System Administrator Duties Prioritized (07-20-95)

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Priority guidelines for the System Administrator, in order of decreasing priority are:

1. Keeping existing hardware up and running
2. Keeping existing software up and running
3. Installing entirely new software and/or hardware
4. Upgrading existing software and/or hardware to newer versions.

In general, within a category, requests will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis.
CS Department Computer Account Policy (09-24-01)

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The following policies are in effect for any accounts on all computers under the direct administration of the Computer Science Department. This includes PC's and Sun systems. See the System Administrator for clarification if needed.

1. There are two types of accounts:

a. Permanent An account that expires each semester, but can be renewed without being enrolled in a CS class.

b. Semester (or class account) an account that expires automatically at the end of the current semester is not renewable.

2. Students who are majoring in CS are entitled to a permanent account once they have an approved Program of Study on file with us.

3. Students who are registered for any CS course are entitled to a semester account.

4. All student accounts will expire two to three weeks after the end of each semester. Renewals may be requested starting the first day of each new semester.
You may renew on-line at http://www.cs.uah.edu/account/.

5. It is our intent that all accounts have a responsible owner known to us, and that all responsible owners are aware of our usage agreement rules. We have recommended the following policies:

6. Full-time employees of the Computer Science Department are not required to fill out an account request form. They are entitled to keep their account as long as they are full-time employed here. Such accounts are not subject to expiration.

7. Permanent account holders must fill out an account request form. Their accounts may be renewed on-line at the beginning of each semester.

8. Class accounts will expire at the end of each semester and are not renewable unless the student enrolls in another CS class.

9. Any student in the University may be assigned a semester account if a full-time CS faculty member is willing to authorize the student's need.

10. If a student drops out of school or is dropped for cause, then that student's account(s) should normally be closed. Once the student's new status becomes known to either a staff or faculty member, then the system administrator will close out the pertinent accounts. (09-01-95)

11. Inactive accounts: Any account not accessed for six consecutive months will be de-activated for a month and then kept on backup tapes for six months thereafter.

Miscellaneous Policies

1. The department supports the LaeX package under Solaris as its text processing sysem. Students and faculty are encouraged to use this full-featured, text-based package which is often requested by journals and publishing houses.

2. USENET news will no longer be handled by our department; instead we will use the news feed provided by information services from their server info.uah.edu. (07-20-95)

3. All programs in /local/bin will be documented and traceable. (07-20-95)


Computer Resources Committee

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Responsibilities:

1. Establish policy regarding access to and usage of departmentally-owned or administered equipment, software and facilities.

2. Coordinate system administration activities in accordance with departmental goals and priorities.

Members:

Dr. Harry S. Delugach
Mr. Joe Toone
Dr. Mary E. Weisskopf