Welcome to the Institute

Here at the institute, you get a GWDG account in addition to your institute's account. The GWDG is a computing center offering several services for the Max Planck Society, allowing you to use the GWDG services and some other external and central services.

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	Get an account via self service

* Each account requires a different 2FA

To Do

1. Read IT Rule #1: https://topic.cbs.mpg.de/rule1
2. 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 ID card.
3. Change your GWDG account password (It must not be your institute password!), check your email account (https://mail.cbs.mpg.de) for information
4. Grant or revoke your consent for private usage of IT resources: https://topic.cbs.mpg.de/consentapp
5. Read https://topic.cbs.mpg.de/dataprotectionpolicy

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, it probably can be restored!
• Your home directory is small and for personal data only. Do not put large data sets there! (https://portal.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

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

ssh [computer]	Connect to another computer
ssh [computer] [command]	Start [command] on a remote [computer] (compute server or other workstations)
mc	Start Midnight Commander file manager
screen	Protect program in remote shells against local crashes
top or htop	Show running processes on your computer