FAQ: Obtaining an account

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Obtaining a UNIX Account

For all accounts, the following information is required and must be emailed to root by the faculty member responsible for the account.

Full name:	Individual's full name
NU ID#:	Individual's Student ID or Employee ID from their WildCard (optional for visitors)
Login Name:	Same as Northwestern NetID, with the exception that visitors, faculty, staff, and post-docs may choose their own login
Northwestern NetID:	Northwestern assigned Network Identifier. For undergraduate and graduate students, this will be the same as their login
Northwestern Email Address:	This is the individual's @northwestern.edu email address
Account type:	undergrad, grad, faculty, staff, visitor (see below for account types)
Major:	Individual's major which is used to help build department mailing lists (optional)
Faculty Affiliate:	Individual who is responsible for account extensions, updates, and other issuess regarding account
Expiration Date:	Maximum of two years, default is one year. Exceptions are staff and faculty accounts which will have no expiration date. (Required)
Additional Login Hosts:	For former CS faculty, please specify if student requires a Windows Domain account, an account on zappa, or other access. For former ECE faculty, please specify any other CFS supported machines the student should have access to. If left blank, this will generate an account with an @eecs.northwestern.edu email address and only access to the Wilkinson lab machines.
Special Requests:	Any other requests

For ease of entry, here is a version that you can cut/paste into your email client:

                  Full Name:
     Northwestern ID Number:
                 Login name:
         Northwestern NetID:
 Northwestern Email Address:
               Account type:
                      Major:
          Faculty affiliate:
            Expiration date:
     Additional login hosts:
           Special requests:

Account types

STUDENT: New grad students must have their advisors request accounts on their behalf. Faculty request accounts by sending the above-requested information to root. Undergrads may simply stop by the CFS Offices with their Wildcard in hand. Accounts will remain active for the duration of the student's affiliation with the department, which is usually until graduation.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE/VISITOR: An department faculty member can request that an account be created for a non-department individual with whom he or she is engaged in research.

NON-DEPARTMENT STUDENTS: NU students taking certain department courses are provided accounts for the duration of the course. These accounts are set up at the request of the instructor. A class list should be sent to root at least a week before the accounts are needed. That will give the CFS enough time to create all of the required accounts. The students will then drop by the CFS offices to set their passwords.

FACULTY/STAFF: All new faculty and staff will likely have their account requested for them by the Department Administrator.

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Mon Oct 20 17:00:21 CDT 2003