the username S prompt This will take you directly into the INBOX folder whether or not you have any new mail Using Electronic Mail Pine Page 21 Typing Q from most places in Pine will exit Pine and return you to the username prompt Pressing Z in Pine will temporarily suspend Pine Typing fg at the username prompt will resume a suspended Pine session Th
43. hen lt ENTER gt to get the list of folders then using the arrow keys to select the folder you want to open and then pressing Enter again to open the selected folder Loca faldecs in fail Folders are an excellent way to store e mail messages for later use and are highly recommended for those that want to keep their e mail messages after reading them Sending E Mail To send an e mail message type C to compose You will be prompted for the primary recipient s address To other recipients addresses Cc files to attach Attchmnt and the message subject Subject Any of these may be left blank except the To field After scrolling through the top options with the lt ENTER gt key or the down arrow you will see the cursor resting in the Message Text area It is in this area which you enter your message When you are ready to send the message simply press X Control X to Send You will then be prompted with Send Message At this point you will either type in Y for Yes or N for No N will take you back to the message editing area If you wish to cancel the message without sending it press C for Cancel at the message editing area When the cursor is at the To or Cc field harney qunzaga edu 3 you can search either your address book or EX T xx the Gonzaga White Pages by pressing T After pressing T select whether you want to search your address b
44. hey don t have an account on the FTP server This is commonly used on servers that archive software such as shareware and public domain software and are commonly known as Anonymous FTP Sites Barney allows anonymous logins for downloading software used for ZagNet Once an FTP client has logged into an FTP server the user is able to view file directories download and upload files to the server and even delete files if they have proper authorization Logging into an FTP Server How you log into an FTP server will depend on whether you are using a command line interface such as UNIX or a graphical interface such as Mac or Windows From UNIX e g Barney or other command line interface you would type ftp server name e g ftp barney gonzaga edu to log into the specified server If a successful connection occurs you will be prompted for your username and password If you are connecting with an anonymous FTP site type anonymous for the username and your e mail address as the password If you have entered a valid username and password you will then have a prompt from which to enter commands Graphical FTP Clients Lee C Graphical user interface GUI operating systems such as Mac and Windows normally don t require you to enter commands directly Regardless of the FTP client software you use on a GUI computer ave Page 28 Downloading Files using FTP you must first open a connection and then enter a username and password Once you
45. ing Electronic Mail Communicator Using Electronic Mail Pine General Information Pine is an e mail program located on Barney and is accessible through any telnet application that supports VT100 terminal emulation or better The primary benefit of Pine over other e mail programs is that it is accessible from anywhere on the Internet Whether you are in Spokane Florence or at home if you have Internet access you can get to Pine Pine help is context sensitive In other words each Pine screen you use will have its own help text explaining the choices available for that screen Pressing the key G when composing will display the help screen for the screen you are currently viewing in Pine The bottom two lines of the screen are used to list the commands currently available If there are more commands available than will fit on a screen the O key will page through the list of available commands When composing mail and in a few other places in Pine you have to use control keys Control keys are entered by pressing the lt CTRL gt key and the appropriate letter key at the same time In Pine control key commands are shown as a followed by a letter key For example X would mean that you need to press the lt CTRL gt key and the X key simultaneously Electronic Mail Addresses Each user on the Internet has a unique address This address is composed of the user s account followed by an and then t
46. is is useful for users that often use the unix command line for programming viewing files and other tasks Reading Your E Mail The INBOX message index is the first screen you see when entering Pine This is where any new mail will appear Any mail you have read will remain here until you either file it to another folder or delete it A in the first column of the message index means that the message Lu marked is addressed specifically to you If no REC Es is shown you are not the primary recipient Biz mfi jn doii d of the message The two most common reasons for receiving a message not addressed specifically to you is if the message is from a mailing list you are a member of or if the message was CC d carbon copied to you Choose the message you wish to read by highlighting it using the up or down arrow keys Once the appropriate message is selected press the gt or lt ENTER gt key to view the message To scroll through the message you may use the arrow keys or the key for the previous page and the space bar for next page of a long message While you are either reading the message or while you have the message highlighted in the index you may press R to reply to the message F to forward the message or D to delete the message Messages marked for deletion will not be purged until you exit Pine You may undelete a message that hasn t been purged yet by pressing the
47. isWorks 5 0 Music Composition Yes Laser Music students only Music Office x6733 Rosauer 101 M Th 9a 10p Mac MS Office 97 98 2 ClarisWorks MS Works Yes Laser Educational students have priority Jason Gilman x3660 F 9a 5p Sat 12p 5p Win95 Netscape PageMaker Photoshop educ software Color Sun 2p 10p 1 Net access includes access to the Foley Library Barney and the Internet It may or may not include graphical e g Netscape access 2 MS Office includes Word Excel PowerPoint MS Office Pro also includes Access database software 3 Some computer labs charge for printing to laser or color printers Contact that lab for details 4 Hours of computer labs subject to change Page 42 Rev 8 13 98 UNIX Quick Reference The following are commonly used commands on UNIX systems This include Barney Chaos and the Sun workstations in the Computer Science Lab The commands on Chaos and the Sun workstations may differ slightly from these commands The following format is used for commands Italic indicates a variable that you supply Bold indicates typed exactly as shown alias Creates a temporary name for a UNIX command alias name command To remove an alias unalias name apropos Display a list of man pages containing keyword apropos keyword archie Searches Internet ftp sites for the specified file name archie file cal Display a calendar for the current month cal To display a calendar for the specified year ca
