User Training 3
Introduction to Account Management

Objectives:

To teach the user how to create, edit, delete and move files in the user's own directory on CCN. How to check your quota and why it is important. Changing your password, and other account management tasks.

Prerequisites

User Training 1 and User Training 2 or equivalent knowledge.

Participants must have a CCN user id (i.e. be registered CCN users), otherwise they will not be able to access the file manager.

Topics covered

What is file manager? Why should managing my account concern me? I hear 'quota' mentioned often. What is it? Why does it matter?

• File Manager [go files]
  • Concept of personal home directory
  • Files and directories created when your account was created:
    • public_html(directory)
    • Profile.html
    • mail (directory)
    • news (directory)
  • Creating new files
  • Creating new directories
  • Renaming files
  • Moving files
  • Editing files
  • Downloading files
  • Uploading files
  • Deleting files
• Viewing your disk usage and quota [go quota]
• Printing files
• Changing your password [go password]
• Set your terminal type [go terminal]

Further Practice

• Update your personal profile [go profile]
• Tagging (performing operations on multiple files at once)
• Setting user options (s from Lynx)
• Have your mail forwarded elsewhere [go forward]