Computers User Accounts and Policy
Getting an Account
Department accounts are available for everyone except undergraduates. Exceptions are made for projects with MAE faculty. For new MAE accounts, please fill out a form available outside of Jacob Kitada's office (Bainer 2007).
We adhere to UC Davis' computer use policy and general policies. We expect all MAE computer users to follow those policies, and we do enforce them, as needed. Please also note that eating is not allowed in the labs, and your help and courtesy in keeping things clean is appreciated.
File Security and Backups
Weekly and weeknight backups are made on the departmental unix machines (ADL and Design Labs) and MAE Office server.
Faculty and staff : You can arrange to have your office computer automatically backed up to tape over the network on a weekly basis. Contact support@mae to set this up. As a second option, file space is being expanded on the server if you would like to just drag and drop files in your own server folder, with permissions set for your eyes only. Let me know if you'd like that option.
All others, and this primarily means students in the CAE lab, you are responsible for your own files. Always. Please use a jumpdrive, zip drive, your my.ucdavis file space, or a floppy.