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accounts_and_labs:new_scs_accounts [2012/06/15 09:55] admin |
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| All SCS students that have accounts prior to June 1, 2012. | All SCS students that have accounts prior to June 1, 2012. | ||
| - | <note>An easy way to tell that you have an old account is if your account name is 8 characters long or less. The format was first character of your first name and 7 characters or less of your last name.</note> | + | <note>An easy way to tell that you have an old account is if your account name is 8 characters long or less. The format use to be first character of your first name and 7 characters or less of your last name.</note> |
| ==== What do I need to do? ==== | ==== What do I need to do? ==== | ||
| - | - Transition or create your MyCarletonOne account | + | - [[http://www1.carleton.ca/mycarletonone/2012/transitioning-students-to-a-mycarletonone-account|Transition or create your MyCarletonOne account]] |
| - Create a new SCS account: [[accounts_and_labs:account_creation|Account Creation]] | - Create a new SCS account: [[accounts_and_labs:account_creation|Account Creation]] | ||
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| + | <note>After creating the new account your SCS account name should be the same as your MyCarletonOne account name.</note> | ||
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| After following those steps you will have two SCS accounts. | After following those steps you will have two SCS accounts. | ||
| - | <note>After creating the new account your SCS account name should be the same as your MyCarletonOne account name.</note> | ||
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| - Log into your old SCS account | - Log into your old SCS account | ||
| - | - Copy files to your USB drive and logout | + | - Copy files from your Z: to your USB drive and logout |
| - Log into your new SCS account | - Log into your new SCS account | ||
| - | - Copy files from your USB to the new account | + | - Copy files from your USB to the new account's Z: |
| <note>After you have copied your data to your new account make sure that all your files are there and are accessible</note> | <note>After you have copied your data to your new account make sure that all your files are there and are accessible</note> | ||
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| === Linux === | === Linux === | ||
| - | You can copy files from account A to an account B as follows: | + | You can copy files from your old account to your new account as follows: |
| - | - ssh access.scs.carleton.ca -l accountA | + | - <code>ssh access.scs.carleton.ca -l old_account</code> |
| - | - scp my_file accountB@access:my_destination | + | - <code>scp my_file new_account@access:my_destination</code> |
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| + | ,where old_account is your old SCS account name, new_account is your new SCS account name and my_destination is the destination folder. | ||
| You can handle copying many files as follows: | You can handle copying many files as follows: | ||
| - | * use the tar command to archive a directory and then copy the archive over | + | * use the [[fyi:useful_linux_commands|tar]] command to archive a directory and then copy the archive over |
| * or, on a lambda machine you can run gftp and copy files | * or, on a lambda machine you can run gftp and copy files | ||
| * or, on a windows machine you can use winscp to backup your files from 'old_account' and then restore them to 'new_account' | * or, on a windows machine you can use winscp to backup your files from 'old_account' and then restore them to 'new_account' | ||
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| + | <note>If you want to backup your files from home use the external access host [[services:external_access_host_access|access.scs.carleton.ca]]</note> | ||
| === Email === | === Email === | ||
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| If you have an SCS email account we recommend the following: | If you have an SCS email account we recommend the following: | ||
| - | - log into your old_account and save your inbox to a folder | + | - log into your old linux account and save your inbox to a folder |
| - | - setup a .forward from your old_account to your new_account | + | - setup a [[services:scs_email#forwarding_mail|.forward]] from your old account to your new account |
| - | - copy your mail folder to your new_account | + | - copy your mail folder to your new account: |
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| + | <code>[jdoe@access ~]$ scp -r mail access:</code> | ||