48. ity i e dco Dp eh pe tov beca d eee ales A l Table of Contents Introduction and Welcome Welcome to ZagNet Gonzaga s student network As a user of ZagNet you have high speed access to campus computing resources the Internet electronic mail and the World Wide Web You also have a technical support team to assist you with using ZagNet should you encounter problems ZagNet alleviates the need to use a modem to dial into the library or check your e mail You can now do that from the convenience of your computer without tying up your phoneline What Comes with ZagNet ZagNet is the student network and support system It includes network access to your residence hall software for your computer and technical support staff should you encounter problems It also includes academic resources such as access to the library Encyclopedia Britannica Online and academic software on Barney Gonzaga s academic server You also receive an e mail account that you retain your entire time at Gonzaga a server to place your personal web page on and Usenet a global discussion network consisting of more than 8000 discussion groups Where to Begin There are a couple of steps you should take to prepare to use ZagNet e Purchase and install a network card for your computer Install the ZagNet software on your computer Sign the Acceptable Use Policy e Pickup your e mail account Assistance in installation of the network card and installation o
49. ized on Microsoft Office for word processing Word spreadsheets Excel and presentations PowerPoint If you choose to use a different package try to select one that is able to read documents created by Microsoft Office products Microsoft Office is available in the campus bookstore Typical Configuration for Students The following are typical configurations available in August 1999 They are meant to be used as a baseline for making a purchasing decision These systems will not meet the needs of everyone PC w Windows 95 98 Minimum Recommended Processor Pentium 166 Pentium II 333 Memory 32 MB RAM 64 MB RAM Hard Disk 3 2 GB 6 4 GB CD ROM 20x 24x Monitor 14 SVGA 17 SVGA Modem 28 8 kbps 56 kbps v 90 Sound 16 bit SoundBlaster 16 bit SoundBlaster Network SMC ISA 10BaseT Ethernet SMC PCI 10BaseT Ethernet Macintosh Minimum Recommended Processor PowerPC 603 200 PowerPC G3 266 Memory 16 MB RAM 64 MB RAM Hard Disk 2 0 GB 6 0 GB CD ROM 12x 24x Monitor 15 Color 17 Color Modem 28 8 kbps 56 kbps v 90 Sound Built in Built in Network Apple or Asant 10BaseT Apple or Asant 10BaseT Most consumer computer models come with either a modem or no communication device In order to use ZagNet you will need to purchase a 10BaseT Ethernet card separately see note below Some manufacturers either include an Ethernet card or include it as an option Apple includes Ethernet with all new Macintosh computers To access Z
50. l year cat Displays the contents of a text file cat file cd Changes current directory to a different directory cd directory To change to you home directory cd Directory abbreviations Home directory Current working directory Parent Directory chmod Changes permission status for a file or directory chmod code file To keep a file private default for new files chmod 600 file To give everyone read permission chmod 644 file compress Reduces the size of a file and adds a Z to the file name compress file To restore a compressed file uncompress file Z UNIX Quick Reference cp Makes a copy of a file cp file newfile To copy a file into a different directory cp file directory To inquire before overwriting an existing file cp i file newfile diff Compares two files and compares the differences diff file file2 exit Ends your computer session finger Displays user information at the specified host computer finger userid host For information on people located on Barney finger userid forward To forward your mail to another account forward userid Q host To stop the forwarding of mail forward none ftp Starts the file transfer program with a remote computer ftp address grep Finds lines in a file matching the specified character pattern grep cin pattern file c Lists a count of the lines that matched the pattern i Ignores case n Lists line number for each line head Displays the first t
51. les without the account owner s permission Introducing new services or resources e g personal web server or altering existing services or resources e g registering personal domain name on GUnet without the approval of Information Technology Services Transmitting without authorization information proprietary to the University or information that could be construed as a statement of official University policy position or attitude Distributing information encouraging the patronage of network sites containing material prohibited by policies contained within the documents listed in Section 1 b Wasting resources such as print services disk space and network bandwidth Intercepting network traffic without authorization Using GUnet for any activity that results in degradation of University provided services denies services to other GUnet users or jeopardizes the security or capabilities of GUnet Section 5 Privacy a b Under ordinary and normal circumstances a user s computer files including electronic mail are considered private In order to correct system problems or investigate misuse of resources it may be necessary for system administrators to examine users files including e mail and network traffic In such cases user privacy will be respected to the extent possible consistent with University policy and the law Personal web pages and e mail addresses may be listed on University directories unless
52. lk username host UNIX Quick Reference Purchasing a Computer If you are planning on purchasing a computer you may want to take a couple of things into consideration before making the purchase This handout doesn t attempt to offer any definite answers but it may be useful when making a purchasing decision Keep in mind that the information contained in this document was written in August of 1999 The computer market changes so rapidly that the information that was valid when this document was written may not apply today Considerations There are a number of things to keep in mind when purchasing a computer These include what field you are entering whether or not you will be working on a network what type of work you will be doing on the computer and how often you can afford to replace the computer You should also take into consideration the entertainment side of computers since many personal computers that are purchased for business purposes are also used to play games Who to Ask You might think that the logical answer would be one of the computer gurus down the hall a computer support person at Gonzaga or a salesperson at a computer store While they may give you an abundance of technical details about computers they may not necessarily know your needs The best source of information can be from those people that are working in the same field they often have experience in areas you ll be working and they may have gone through the
