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E-mail The faculty of Science has its own mailserver where the e-mails are stored. You can reach this mailserver using a mailclient like thunderbird or one of our webmail clients: Roundcube Rainloop The mailserver has limited space, so we’ve set an initial limit (quota) on the size of the mailbox to 5 gigabytes. When you are notified that your mailbox is getting full, the preferred response is to clean up, for instance by removing the attachments of the largest e-mails in your Sent folder....

C&CZ helpdesk can assist you by taking over your screen using TeamViewer. In case you are requested to download TeamViewer, use the following link: https://get.teamviewer.com/ischelpdesk

What path to mount? The storage page describes the paths for your home directory and network shares. Once you know what network share to mount, follow the steps for your operating system below. Info A VPN connection is required when accessing these paths from outside of the RU network. If you have trouble connecting to a network share after following the steps below, do not hessitate to contact us. We’ll be happy to assist you!...

Shared temporary storage It sometimes happens that you want to send one or more large files to someone within the faculty, e-mail is not suitable for this. To make this easier, the network disk temp is available. You can temporarily store large files here. These can then be copied from this location by someone else. C&CZ systems Path Instructions Microsoft Windows \\temp-srv.science.ru.nl\temp connect network share Linux /vol/temp Own systeem Path Instructions Microsoft Windows \\temp-srv....

Introduction In our Faculty, different types of data storage are offered: Storage class Description Risk for data loss Home directories Small (several GB), reliable, backed up storage for individuals low Network shares Larger (1-200 TB), reliable, backed up storage for individuals or groups low Local storage Not backed up storage on desktop computers and cluster nodes, likely to be lost in case of a hardware problem or when the machine gets reinstalled high Home directories Your Science login comes with a home directory of 5GB at no costs....

Also see the working from home page provided by the central IT Service Centre. Email User webmail or your local e-mail client. Library How to get access to the University Library (when you are off-campus). BASS BASS can only be accessed directly from the campus network or through VPN from any Internet location. Note however that from a small part of the subnets at the Faculty of Science, direct access to BASS is not possible....

SSH Secure Shell SSH is used to get a secure terminal-connection to a login server. All Linux loginservers can be reached with SSH client software, not only on the standard port 22, but also on ports 80 and 443. NB: as of December 2022, not all science logins are allowed to login on the login servers anymore. Should you have trouble logging in on our loginservers, please contact postmaster. Recommended SSH client software Windows: MobaXterm....

Phishing Trying to acquire useful data, ie login credentials, for abusing someone else’s ICT infrastructure. Methods of phishing In general, phishing works by send a clickable link surrounded by an important message about Salary, payment or a prize, a punishment or fee. This distracts your rational mind and ensures your emotional response controls your mouse-clicking finger. Tip Always check the link (URL) on which you click (or not) if it is a known address....

Science login Every employee or student of the Science faculty receives a personal Science login. This allows you to use services such as Eduroam, storage, VPN, computer lab PCs, JupyterHub and GitLab. A Science login usually resembles your name and does not contain periods, capital letters or an at sign (@). For example johndoe. Info All settings related to your Science login, like setting your password and managing groups, mail aliases, mail forwarding and vacation message can be managed in DIY....

OriginLab Origin by Originlab is scientific graphing and data analysis software. License C&CZ acquired a network license for FNWI for the use of OriginPro. One can get the software and installation/licensing keys of OriginPro from C&CZ system administration. The network license can only be used by computers on the Internet. For standalone use, there are home-use licenses included. The current support contract ends August 2026. If you get a message that the license will expire soon and you are using a standalone version you can update the license by clicking on Activate in the Help menu....