Self-managed Linux

Here are some popular Linux distributions:

• ⇒ RedHat
  
• ⇒ Fedora
  
• ⇒ Debian
  
• ⇒ Ubuntu
  

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.

• ⇒ Personal backups.

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