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Self-managed Linux

Here are some popular Linux distributions:
Accessing Informatics services
You can find information on how to access the various Informatics services from your Linux machine by selecting the linux topic from the Choose a topic option in the right sidebar. The self-managed topic might also be of interest.
Backups
If you keep University files on your computer, you should make backup copies of them.
Local configuration instructions
- Kerberos on Ubuntu
- How to configure your Ubuntu machine so that you can authenticate with the Informatics Kerberos service
- OpenAFS
- How to configure your machine so that you can access the Informatics file store
- Using SSH
- How to configure your SSH client to use GSSAPI (Kerberos) authentication to gain the benefits of improved security and the convenience of single-sign-on
- Cosign SPNEGO
- How to configure your web browser to use the SPNEGO single-sign-on support for the Informatics Cosign service
- Backups
- How to backup the data on your machine to the Informatics backup service
Last reviewed:
10/12/2018