53. ments You may attach a file to your e mail message To do this the file must be located in your home directory on Barney At the Attchmnt prompt in your message editing area simply type the name of the file located in your home directory If you have created a sub directory in which the file is stored you must include the name of this directory in your filename Once you have entered the name of the file you may complete your message and send it to the recipient You may attach more than one file to a message You may also browse files in your home directory by pressing T while the cursor is at the Attchmnt There may be times when you receive an attachment that Pine cannot read Because Pine is a text based system it is not able to display many types of attachments such Word and WordPerfect documents spreadsheets graphics and html documents These documents must first be saved in your home directory and then transferred to a computer typically a PC or a Mac that is capable of viewing that type of file To save an attachment from a message you ve received open the message press gt to view the attachments select the attachment to save using the arrow keys and then press S to save the attachment Pine will often provide a default file name If not you can enter any filename you want and then press lt ENTER gt to save the attachment as a file in your home directory You can now transfer the file to a
54. mum of keystrokes You may move by character word sentence paragraph and page Following are some commands that can be used to move around within a file These commands only apply while in command mode Scrolling Line Character Movement B Scroll backward one screen h Move backward one character F Scroll forward one screen j Move down one line in same column U Scroll backward a half screen k Move up one line in the same column D Scroll forward a half screen spc Move one right one character Y Scroll backward one line Move to first real character in previous line E Scroll forward one line Move to first real character in current line Move to first real character in the next line Context Movement Move to the end of the current line W Move forward to beginning of a word 0 Move to the first character of the current line B Move backward to beginning of a word G Goto line number if entered or end of file Move to the beginning of a sentence Move to the end of a sentence Movement by Search Move to beginning of prev paragraph Search forward for text following Move to beginning of next paragraph Search backward for text following A sentence is defined as a period or followed by two spaces or a new line Page 34 Text Editors on Barney pico vi emacs Remember you can cause the above commands to repeat multiple times simply by entering a number before you type the command This is especially useful with t
55. municator 2 Open the Message Center by selecting Messenger from the Communicator menu 3 Select Message from the New sub menu in the File menu An empty message window will dc ap o i appear Aes Gerth Die 3 Enter the recipient s address in the To field To enter multiple addresses just press the Enter key Return on Macs Communicator will add additional To lines as needed E Hutt EIrerpikisg ir prieg wocordieg 5o psohedrls Ierrp kigg mhcrhd bs tp io dete bp ote Uh wed the disks vill bs drplica e by the TH kibibi is saree ot rDeqeerbsd reg Srey Trescie Cem WrirerrikT Erribe Aeigirbrybor Ppibuses Tyekilegios Premiere dn 4 Enter the subject of the message in the Subject field 5 Click in the body of the message and either type the message or copy and paste the message from another program 6 If you wish to attach a file to the message do the following a Click on the Attach icon at the top of the message window b Locate the file you want to attach highlight it and click Open Attach on Macs 7 Click on the Send button in the message window to send the message For More Information Netscape Communicator includes an extensive help system for those that want to learn about its more powerful features including address books file attachments signatures and keyboard shortcuts Help on these additional features is under the Help menu Page 20 Us
56. n FTP server For binary mode type binary To determine which mode you are in type type Transferring Files Once you have connected to the remote FTP server logged in with a valid user name and password set the appropriate local and remote directories and set the correct transfer mode ASCII or binary you are ready to transfer files To transfer files to the FTP server from where you logged in from use the send command To transfer files from the FTP server to where you logged in use the recv command Using either send or recv you specify the name of the file you want to transfer For example to send a file named sample from the local computer to the FTP server you would type send sample Some FTP clients allow you to use wildcards such as to transfer many files at once others do not Depending on the size of the file being transferred the time needed to transfer the file can take a second to several hours Gonzaga s Internet connection is sufficient to transfer most files in Page 30 Downloading Files using FTP under five minutes unless the file is very large If transferring files between two computers on GUnet Gonzaga s network or ZagNet Gonzaga student network the transfer time will be even shorter If transferring files over a modem transfer times can be several hours for large files If you need to transfer additional files to or from the same FTP server change the directories and file types as needed and then
57. n written to the file there is no way to recover the previous contents of the file VI COMMAND QUICK REFERENCE Running vi vi Runs vi and starts a new file vifile Runs vi and opens file Scrolling B Scroll backward one screen AF Scroll forward one screen AU Scroll backward a half screen AD Scroll forward a half screen AY Scroll backward one line E Scroll forward one line Context Movement W Move forward to beginning of a word B Move backward to beginning of a word Move to the beginning of a sentence Move to the end of a sentence Move to beginning of prev paragraph Move to beginning of next paragraph Inserting Text 1 Insert before current character a Insert after current character I Insert at beginning of current line A Append to end of current line O Insert new line above current line o Insert new line below current ESC Return to command mode Deleting Text x Delete current character s X Delete previous character s dw Delete current word s db Delete previous word s dd Delete line s n md Delete lines n through m D Delete from cursor to end of line Writing Files wq Write to current file and quit W Write to current file without quitting w file Write to new file without quitting ww Write to file ignoring read only status Getting More Hel man vi Displays the man page for vi editor man ex Displays the man page for ex line oriented editor pc E n 3 e ACH gt P r
