Newbie ? Start here !

First Steps

1. Username and password

First, you need a username and a password. If you don’t have them, ask your supervisor.

2. Connect to your account

Using your username and password, you can now connect to the computer system of the Observatory. There are several ways to do it, depending if you are inside or outside the Observatory:

3. Change your password

To change your password, go here : https://ssp.astro.unige.ch/.

4. Configure your account

Setup your .bashrc file

  1. copy a .profile file:

    cp /obs/share/SKEL/profile ~/.profile

  2. copy a .bashrc file:

    cp /obs/share/SKEL/bashrc ~/.bashrc

Setup ssh for auto login

  1. generate an ssh key if you don’t have one:

    ssh-keygen

    and type 3 times enter.

  2. Copy the key into the authorized_keys file:

    cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

  3. Change permissions:

    chmod 0600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

Browser Configuration

From a desktop, you need to configure your browser in order to acces the internet. Instructions to configure it are given here: https://obswww.unige.ch/obswiki/proxy.

Where to work ?

For web consulting and editing, you can use an ssh connection towards the following machines : obssr2 and obssr3. In case you need to compute intensively, consult the next section.

Where to Compute ?

You are obviously free to compute on your laptop or personal desktop, however, if you need additional CPUs, you can acess to the Observatory computing facilities described here: Computing facilities.