WUBIOS FAQ

	What servers are used for what?
	What is the physical configuration of our network?
	How can I check on the status of our network? (Hubs, switches, traffic)
	How can I check on the status of our servers?
	How can I connect my laptop to the network in my office?
	How can I work from home? (MSCNS, DSL, Cable Modem or Dial-up ISP, VPN)

	How can I access my e-mail when traveling?
	What does our firewall do? What does it protect us from? What does it keep from doing?

	What are the home directories and what is stored in them?
	What are the /data directories?
	Where are the file systems really located?
	How do I keep files encrypted?
	How do I mount home directories and /data directories?

	From my PC at work
	From my UNIX workstation at work
	From my PC at home
	From a PC elsewhere

How do I transfer file to/from home directories and /data directories

	From my PC at work
	From my UNIX workstation at work
	From my PC at home
	From a PC elsewhere

	What is the best way to sync a (large, 100s Mbs or even Gbs) work/data directory between my office PC and home PC?
	How can I make a file available to others?
	How can I determine how much space a file/directory is using?
	How should I be managing the disk space for my accounts?
	How can I compress/uncompress a file?
	How are files backed up on our servers?

How do I retrieve a file from a backup

How do I read my e-mail using a mail client (e.g. Eudora, Netscape, Outlook)?

	From my PC at work
	From my UNIX workstation at work
	From my PC at home
	From a PC elsewhere

How do I read my e-mail using a character oriented mail client?

	Pine
	Mutt
	Why should I not be using elm?

	How do I set a vacation message?
	How can I store my e-mail into folders?
	How can I filter my incoming mail into separate folders?

	Procmail
	Eudora filters

	What should I do about SPAM?
	What should I do about warnings about viruses or other catastrophes?
	How can I archive my old e-mail?
	How can I set up a mailing list? Why should I?

How can I archive postings on a mailing list

How do I find out more about e-mail lists and what commands I can execute?

	Mailing lists at WUBIOS?
	Mailing lists elsewhere

	Can I read Usenet news?
	What are virtual domains for e-mail?
	How do I find the e-mail address for someone at WU?
	What internal mailing lists are there?
	Is there web-based access to my email?
	How can mail be sent to a special address and distributed to several people?
	How can I set up an email to be sent on a specific date?
	How should I handle a virus/worm that I have received?

	How do I create my own home page?
	What are the limitations to what I can put on my web page?
	What web servers do we have available?
	Can I use Front Page extensions?
	What are virtual domains for our webservers?
	How can I set up a search engine?
	How do I access the web usage logs?
	How can I control access (password protect) web pages?
	How can I make reports available to collaborators?
	How can I set up pages for secure server?
	Can I set up a web server on my desktop system?

How do I log onto a server with ssh?

	From a PC
	From a UNIX desktop system

How do I log onto a server using X-windows

	From a PC
	From a UNIX desktop system
	From home

	What shells are available?
	What editors are available?

	EMACS
	XEDIT
	Pico
	Grand Editor (depreciated)
	Vi
	joe
	jed/xjed
	the/xthe

	How can I run a program on a schedule (either at some future time or on a regular basis)?
	How can I print from UNIX?
	How can I know about the usage of my account?
	How do I change my password?
	How can I find out about programs running on a server?
	How can I tell who is running a particular program?
	What types of tasks should I be doing on a Unix server rather than on my PC?
	How can I access a file which is stored under another account?
	How can I check on the progress of a job and abort it if necessary?
	What are some basic UNIX Commands?

	Copying, Moving, Removing, Listing Files and converting from/to DOS
	Directory Maintenance, Making, Removing, Checking on Disk Usage
	Stopping Running Programs, Restarting programs, Aborting programs
	Changing Permissions on Files
	GREP, LESS, MORE, |, >
	UNIX Documentation - MAN Pages

