Modified: June 3, 2025
This how-to empowers you to do things yourself and explore the General Computing and Introduction pages, which contain much more information you may need.
Account related
- Getting a Rutgers NetID To authenticate yourself for most services at Rutgers, you need a NetID and password. This applies to University systems and Computer Science Linux systems maintained by LCSR for Computer Science users.
- Obtaining accounts on systems maintained by LCSR for Computer Science users. Details of available accounts and what steps to follow to get accounts of LCSR Systems.
- Creating an OIT account for University systems) Any Rutgers student, full-time faculty member, or full-time staff member can create an account for themselves using automatic account creation software
- Set or reset your Computer Science password. This is currently needed if you are using CS two-factor authentication. This will show you a University login screen. So, as long as you remember your University password, you can set or reset your CS password. If you need more security than a simple password can afford, please see two-factor authentication.
- How to Manage Your Users (including Guests) on CS Computer System. This shows you how to use the Group Management Web App to let you authorized users (typically faculty) and create user groups for Computer Science systems for accounts and file sharing.
Printing Related
- Show All CS Printer Queue and Jobs Status (RUOnly)
This page shows you the status of CS printer queues. (software) - Printing to CS Printers from Windows, MacOS X, and Linux Operating Systems
This document shows you how to print and set up printer queues on MS Windows/Mac/Linux OS. - How to Print Posters on Artisan from WindowsOS
This page shows step-by-step instructions on how to print posters correctly on Windows OS. - Nagios Printer Status at Hill & Core
This page shows you the status of all our printers and their queues. (hardware) - How to Distill Postscript Files to PDF
This document shows how to convert a Postscript file to PDF. - How to Create a FASTLANE PDF file
This document shows how to avoid incompatible PDFs by creating PDF files according to FastLane requirements. - How to Create a FASTLANE-compatible PDF Job Option for Acrobat
This document shows how to avoid incompatible PDFs by creating PDF file job options according to FastLane requirements. - FastLane PDF Instructions for Proposal Preparation and Project Reporting If you are submitting a proposal to FastLane, this document will explain to you how to create a proper PDF formatted proposal.
- Using TeX and LATEX with NSF FastLane
This FastLane document shows how to use TeX or LATEX to create FastLane-acceptable proposals. - Embedding Fonts
This document describes why embedding fonts into your documents is important. Many people are unaware that the document they write will not look as they intend to if they don’t embed proper fonts into their document. - Creating quality Adobe PDF files from TeX with DVIPS
This document explains how to configure the DVIPS program to use device-independent, scalable fonts in a PostScript language file or PDF document to achieve optimal font quality.
Email Related
- Email and Calendar
Describes different types of email systems used at Rutgers. - Accessing Email
Explain how to access your Rutgers email with a variety of clients - Public CS Calendar of Events
HomePage Related
- HomePage Manager
Instruction on how to set up your home page for your personal homepage or project-specific requirement. - Setting up your Public HTML homepage
This shows you details on how to set your personal homepage, which is stored in/common/web/$USER
Firewall and Broadband
- Rutgers University has a Web-based VPN server with MacOS/Windows and iOS/Android clients, as well as documentation that Rutgers users can use to access resources available from the university’s internal network only. More detailed documentation is also available from OIT.
- How To Route Web Traffic Securely Without a VPN Using a SOCKS Tunnel
This document shows you how to secure your web traffic using an OpenSSH SOCKS proxy connection on a MacOS, WindowsOS, and Linux - How to Use SSH Tunneling to Access Restricted Servers and Browse Securely.
This document shows you how to utilize the SSH program to access restricted services
Linux Apps Related
- Two Factor Authentication (2FA) options with CS Linux Systems
This page explains the options available and issues with CS Linux systems. - Enabling Google Authenticator 2FA on CS Linux Machine
This document explains how to enable Google Authenticator, which is a one-time password system for the CS Linux system. - Accessing Windows Remote Desktop from CS Linux Machine
This document explains how to access Windows OS from Linux systems from CS Linux Desktops - Connecting Google Drive with CS Linux Machines
This document describes connecting Google Drive or ScarletApp Drive accounts with the CS Linux system. - Don’t forget to check on Frequently Ask Questions
Information Protection and Security
- RU Secure
An official Rutgers Information Protection and Security to assist in the coordination of policies and activities that provide for a secure and protected computing environment for all Rutgers communities - Department of Homeland Security Cyber Infrastructure
Current security alerts and vulnerabilities activities that you should be aware of - Videos on Scams, Scammers, and How they Work
Collection of YouTube videos by Jim Browning focusing on scams - TheHackersNews
A website to keep you up-to-date on the latest cyber security issues.
and many more, such as our Introduction to CS Resources, General Computing Info, and Getting Started info