58. nd configured prior to your arrival at Gonzaga If you aren t sure create a new profile by running the User Profile Manager that comes with Netscape Communicator Page 4 Configuring Netscape Communicator 4 6 3 Enter your name and e mail address Note If you don t have an e mail address yet you can leave the e mail address information blank and fill it in later 4 Enter a profile name the default is usually fine 5 Enter barney gonzaga edu as the outgoing SMTP server New Profile Setup H 6 Enter your mail server username This is your login Incoming Mail Settings name on Barney e g francis The information below is needed before you can receive email You can enter it later in the Preferences if you wish Mail server user name 7 Set the incoming mail server to barney gonzaga edu fanis m Incoming mail server and select either POP or IMAP as your mail ies Ee server type see previous discussion Haec ee 2 8 Set your news server to news gonzaga edu Back Net 9 Select which shortcuts you want to appear on the Desktop and click Next Mac Only 10 If you have never used another mail program on your computer uncheck Import information from other programs Mac Only 11 Click Finish PC or Done Mac to create your profile 12 If you selected IMAP as your mail server type in s
59. o to go to the web page you ve bookmarked is to select the bookmark from the Bookmarks menu After you have accumulated a large number of bookmarks you may find that the Bookmarks menu gets cluttered On a PC you can clean up the Bookmarks menu by selecting Edit Bookmarks from the Bookmarks sub menu of the Communicator menu On a Mac select Bookmarks from the menu symbolized with the Communicator icon This will open a window that will allow you to delete old bookmarks and arrange bookmarks into groups groups show up as sub menus within the Bookmarks menu Finding Information on the World Wide Web As mentioned earlier the World Wide Web contains millions of web pages that are constantly changing Because of this locating information could be difficult Fortunately there are a number of search engines on the World Wide Web that make it easy to search the Internet These search engines are constantly searching the Web for new or changed web servers and pages The information they find is added to their databases td s 4 d 4 uu d which are indexed for easy Fani o Bebad Haw akwi Dau Fiki Prud Gecartiy Litica A Du LLLI DEL LEICA TS and fast searching Using any of these search AltaVista engines you can do a re stones Kea ca i bcrraraft Gard pristi Tall E keyword search that will EMI EJE Tip Ex ee zi LAL Foi iri repaga ira h effectively search millions ABCNEWS om of web pages in just a few second
60. ons can reside on your local drive This allows you the maximum flexibility when using Netscape Mail but it can also be somewhat confusing as well Reading and filing mail with IMAP is nearly identical to Free using POP3 with the exception that IMAP adds a third a i 5 he ox oou oH Pn folder to your message center This folder is called AE re Eisen e a re 3 d Ms a qs Canis fu Cana c Prec barney gonzaga edu It contains your Inbox on Barney Sig and any mail folders you have on Barney as well Any Ree o ee e folder in here is also going to be accessible from Pine Folders that reside in Local Mail are on your local hard drive and cannot be accessed by Pine To read your mail follow the same steps as you would for reading POP3 mail above but open up the Inbox in barney gonzaga edu instead of the one in Local Mail The same applies for creating mail folders and filing mail You can create mail folders either on Barney or your local drive If you want it to be available from Pine create the folder in barney gonzaga edu Using Electronic Mail Communicator Page 19 Composing New Mail Netscape Communicator makes it easy to compose new e mail messages It includes an address book feature the ability to easily attach files to messages and also the ability to copy text from a word processor directly into an e mail message To create a new message do the following 1 Launch Netscape Com
61. ook or the white pages and then enter the first or last name of the person you are looking for You select the address you wish to send to by hilighting the person s name and pressing ENTER Note that people are listed even if they don t have an e mail address dda Pemi iieii in Using Electronic Mail Pine Page 23 Creating a Signature File A signature file is a text file whose contents will automatically be appended to the end of outgoing messages It typically contains information such as your name e mail address and organizational affiliation Pine adds the signature into the message as soon as you enter the composer so you can choose to remove it on a message by message basis For example Ck CK CK CK CIC CK CC CK CIC CK CI CK C CCCII CC CK CC CI Ck C S I kx 0 KG Kk ko ko ko Mickey Mouse Ph D President Walt Disney University 1 800 PIP SQUK MOUSEQGDISNEY COM Ck CK CK Ck CK CIC CK CC CC CIC CK CI CK CC CC Ck CK CIC CK CI Ck CK CC CI Ck S Sk Sk KK Kk Kk x Kk ko ko ko To create a signature file press M to go to the main menu then S to select a configuration option and finally S to edit your signature When you are done editing your signature press X to exit the editor and Y to save your changes You may also create a signature file in your home directory using a text editor such as pico vi or emacs This text file is the same as creating the signature directly in Pine Attach
62. op of how to set it up so that I can dial in and what software I need to do it Thanks a bunch your Inbox window or you can Pen file it into another folder by clicking on the File icon Page 18 Using Electronic Mail Communicator Note It is recommended that you either delete the mail from your Inbox or file it to another mailbox if you want to keep it for later use This keeps your Inbox uncluttered and will help it respond quicker especially on older computers 6 Once you are done reading messages in your Inbox close the Inbox window Note You can read the mail in any other folder by double clicking on that folder name and repeating the same steps above Creating Folders for Storing Mail POP3 You can create additional folders to file your mail in so it doesn t clutter your Inbox This is useful because it also allows you to group all the mail for one topic or person into a single location To create a folder do the following 1 Open the Message Center by selecting Messenger from the Communicator menu 2 Click once on the Local Mail folder to hilight the folder This is where the folder will reside iude Et Mae Fhios 18 3 Select New Folder from the File menu 4 Enter the name of the new folder and click OK Checking and Reading Mail in Netscape Communicator IMAP When using IMAP portions of your mail will reside on the remote server Barney and porti
63. or may be created on a different computer and then uploaded to Barney Files can be uploaded to Barney using FTP if there is a direct connection e g your computer is on ZagNet or modem PPP connection i e connecting via Verio Northwest or other ISP between your computer and Barney If you are connecting over a modem and are not using PPP the file may be uploaded using a modem transfer protocol For more information on transferring files to Barney see the section titled Downloading Files from Barney using FTP or the handout Downloading Files from Barney using a Modem Accessing Student Web Pages from the World Wide Web Once you have placed your web pages on Barney and have set the access permissions correctly others may access your pages The URL Universal Resource Locator for your default web page is http barney gonzaga edu youruserid For example if your userid was jdoe the URL for your default page would be http barney gonzaga edu jdoe Your default page is named index html and is located in your public_html directory on Barney Other pages can be accessed directly by entering the name of the web page after your user id For example http barney gonzaga edu jdoe resume html would display the file resume html in your public html directory Creating HTML Documents Web pages are commonly referred to as HTML documents because they use the HyperText Markup Language HTML to provide formatting information Ther
