Elementary VAX Commands
VAX Introduction Topics
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Student
responsibilities
- Computing resource are made available to students of Bemidji
State University to use to complete assignments and other work
necessary for their academic careers.
- I will not intentionally cause the computer system to crash,
or to operate in a slow or degraded state.
- I will not intentionally erase or change another user's files
without that user's permission.
- I will not attempt to ascertain or discover another user's
account password.
- I will not use an account belonging to another person, even if
that person gives permission to do so.
- I will not use BSU computer equipment to play recreational
games, unless specifically assigned by a Professor.
- I will not use BSU computer equipment to harass any other
person.
- I will not use BSU computer equipment to attempt to gain
access to any other computer or files for which I do not have
legitimate permission for access.
- I will not attempt to prevent any other user form using BSU
computer equipment.
- Chain letters are not allowed to spread on this system. Any
one found violating this is subject to possible revocation of
their account.
- DO NOT GIVE YOUR PASSWORD TO ANYONE !!
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Related Courses
- CS 1107 Intro to Computers
- CS 1141/1142 Campus Computing I & II
- CS 1158 Intro to Internet
- English - Writing for the Web
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Initial Login and Changing
Passwords
- Mac Internet - Vax1
- IBM Internet - Vax1
- Passwords
- Your user name is generally the first letter from your
first name, first letter from your middle name, and about 6
characters from your last name plus a number
- First time login, password is a 9 digit number. You can get
your username and first password after this session or from
Carla Olsen in 207 Deputy.
- To change a password type set password at the $
prompt.
- Password rules
- Must be at least 6 characters long.
- No spaces, no symbols, Example. !@#$%^&...
- Can not be a word found in a dictionary.
- Can not be your username.
- Hints about new passwords.
- Should be 8 characters long for added security.
- If you can't come up with a password here are some
suggestions:--Take your favorite CD title, Artist, song,
your hero or ... and remove the spaces to make one big
long word, or add a number to the end or beginning of a
word. There are millions of possibilities.
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General $ Commands
- Finger helps you to see who is currently logged on the
system at BSU and around the world? Finger is the command to see
who is physically working on the VAX right now. Note. It can be
abbreviated to fi. Note: Not all schools will let you do this.
- Example, $fi (This will show you who is on VAX1.)
- Example, $ fi username (This will show information about a
user)
- Example, $ fi @ computer.address (This will show the users
on a different system.)
- Example, $ fi username@computer.address (This will show
info about that person on a different system.)
- Show Quota tells you how much of your allotted disk
space you have left.
- Phone will split the screen into two sections allowing
you to talk "real time" with someone else on campus that is logged
in. Just press Ctrl-Z a couple of times to exit. Example , phone
username. To answer a phone call type phone ans.
- Talk does the same thing as phone except it is not
restricted to on campus. Press Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Y to exit. Example
Talk username@computer.address (you initiate the call to them)
Talk username@computer.address (how you answer a talk
request)
- Mail will take you into the mail program on the
VAX
- Bulletin takes you to the Bemidji State University BBS.
(It is a lot like mail. Type HELP for help.)
- Help or Help topic will take you into the online
help display screen. To get out of help just press return several
times.
- Bye will log you off the system.
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Mail Commands
- Your internet address is username@bemidjistate.edu
- Dir and variations will show you many things about your
mail.
- Dir shows the messages in the current mail folder.
- Dir /fol will show you all of your mail folders.
- Dir foldername will change the current folder to the folder
specified and display all the messages it contains. Note: After
you read a message that message will be moved to a mail
folder.
- Standard Folder names
- Read # will display the message numbered #. Example
Read 2
- Read /new will automatically select the NEWMAIL folder
and display the first message in the folder. Use this when you get
mail and you are in mail.
- Move foldername if typed while reading a message will
move the current message into the folder specified. If that folder
doesn't exist, the computer will ask you if you would like to
create that folder. Answer Y to create the folder. Example Move
family
- Send is the command you type to begin the process of
sending a message. When you type send you get a series of messages
just like the following:
- Mail>Send
- To: username (this is for on campus mail) or
- To: username@computer.address ( this is for off
campus mail)
- Subj: subject of your message
- At this point you type your message. When you are done you
just press Ctrl-Z. You should see a * at the bottom of the
screen. You have a choice here. If you type Exit you will send
the message to the person. If you type quit the message will
not be sent.
- Forward operates the same as send except it will send
the entire message (the one you are reading when you type forward)
to the person you specify. All the same rules apply to forward as
do to send.
- Reply does basically the same thing as forward but the
message is sent to the person you received it from.
- Delete when typed when reading a message will delete
that message. Delete can also be used to delete multiple messages
at once. To do this you type delete 1-10 where 1 is the first
message you want deleted and 10 is the last message you want
deleted. All messages between these two will be deleted.
- Exit at the mail prompt will exit you out of mail to
the $ prompt
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Last update 8-20-98
Glen Richgels