You are members of groups for your project work as was noted in an earlier message. What does this mean?
First there is NO group login, BUT there IS group server space. So don't bother to try logging in using your group name; it will not work. Login under your own id.
Where is that space?
/public/html/<group name> is set so that members of a
group can place files there and work with them. This means that any member
of the medicine group can place files in /public/html/medicine and create
subdirectories there etc.
How can I tell if the files is owned by my group?
Use the ls -alg command to list the files. You will see something like this:
-rwxrwxr-- 1 owner-id group-id 33750 Oct 29 16:04 file.name
this file has all group and owner permissions set on
-rwx------ 1 owner-id group-id 124662 Oct 31 10:24 file.name
this files has ONLY owner permissions set on
-rw-rw-rw- 1 owner-id group-id 18029 Nov 9 16:13 file.name
this file may be read and written over (including deleted) by anyone
How do I fix it so that others in my group can use my files?
chmod g+rw <file name> will allow members of your group to read and write
the files.
chgrp <group name> <file name> will set the ownership of the file to your group and allow group access once the permissions are set by chmod.
Read More About chgrp, chmod, and chown by using the man command. man commandname
For security purposes and for your greater convenience, MetaLab e-mail can be read by IMAP clients ONLY. Yes, pine on login.MetaLab.unc.edu is an IMAP client.
Our IMAP (or mailbox) server is mail.MetaLab.unc.edu
Our STMP (oe mail delivery) is mail.MetaLab.unc.edu (but MetaLab.unc.edu
will also work)
Your mail address will appear as <your id>@MetaLab.unc.edu
on outgoing mail and that is the best address for you to receive mail as
well.
If you use pine on login.MetaLab.unc.edu, you should have this entry
in SetUp -- Configuration:
inbox-path
= {mail.MetaLab.unc.edu}inbox
then you can read mail with ease. We're secure because we care.
If you would like for your MetaLab mail to be delivered to another address,
create a file named .forward in your top level directory.
.forward should be a one line file containing the exact address which
you wish to receive your mail.