Check Date

This date is used to track the validity of this Science account. Near the check date the IT contact person of that account will receive a request to advance this date into the future. The aim of this feature is to make sure Science accounts are actually used and dormant ones are, eventually, removed.

Manipulating the account's check date.

In this form, you can extend the accounts check date by half a year (+½), a full year (+1), or go the other way and decrease it by half a year (-½).

For groups a similar check date exists if you are a manager of the group: it is possible to add a date after which a member of the group should be removed from it. Normally, there is no check date for a group member.

Manipulating a group member.

Here you can:

  • Select a precise date for the membership to end.
  • Extend the membership by half a year (+½).
  • Remove the member from the group.

Contact

Every science account has a “managing science account”. For employees this contact is usually someone from your secretariat or your manager. If you have an U-number and you are creating your account on DIY you are required to fill this it. In this form we require a ‘Science login name’.

Group Relation

This defines the relation you have with the group:

  • member: you are a direct member in this group.
  • indirect member: you are a member by virtue of being a member in a sub group.
  • manager: you are the manager of this group and can add and remove members.

Last Seen

When was this account last seen on our network? Technically this is defined as: “when did this account try to authenticate using a second factor?”. We will never disclose the precise time: this will show: “This week”, “Last week”, “This month”, “A few months ago”, “Months ago”, “This year”, “Last year”, and “A long time ago”. Also see Start Date. We display a ? if there is no date, this can for instance happen when someone only uses Science storage; as we do not track that.

Set Your Password

Open your “Change Security Settings”, type your new password twice, and click “Change Password”.

Start Date

When was this Science account created. Also see Last Seen.

Volume Features

Volumes can have several features, we list:

  • backup: backup is enabled for this volume
  • snapshots: local filesystem snapshots are enabled. This implies a ZFS filesystem.
  • NFS: Network File System is enabled (Unix filesharing).
  • SMB: Session Message Block is enabled (Windows filesharing).
  • DFS: Distributed File System is enabled.
  • S3: Simple Storage Service is enabled (blob storage).
  • WEBDAV: Webdav protol is enabled.
  • SFTP: Secure File Transfer Protocol is enabled (FTP over SSH).
  • read only: File system is set to read only.

Group paths

Group paths represent the hierarchical structure of nested groups. They show a group’s parent groups (ancestors) and child groups (descendants), providing a clear view of its position in the organization’s group tree. For example, a path like company/team/subteam indicates that subteam belongs to team, which in turn belongs to company.

Effective Group Members

Effective group members are the combined set of all users in a group, including those inherited from its nested subgroups. If a user belongs to multiple subgroups, they are marked to indicate duplicate membership. Hovering highlights these users to show which groups they belong to, avoiding redundancy in permissions or access management.