64. ou can easily return to pages you have visited before You can also send a person a URL via e mail and the other person can use the URL in their copy of Netscape or any other web browser and load the same page you Saw Using the World Wide Web Page 7 Loading a Web Page using a URL If you have the URL for a web page you can easily go to that web page using Netscape To load a web page using a URL do the following a rosin Nevigater 1 Launch Netscape Communicator 2 Select Location in Communicator from Open sub menu of the File menu 3 Enter the URL to open and click Open Communicator will attempt to contact the web server where the web page described by the URL is located If the web server is busy unavailable or doesn t exist Communicator will report an error If this happens verify that you entered the URL correctly and try again or wait and try again later Links tae Lu yed zaken ned 156342 Me de eu oe emer N et Dart oreo fea res barata 21 ones One of the most powerful features of the World Wide Web and the reason that it s called a web is the ability for one m RUM pompe web page to link to another web page A link is created by MN embedding a URL within a web page These links to other pages are normally indicated on the web page as underlined colored text typically blue By clicking on the link Communicator will attempt to locate the server for the link s URL and load the new
65. ou have changed to the new directory use the Is command will list the files in the new directory As with listing files in a local directory the commands for changing directories also varies depending upon the FTP client you are using The two most common options are led and cd Consult help in FTP for the specific command in your FTP client ASCII and Binary Files Files can either be stored as ASCII or binary files ASCII files are typically text files created by text based editors such as Notepad SimpleText vi or pico ASCII files contain only 7 bits of data per character while binary files are composed of 8 bit characters Types of binary files include applications word processor documents graphic files and most other types of files Most documents generated on a PC or a Mac are binary files A special type of Macintosh file is MacBinary this is a binary file that preserves Macintosh specific information for the file including the type of document and the application that created it When transferring files from a Macintosh for use on a different type of computer transfer files using plain binary rather than MacBinary When transferring files with FTP you need to set whether to transfer the file as ASCII or binary If you are unsure which method to use transfer the file using binary mode ASCII mode should typically be used for text files and files ending with uu or hqx To set ASCII mode type ascii while connected to a
66. ous server addresses and other details The settings are unique to each profile so multiple people can share the same copy of Netscape Communicator This configuration does not include the discussion of setting up helper applications or other advanced options such as the HTML editor Refer to the Help menu in Communicator for information of additional configuration options The configuration of both the Macintosh and Windows 95 versions of Netscape Communicator are nearly identical Any differences between the two will be noted in the instructions below To configure Communicator do the following See Ul B mirata Ata uad 1 Launch Netscape Communicator Ta kiq arnica yea mew profile exter Har rare aera res fe fue peer Din ete penali de er En aep oad Thit a ur inar irs we B LE Ced E Hee ann Ee Hee o yn Dn Prii This can be done by selecting Netscape Navigator Year rsr Gea a ani Ert i from the Start menu if you are using Windows 95 or Ded dran lava ore eras earl by opening the Netscape Communicator folder Free on your Macintosh and double clicking on the Netscape Communicator icon 2 Begin creating a profile by clicking the Next gt button Note If Netscape Communicator launches directly to a web browser window at least one profile has already been created A ZagNet technician or someone else may have already created the profile for you Netscape Communicator might have been installed a
67. pages Web pages located on Barney can be accessed by anyone using a browser on the World Wide Web These pages might be used for personal information student projects entertainment resumes or any other information you may wish to provide that you would like others to see Restrictions Anyone that has an account on Barney may have a web page including students clubs and employees of Gonzaga The creation and display of web pages are governed by Gonzaga University s Acceptable Use Policy The disk space consumed by web pages counts against the total disk space allotment your account is allocated on Barney The amount of disk space your account is using is displayed each time you telnet into your account Location of Web Files on Barney The web server on Barney cannot access any of the files or directories in your account other than the directory public_html located in your root directory The public html directory can only be accessed by the web server if the access permissions are set correctly This prevents others from accessing files in your account without your permission To create the public html directory telnet into your Barney account and type mkdir public html at the prompt To make the directory readable by everyone type chmod 755 public html Any files located in this directory will now be accessible as long as their permissions are set correctly The file index html is the default web page within the p
68. rch in the directory These options are available by selecting Disk Spare EABEEEEEEEEEEEES Preferences from the Edit menu P Composer Publish ww Roaming Access Q Show names using last name first name 2 Show names using display name from address book card Once you are done modifying your settings click OK to close the Preferences window Server Info File Selection Ce e CS Page 6 Configuring Netscape Communicator 4 6 Using the World Wide Web What is the World Wide Web The World Wide Web the Web is composed of hundreds of thousands of independent web servers containing millions of web pages that are loosely linked together These web servers are owned and operated by companies schools organizations the government and individuals There are nearly a dozen university operated web servers at Gonzaga alone Because of the distributed nature of the Web and the Internet the reliability of individual web servers may vary What may be accessible one day may be down the next Such is the nature of the Internet The Web contains information on almost every topic Since the content of the Web is often created by individuals many diverse opinions exist on the Web Content is often governed by a policy at the location where the web server is located This is a the case with Gonzaga any information that is placed on a web server at Gonzaga whether university owned or private is governed by Gonzaga s
