Unix OS
The gateway server gateway.cs.cityu.edu.hk is currently running Solaris 10 SPARC. It is the ONLY Unix server you can connect from the Internet. If you need to access other course-oriented servers, please connect to it first.
For Unix/Linux machines, connect to the server directly using native SSH client
ssh gateway.cs.cityu.edu.hk
For Windows machines, install one of the following SSH clients
Change Password
Please refer to CityU Change Active Directory (AD) User Account Password to change your password.
Applications
Public domain software
Most shareware are available in "/usr/local/bin". You can enter this directory and find out the applications you need.
Logout
Issue the command exit to logout.
Confiuration Files
There are several hidden files (dot files) in your home directory which control you working environment. You can edit these files to customize for your own preference.
~/.cshrc - C Shell resources file
Useful Unix Command
Some frequently used commands under Unix are:
| File and directory manipulation | |
| ls | list contents of directory |
| cd | change current working directory |
| mv | move or rename files / directories |
| cp | copy files / directories |
| rm | remove / delete files / directories |
| cat | type files |
| more | text file page browser |
| Editors | |
| vi | screen-oriented display editor |
| Help and reference manual pages viewers | |
| man | manual pages |
| Compilers | |
| cc | C compiler |
| gcc | GNU project C and C++ compiler |
| Communication programs | |
| ssh | communicates with another host using SSH protocol (e.g. ssh gateway.cs.cityu.edu.hk)) |
| ftp | interactive file transfer program |
| Process Control | |
| ps | display the status of current processes |
| kill | send a signal to a process, or terminate a process |
