Ebox and Puzzle Server Accounts
 

You will be given an account on the Ebox and/ or Puzzle machine.

name = ebox.mcs.csueastbay.edu / puzzle.mcs.csueastbay.edu

HTML create a subdirectory named public_html place all of your HTML files in your public_html directory. This directory and any sub-directories should be of mode rwxr-xr-x you can as desired make sub-directories inside of your public_html directory and I encourage you to do so for each project,etc. The url leading up to your main public_html directory will be http://ebox.mcs..csueastbay.edu/~login or on puzzle http://puzzle.mcs..csueastbay.edu/~login

Perl place all of your files in your public_html directory on Ebox and/or Puzzle. This directory and any sub-directories should be of mode rwxr-xr-x (755) you can as desired make sub-directories inside of your public_html directory and I encourage you to do so for each project,etc. see HOWTO

Java Applications and Applets and Java Server Pages place all of your files in your public_html directory on Ebox. you can as desired make sub-directories inside of your public_html directory and I encourage you to do so for each project,etc. About how to post JSPs see HOWTO

Java Servlets see HOWTO

You will need to get an account on the BlackBoard System for our class. BlackBoard is a commercial product for course management. We may be using it for its Communication Features (virtual classroom). Hence you will need to get an account for our class.

IF ALREADY ENROLLED, YOU SHOULD HAVE AN ACCOUNT.

login(netid) and password same as access to any of the student CSUEB services

HOW TO GET AN ACCOUNT: (IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE)

Email: bbhelp@csuhayward.edu

Request:

Account for BBS system for CS3520. Give the following information:

Full Name, Social Security #, Email Address (the one you check all of the time), Course# &Name, Section # (we are section 1).

You may need to do more than this as you should have automatically this created if you are a registered student.

Microsoft Software

SQLPlus

• program you download to your machine that lets you remotely connect (via telnet protocol...invisible to you), to the Oracle DB instance cs1db into your account.
• You use SQL commands to manipulate your tablespace.
• YOU CAN RUN SQLPlus from EBOX
  • /apps/oracle/OraHome1/bin/sqlplus  login@mcsdb2 (or whatever your sid is)
  • will prompt for your password
  • now you have command-line interface to type your commands in
• ALTERNATIVELY --if not tnsnames.ora file
  • sqlplus login/pasword@host:port/SID
  • sqlplus login/pasword@mcsdb1.sci.csueastbay.edu:1521/MCSDB1
• TO Download the SQLPlus and necessary configuration information:
  • ftp://bell.telecom.csuhayward.edu/APPS/Oracle/Windows/Sql%20Plus3.3/
    1. Read the ReadME file
    2. Retrieve the sqlplus.zip file and unzip and install
    3. UPDATE your tnsnames.ora file approapriately to reflect a cs1db instance!!!! So that it also points to the host = pizza.mcs.csuhayward.edu (or 134.154.14.22)
• Once you have followed the directions to install SQLPlus.
  1. Launch SQLPlus application from your machine. You will get the following login/connect window. You should enter you UserName, Password and the Host String = cs1db
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
  2. If you are successfull in connecting you will see the following kind of message:
  3. You are now ready at the SQL> prompt to enter in your desired SQL commands.
  4. SQL COMMAND TO ALTER YOUR PASSWORD!!!!!!!!

     SQL> alter user your_user_name identified by new_password;