69. ready open FTP server as the specified user Downloading Files using FTP Text Editors on Barney pico vi emacs Text editors are programs used to edit text files Text files are limited to letters and numbers only they do not include graphics fonts or special formatting information found in documents created by word processors Text files include mail messages source code batch files and configuration files Text files are the most common type of file you will use on Barney For this reason there are several options available to you when you are working with text files Text Editors Available on Barney There are three text editors that are available on Barney These are pico vi and emacs Each can be run by typing their name at the username prompt For extensive help on each of these editors type man editor at the username prompt In addition both pico and emacs have help systems available while they are running Each of these text editors is significantly different from the other Pico is a simple editor with basic functions such as cut and paste searching and spell checking Pico was written by the same group that wrote the e mail software pine so there are a great deal of similarities between the editor in pine and pico Within pico commands are listed at the bottom of the screen Because of its ease of use and similarity to pine pico is the default editor on Barney Programs such as tin Threaded Interne
70. red You can always change your mind and switch the protocol you want to use later The primary difference between POP and IMAP is that POP downloads all your messages from the mail server to your local hard drive and then deletes them from the mail server IMAP keeps the mail on the server and downloads only those messages you click on to read POP s primary advantage is that all of your messages are downloaded at once It can also be configured to periodically check the mail server for new mail Since it connects only periodically any mail that has already been downloaded to your local computer can be read even if the network is down or the mail server is offline The disadvantage of POP is that once the messages are downloaded to your local hard drive you can t read the downloaded mail from another computer e g another room or from a computer lab This disadvantage can be diminished by turning on the Leave messages on server option but this means that you re keeping two copies of every message not very economical IMAP is a newer protocol that was designed with the premise that the client computer you is always connected to the network and that the mail server is always available It keeps all of the messages on the mail server and only downloads the header information for the mail messages subject sender recipient and length When the user clicks on a message IMAP downloads the rest of the message from the mail server for display
71. remember about newsgroups is that anyone can post to them this means all information on Usenet should be questioned and verified In addition to the Usenet newsgroups there is a set of newsgroups that are local to Gonzaga Each of these newsgroups begin with gu to indicate it is local to Gonzaga Anything posted in one of these groups is not distributed outside of the university Topics for the Gonzaga newsgroups include announcements events and the sale of textbooks and other items Clubs and other campus organizations can request a newsgroup of their own by contacting Greg Francis at francis gonzaga edu To make finding newsgroups easier the newsgroups are given names that group them into categories and subcategories For example rec skydiving means the subject of skydiving in the recreation category Newsgroup names can get fairly complex for example rec arts sf tv babylon5 info is for information on the science fiction television show Babylon 5 Fortunately newsgroup names are searchable making it much easier to locate topics of interest Using Usenet News Page 11 A Note about Usenet Etiquette Since articles posted to Usenet are distributed to thousands of news servers around the world and can be read by millions of people it s important that users understand how to post correctly and that they understand proper Usenet etiquette Before posting you should look at the articles in news announce newusers and news answers One par
72. rk order and transmit it to desktop support staff who will work with the student to resolve the problem In addition the Help Desk staff track all unfinished work orders to ensure they are resolved Students who are experiencing problems connecting their computers to ZagNet or the Internet or using any of the supported applications can send e mail to helpdesk gonzaga edu or call x5550 to talk to a Help Desk staff member Supported Applications ZagNet will provide students with access to a broad range of electronic resources Students will be able to create their own web pages electronically submit assignments search the World Wide Web for research and other materials run academic software applications communicate with others both on and off campus and access scholarly research materials and electronic journals all from the comfort and convenience of their rooms Available resources will include student e mail the World Wide Web academic software LIBRIS the Foley Center online library catalog Encyclopedia Britannica Online the Project MUSE electronic research journal collection and other Internet resources As a part of this network access Gonzaga will provide students with limited support for computer and network software Students who need help connecting to the ZagNet network and the Internet or who have questions about using Netscape Communicator QvtNet NCSA Telnet or Pine should call the Help Desk at x5550 to receive help
73. s Articles are selected from more than 1 200 newspapers magazines and government publications UnCover 1988 to Present UnCover is a database containing tables of contents of 10 000 plus recent journal Document delivery of articles located in UnCover is available for a fee OTHER LIBRARIES Washington State and Spokane Area Libraries Gonzaga University Law Whitworth College Spokane Public North Idaho College University of Washington University of Idaho and other libraries Library of Congress California Digital Library CARL partner libraries YOUR LIBRARY RECORD Enter your library card number found on the right hand side of your GU ID card and view your library record items checked out overdue on hold and fines REFERENCE SOURCES AND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Dictionaries Rhyming Dictionary Roget s Internet Thesaurus WWWebster s Dictionary and others Directories amp Phone Books AT amp T 800 Directory Canada411 Publishers Associations on the Net and others Encyclopedias Encyclopedia Britannica Online Encyclopedia Smithsonian The Catholic Encyclopedia and others Geography CIA World Factbook The Embassy Page World Flags Country Studies and others e News CNN Facts of File MSNBC Spokesman Review UNCG s News amp Newspapers Online and others e Quotations Bartlett s Book of Familiar Quotations and The Commonplace Book Style Manuals Citing Electronic Resources Elements
