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Projected title: "Starting with Netsoc" or some such
The first thing you're going to want to do is log in to one of our servers. How you do this depends on what operating system you're using:
From Windows:
College PCs will have the 'PuTTY' program already; it can generally be found in the menu. If it's not there, you can download it from here. It doesn't need to be installed - it just works.
When you click on PuTTY, it brings up a screen with a host of possible settings, 90% of which you can ignore completely. Just make sure the "Host name (or IP address)" box has login.netsoc.tcd.ie entered, then click the "Open" button at the bottom.
Once PuTTY has connected to Netsoc, it will ask for username, then your password. If you've forgotten these (and deleted the email they came in) go to the service request page and ask for the details to be sent to you.
It won't display anything when you type your password; that's normal.
From a Mac or Linux computer:
Open a terminal and type
ssh <username>@login.netsoc.tcd.ie
and enter your password when prompted. It won't display anything when you type your password, but that's normal.
Now what?
Now you're logged in, you're probably wondering what to do. An interesting command at this point is "hey". It's a means of sending messages to other members and it's really easy to use. Just type:
hey <username>
and hey will allow you to send a message to whoever you entered as <username> You will see this:
[ recipients: <username> ]
Type your message here. To send, finish with a full stop on a line on its own like this.
.
[ hey <username>--okay. ]
To see who's online to hey, use "finger". This will display a list of everyone who's logged on to the system. If you want to find out how long a specific person has been logged in, type<br/.
"finger <username>"
This will give you details of how long they've been logged in ( or when they last logged in, if they're not currently on), and more importantly, how long they've been 'idle'; how long since they've done something on the server.
Another useful command is "chat". If you just type chat on the command line, you will be brought to the Netsoc chatroom. Here there are people who can help you with any questions you might have. To exit chat, just type
/quit
If you want to know more, and can't find an answer on the support index, don't hesitate to ask. You can "hey" someone, ask in chat, or contact Support.
If you're in trouble and wondering who to "hey", the committee members are always willing to help. The list of committee members can be found here.