Working on Athena (AC-11)

Table of Contents

(Answers to Common Questions About Workstations)
(Answers to Common Questions About UNIX)
(Answers to Common Questions About the X Window System)

Introduction
Working with the Athena Equipment
... Athena Workstations
... Differences Among Workstations
... Special Keys and Control Characters
... Athena Printers
... Locating Workstations and Printers
Logging In
... Logging In On an Athena Workstation
... ... The Login Options Menu
... ... The Next Step
... Possible Login Problems
Logging Out
... Logging Out from a Terminal Window
... Logging Out from a Workstation
... If You Cannot Log Out
... ... Rebooting Your Workstation
Working with Windows
... Creating Windows with Terminal and Panel
... Getting Rid of a Window
... The Window Manager (sawfish)
Working with the Operating System
... The Operating System
... The Shell
... Entering Commands
... ... Case Sensitivity
... Fixing Typing Errors and Bailing Out
Email on Athena
... Adding Yourself To a Mailing List
... Removing Yourself From a Mailing List
... Getting Your Own Mailing List
... Forwarding Your Mail
Zephyr on Athena
... Checking if a User is Logged In
... Sending Zephyrs
The World Wide Web
... Mozilla
... Certificates
Protecting Your Account
... Keeping Your Files Safe
... Choosing a Password
... Changing Your Password
... Other Passwords on Athena
Working Within Your Quota
... Checking Quota
... Exceeding Quota
... Getting Below Quota
... Getting a Quota Increase
Working with Files
... File Names
... ... File Naming Conventions
... ... Wildcards: * and ?
... ... Testing Wildcards with echo
... Creating a File
... ... Creating and Displaying Files With the cat Command
... ... Displaying Files With the more Command
... Copying a File (cp)
... Moving or Renaming a File (mv)
... Listing the Files in a Directory (ls)
... Removing a File (delete and rm)
... ... Using delete and Related Commands
... ... Using the rm Command
Working with Directories
... Directories, Pathnames, and the File System
... About the AFS Directory Hierarchy
... ... About AFS Cells and Volumes
... ... Using the attach Command
... The Working Directory
... Finding Out Where You Are (pwd)
... Creating a Directory (mkdir)
... Changing the Working Directory (cd)
... Removing a Directory (rmdir)
... Sample File/Directory Specifications
Summary of File/Directory Commands
Sharing Files
... Transferring Files Between Accounts
... About Groups
... Making Your Files Accessible
... ... About Permissions and ACLs
... ... Looking at Permissions
... ... Setting Permissions
... ... Using Subdirectories to Share Files
... ... About File Mode Bits (rwx)
Backing Up and Restoring Files
... The Importance of Backing Up Your Files
... Automatic Backups
... ... Using ~/OldFiles for File Restoration
... Making Your Own Backups
... ... Backing Up and Restoring All Your Files
... ... Backing Up and Restoring Individual Files
Appendix 1: Using Athena Without Logging In
Appendix 2: What Happens When You Leave (Temporarily or Permanently)