74. s The search engine P das a tica bale Financa zione Creda A Card Benge year archi kr inania iicenabicn sin a Corbis fer Sei Pee Dora age OO pion pred aiar cand returns a list of links that match your search criteria ue Enimia tiek cant The better the search M ij criteria you enter the better the search results For example searching for Word help would return many thousands of hits but Using the World Wide Web Page 9 searching for Microsoft Word printing problem makes the search more specific Depending on the search engine there are ways to make the search even clearer Here are some search engines you may find useful http www altavista com http www infoseek com http www yahoo com http www lycos com Yahoo http www yahoo com has an extensive list of search engines on their web site To find the list go to Yahoo and search for search engines Finding E Mail Addresses on the Web While there is no master directory of e mail addresses on the Web many organizations maintain online e mail directories for the their employees and for universities their students Gonzaga provides such a directory at 3E Search for E Mail Addresses at Gonzaga Netscape HERI 2 File Edt View Go Communicator Help http barney gonzaga edu email This page 3 5 a3 4 2 344 3 5 Back Forward Reload Home Search Guide Print Security Stop also has links to several sites that search IEEE e
75. sor db Delete previous word s dd Delete line s Undo nmd Delete lines n through m u Undo last command D Delete from cursor to end of line U Restore current line to original state Entering a command to insert or append text will leave you in insert mode until you press the ESC key You can also search and replace text strings using a command in the form n ms str1 str2 opt This command will search from lines n to m for the string str If it finds str it will replace it with str2 depending upon the option used Options include g for global c for confirm and p for print changes For example if I wanted to search lines 100 to 200 for the string tony and replace it with toni with a confirmation of the change for each instance I would use the command 100 200s tony toni c Saving and Quitting vi When quitting vi there are several options for saving or throwing away changes to the document wq Write to current file and quit q Quit must save first W Write to current file without quitting q Quit without saving changes W file Write to new file without quitting te Re edit current file discarding unsaved changes ww Write to file ignoring read only status Text Editors on Barney pico vi emacs Page 35 WARNING UNIX does not maintain multiple versions of a file like VAX systems do Unless you specifically write to a different file you are modifying the original file Once the changes have bee
76. t it to be listed in the Message Center window and that it should keep track of which articles you have already read It does not mean that you will receive mail from the newsgroup nor does it inform anyone else that you are subscribed to the newsgroup You can subscribe or unsubscribe to a newsgroup at any time To subscribe to a newsgroup 1 Launch Netscape Communicator 2 Select Newsgroups from the Communicator menu 3 Select Subscribe from the File menu Using Usenet News Page 13 A Subscribe to Discussion Groups window appears that lists all the newsgroups on the current news server in this case news gonzaga edu By default it will list all the major categories and the number of newsgroups in each category 4 To expand a category or a sub category click on the plus sign PC or triangle Mac next the category Sois crise be Hs cae sipa Groups The sub categories and newsgroups under the category you expanded will now be listed below the m P EU ned agree A eei ander category name di perai pati inc Ferai bite 03 gree 5 To subscribe to a newsgroup click p athe dete on the newsgroup name and then Beta eli Ta eit click on the Subscribe button 6 Once you are done subscribing to newsgroups click the OK button NT PIE UTERE ESL TI Ei You can also search for newsgroups by clicking on the Search For a Group tab entering a keyword f pen m roup tab entering a
77. t News use pico whenever an editor is needed Pico is suggested for those users that need some simple text editing without the complexity of vi or emacs Vi is a more sophisticated and complicated editor than pico It has more powerful searching capabilities can replace blocks of text jump to line numbers and a host of other features Its power comes primarily from its ability to move to precise locations within a file using very few keystrokes This makes it an excellent editor for configuration files and source code In addition vi comes preinstalled on most UNIX systems This makes moving from one UNIX system to another easier Emacs is the most powerful of the three editors It has customized environments for writing source code in various languages allows split screens custom commands and more For those users that are going to do a lot of programming or working with large text documents in UNIX emacs can save a lot of time once the initial learning curve is completed Its sophistication is matched by its complexity The remainder of this document will focus on the vi editor Users interested in pico or emacs should refer to their respective man pages their online help or other resources Vi is a screen oriented editor That means that the entire screen is used when editing a file In order for vi to work correctly you must be using terminal emulation that supports moving around the screen VT100 and VT220 are common emulations that
78. t directory mv file directory Renames a file or directory mv oldfilename newfilename To inquire before overwriting an existing file mv i oldfilename newfilename news Display unread announcements passwd Changes account password pico Starts the Pico text editor Page 44 pine Starts the Pine electronic mail program ps Displays process information for processes created by you pwd Display the absolute pathname of the current directory rm Permanently deletes a file rm file To confirm prior to deleting file rm i file To recursively delete a directory rm r directory rmdir Deletes an empty directory rmdir directory To confirm prior to deleting directory rmdir i directory spell Checks the spelling of the contents of a file spell file tail Displays the lastten lines of a file tail file To display the last n number of lines of a file tail n file telnet Starts a telnet session with a remote computer telnet address tin Starts threaded Usenet news reader vi Starts the vi text editor with a file vi file w Displays a list of who is logged onto Barney wc Counts lines words and characters in a file wc file xmodem Transfer a file via modem non PPP xmodem rstb file Receive a file fm local computer to server s Senda file fm server to local computer t Transfer a text file b Transfer a binary file ytalk Talk with another user that is logged onto a computer yta
