Particle Physics Computer Support Page

Particle Physics Servers:

• New users should read this

• The Unix systems in PP.
• Central IT Services

Basics: (New post graduate students should have seen this during the induction week and following lectures.)

• Introductory Computing Manual  (by Nick West) is given to all new graduate students.
• HEP Computing Topics
• Graduate Student Lectures.  Most are given in Michaelmas term.
• C++ Course
• Oxford University Computing Services Courses are free to Staff and Students.

Support Staff:

• Who looks after what?

Remote Access:

Our systems are connected via the Internet and as such can be reached either via fixed connections or dial-in lines. For information of how best to connect to our network from home or elsewhere see: Remote Access.

Related facilities:

• Central Physics Computer Pages
• Video and Audio Conferences

Security:

It is very important that users choose a good password. It is possibly better to think of it as a passphrase ie Think of a short sentance such as "I promise to use a very good password" and use the first letter of each word making Iptuavgp your password. This password is easy to remember and yet very hard to crack. Most unix systems only use the first 8 characters of a password, although Windows can have longer ones.

Central Physics Computing group are responsible for many services including the standard Physics Windows systems we use on the desktops.