	What servers have SAS?
	How do I select which platform to use?
	What versions of SAS do we have
	What SAS products are installed?
	How do I run SAS in batch mode?
	How do I run SAS interactively?
	What SAS profile is used when I execute SAS?
	How do I change the size and position of the SAS window?
	How do I change the color of the SAS window and window elements?
	The changes that I make to the SAS windows are not being saved between SAS sessions.  How do I save the size and positions of the screens?
	When I start SAS Version 8, any text that I put in the Program Editor window is color coded.  How do I put it in black and white?
	When I start SAS, why do I get the message “WARNING:  Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE.  WORK.PROFILE will be opened instead.  NOTE:  All profile changes will be lost at the end of the session.”
	How do I identify and kill an inactive SAS session?
	How do I import data into SAS from other programs?
	Where is the SAS documentation
	How can several people use the same data set at the same time?
	What client software is available to help me access SAS?
	How can I create HTML output?
	How can I create PDF output?
	Can I have SAS on my PC?
	How can I print from SAS?
	When should I use SAS/Share?
	How can I use SAS/Share?
	Where can I put SAS output so that others can view it over the web?
	How can I get a better fit of my output on the printed page?  Sometimes the output does not fill the page and sometime it is too much to fit on the page.
	My SAS output leaves a wide left margin on the printout, even when I increase the LINESIZE.  How can I fix this?
	Which printer should I send my output to?
	Can I use a SAS 6.12 data set with SAS Version 8?
	How is the appropriate LIBNAME ENGINE determined?
	How do I assign a LIBNAME engine?
	Can I use SAS 8 data sets with SAS Version 6.12?
	Can I use SAS 6.12 catalogs with SAS Version 8?
	Are Version 8 SAS data sets compatible between Linux and Solaris?
	Are Version 6 data sets compatible between Linux and Solaris?
	How do I transport a Version 6 SAS data set between Solaris and Linux?
	Are Version 8 SAS catalogs compatible between Linux and Solaris?
	Where do the SAS programs and the data reside?
	My SAS job stops with an “Out of Memory” error message.  How can I increase the memory available to SAS?

	How are the dispatchers set up?
	How do I interface with the webserver?
	How can I set up a new broker?
	How can I find out information about the end users of a SAS/IntrNet application?

	What is SPlus?
	What is R?
	How can I send a FAX?
	How can I send a page?
	How do I print?
	How do I encrypt files?
	Do we have TeX?

	LaTeX
	LyX

	How do I manipulate graphics files?
	How do I find something stored on a server?
	gnu tools
	How do I get new tools or updates installed on our servers?

	What are the computer usage polices at WU?
	What are the confidentiality and privacy policies in Biostat?

	How do I use the compute farm?
	What genetic analysis programs are available?

	SAGE
	Mapmaker/sibs
	Genehunter
	SEGPATH
	ASPEX
	PEDSYS
	PEDCHECK
	CYRILLIC
	Others?

	Where is the documentation for the genetics programs found?
	What tools are available for interfacing SAS with genetics programs?
	How should my genetics data be stored in SAS to interface with these programs?

	MAP dataset
	LOCUS Description Dataset
	Marker Dataset
	Triple (Pedigree) Dataset

What SAS macros are available for manipulating/displaying genetics data?

	Genome-wide LOD Score Plots
	Nuclearize Pedigrees
	Define contiguous extended pedigrees

	How can I set a locking screen saver?
	How can I print from my PC?
	Where can I find software supported by WUBIOS?
	When should I do things on the server instead of on the PC?
	How can I capture a screen-shot to use in documentation?
	How can I share a directory with another PC?
	How can I print on a printer attached to my PC from another system?
	How can I print to another printer from my system?
	How can I update my virus scanner?
	How should my PC be backed up?
	Can I share a directory on my PC with others?
	How can I run a program on a schedule (either at some future time or on a regular basis)?
	What text editors are available on a PC?

emacs/xemacs

	How is access to analysis accounts controlled?
	How should my files be stored?
	Where can I put reports so they can be seen by our collaborators?
	How do I keep from interfering with other users of the same analysis account?
	Why should I use an analysis account rather than run it on my PC?
	Can I store MS Word documents on an analysis account to share with others ?

	How can I use the Computer Projector?
	How can I get access to the Division's laptop?
	How do I get a new WUBIOS account?
	What should I do if I suspect a system problem (e.g. things seem slow, or unable to access or don't work correctly)?
	How do I get help for a computer problem?
	Where do I find programs supported by the Division?
	How can I create PDF documents?

	Acrobat
	Ghostscript
	PDFTeX/PDFLaTeX

	Can I have access to a scanner?
	Can I download any software I wish from the Internet?
	How can I keep my calendar/datebook electronically? Can I share it with others? Can I synchronize with my Palm/Visor/Pocket PC?
	How do I use Request Tracker?

	What online help facilities are available on our systems?
	Current Index to Statistics
	Becker Library
	WU Resources
	SWBT White and Yellow Pages
	WU Phone book
	Biostat LDAP

How do I connect to a networked printer?