79. tep 7 above do the following steps Otherwise skip to step 13 a Select Messenger from the Communicator menu Note At this point several dialog boxes will appear regarding subscribing to folders and 1 77 ins ew entering your account password Click OK to Sort vines i al Bere on be prr eed Folder n acknowledge the first message and then click EB herve neparta falra ard iow nabfenr adrera Cancel to not connect to Barney at this point TEHA prerererust Fez d y fhe eee ain IMP ee Pprpasal Namesparz m Sah b Right click on barney gonzaga edu double click Paali imer patie ores ete hee on Mac in the Name list Folder Name list on Kerywrs 7 s tore unm dm merida Fia rarer Mac and select Mail Server Properties c Click on the Advanced tab d Enter Mail as your IMAP Server Directory IMAP directory path on Mac Configuring Netscape Communicator 4 6 Page 5 e Click OK to save the changes 13 To configure access to Gonzaga s e mail directory do the following a Select Address Book from the Communicator menu b Select New Directory from the File menu perte treasure c Enter the following information acer EE rare Fast fre kanen Unrrar pity cnl E IU C part Member BORE Description Gonzaga University Haiman Hite oc LDAP Server whitepages gonzaga edu E sacar Search Root o Gonzaga University c US isl acta alte ita eee
80. ticularly good article is A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community by Chuq Von Rospach This article is posted frequently in both news announce newusers and news answers it is also located on Barney s web site at http barney gonzaga edu tech usenetcommunity html Breaking the rules of Usenet can result in a lot of hostile mail called flames from other users on Usenet Using Usenet can be fun and informative but it s important to be knowledgeable about posting and be prepared to have your opinions blasted by others that disagree with you Using Netscape Communicator to Read Usenet News Netscape Communicator is equipped with a module called Collabra that allows you to subscribe to and read newsgroups on Barney The following instructions assume that you have already set up the news server news gonzaga edu when configuring Netscape Communicator To read articles in Usenet news do the following 1 Open Netscape Communicator 2 Select Newsgroups from the Communicator menu This will open your Message Center window a l rip bri Fic Wer Fig Fer Fe o dui ros 3 Expand the newsgroup list by clicking on the I nba Er Are minus sign next to news gonzaga edu on the PC Dy beers p or the small triangle on a Mac Panic vx EH erama Vei CEEA c nac iab ec ug u Lara C Ma cree 4 To read the articles in a newsgroup double click on the name of the newsgroup you want to read M minn Tt of Hi iiny EA Hari RS L
81. ublic html directory or any sub directory within public html This is the web document that will be opened if no specific file is specified in the URL For example http barney gonzaga edu jdoe will display the index html file in jdoe s public html directory while http barney gonzaga edu jdoe resume html will display the resume html file in jdoe s public html directory It s always a good idea to have an index html in your public html directory so people have a starting web page for your account File and Directory Permissions By default Barney makes any file you create readable and writeable only by you This is to protect your files from being accessed by others unless you specifically give them permission to read the files In order for a web page to be readable by the web server the file and the directory it is in must have public read permissions When using FTP to transfer files to Barney Barney Student Web Pages on Barney Page 37 will automatically create the file with global read privileges so that you don t have to change these privileges manually To make a file readable by everyone type chmod 644 filename at the prompt replacing filename with the actual name of the file to set To make a directory readable by everyone type chmod 755 directoryname at the prompt Type man chmod for more information regarding the chmod command Transferring Files to Barney HTML documents may be created directly on Barney
82. urrent directory Appends the contents of the local file to the end of the remote file Set ASCII transfer mode Used for text HQX and uuencoded files Set binary transfer mode Used for graphics programs and most other files other than those listed under ascii Close the connection to the FTP server and exit Same as quit Set the current remote directory to the specified directory Disconnect from the FTP server but don t exit the FTP software Deletes the specified remote file if user has required permissions List the contents of the specified remote directory If no directory is specified list the contents of the current remote working directory Same as Is Displays information concerning the specified command If no command is specified help lists the available commands Available in some FTP clients Change the current local directory to the directory specified Same as dir Open a connection to the specified FTP server FTP must already be running and no connection currently established Display the name of the current working directory Disconnect from the FTP server and exit the FTP software Copy the specified remote file to the local working directory using the current transfer mode binary or ASCII Send the specified local file to the remote working directory using the current transfer mode binary or ASCII Display the size of the remote file Show the current status of the FTP client Log into an al
83. y view unread articles This will reduce the total number of articles listed making it much easier to browse through To do this do the following 1 Open the newsgroup and read the articles you are interested in Hide Kr ge Tanihar 2 When you are done reading articles click and hold Hida taration Tesibae down the Mark button and then select All Read PC or Mark AII Read Mac 3 Next time you open the newsgroup for reading select Unread under the Messages sub menu in the View menu This will hide all the previously read articles Advanced Topics with Usenet News Netscape Communicator has many advanced features when working with Usenet These include the following Posting to multiple newsgroups simultaneously e Sorting by creator of the articles date or other option Keyboard commands for navigating articles and threads Viewing graphics and HTML code within the article viewer For more information on these and other topics see Netscape Communicator s help system A Note about Usenet and Spam Because of Usenet s distributed nature it is a prime target for spammers to post their spam on and to harvest e mail addresses to mail spam to Every time you post an article on Usenet your e mail address is being distributed all over the world to thousands of servers Spammers collect the e mail addresses of Usenet posters and add them to their spamming lists We attempt to block spam coming into

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