Welcome to the Institute

IT Onboarding is on the 1st Thursday of each month at 1pm in Room A412: https://topic.cbs.mpg.de/methodsclub

Note that in addition to your institute's account, you get an account at GWDG, a computing center offering several internal and external services for MPI.

Which account do I need for which service?

Institute account	Workstation Login, Ticket System, Mail Server*, Remote desktop*
GWDG account*	ownCloud, MAX, SAP (pay stubs, leave requests,...), eduroam
Minerva messenger	Use MPG SSO (GWDG account) or get an account via self service

* Each account requires a different 2FA

To Do

1. Be aware of IT Rule #1: https://topic.cbs.mpg.de/rule1
2. Finish setup of your mail account at https://mail.cbs.mpg.de . Make sure to use "Google Authenticator" for 2FA. Do not use "MS Authenticator" or Authy!
3. Change your institute account password here: https://userportal.cbs.mpg.de
   • This only works within the institute or via remote access.
   • There is no shame in forgetting it. Just come to IT with an official ID card.
4. Change your GWDG account password (It must not be your institute password!), check your emails for information
5. Know, where to put your data and how it's protected https://topic.cbs.mpg.de/dataprotectionpolicy
6. Be patient about access to MAX and SAP. Administration will start activating access when they have your contract and your circulation slip. This usually takes ~ one week.

Features

• Ticket System: You have a wish, problem or question? You need software, hardware or an upgrade? You are having trouble with your computer? Write a ticket: https://tickets.cbs.mpg.de
• To get remote access to a virtual Windows or Linux desktop, come to the IT department with your ID card. There is no VPN!
• To access restricted publications from anywhere, use https://browser.cbs.mpg.de
• If you accidentally deleted or modified files, write a ticket immediately!
• Your home directory is small and for personal data only. Do not put large data sets there! (https://topic.cbs.mpg.de/home)
• Get additional personal storage here: https://userportal.cbs.mpg.de/request/study
• Get storage for a research project here: https://userportal.cbs.mpg.de/storageunified/request/user

Cheat Sheet

Institute-specific commands
phone	Search phone directory for phone numbers and people
homedirusage	Report on storage usage in your home directory
Q	Show current storage usage in restricted
mydata	Show managed storage you have access to
cbsdata -s [sb]	Show information about a storage block (see mydata)
getserver -l	Show compute servers accessible to you that are physically close to you
centralwindows	Connect to CentralWindows
remotelinux	Start graphical remote desktop
Linux shell keyboard shortcuts
Cursor left and right	Move through the command line word by word
Tab Tab	Get suggestions (on commands and their arguments)
Cursor up and down	Browse the command history
Ctrl+R	Start search in the command history
Ctrl+C	Abort running command / Start a fresh command line
Ctrl+C Ctrl+D, exit	Close the shell and the terminal window
Tools to make your life easier
mc	Start Midnight Commander file manager
screen	Protect program in remote shells against local crashes
top or htop	Show running processes on your computer