{"id":89,"date":"2019-01-14T10:49:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T15:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources-cs-rutgers-edu\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2026-11-02T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T23:00:19","slug":"how-to","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources-cs-rutgers-edu\/docs\/new-users\/how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"How-To"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"89\" class=\"elementor elementor-89\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68af119e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68af119e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c9dd0ae\" data-id=\"7c9dd0ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3083e5e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3083e5e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Modified: June 3, 2025<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">This how-to empowers you to do things yourself and <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">explore the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/new-users\/beginners-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">General Computing<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/new-users\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Introduction<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"> pages, which contain much more information you may need.<\/span><\/p><details id=\"account\"><summary><b>Account related<\/b><\/summary><ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.rutgers.edu\/~watrous\/accounts-netid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>Getting a Rutgers NetID.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> 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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/new-users\/getting-started\/\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>Obtaining accounts on systems maintained by LCSR<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b> for Computer Science users.<\/b> Details of available accounts and what steps to follow to get accounts on LCSR Systems.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.oit.rutgers.edu\/services\/manage.cgi?.State=Manage%20Services&amp;arg=\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>Creating an OIT account<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b><\/b> 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<\/span><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/services.cs.rutgers.edu\/accounts\/changepass\/changepass\">Set or reset your Computer Science password<\/a>.<\/strong> This is currently needed if you are using CS two-factor authentication. This will display the 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 provide, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/services.cs.rutgers.edu\/two-factor.html\"><em><strong>two-factor authentication section<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/managing-guest-users\/\">How to Manage Your Users (including Guests) on CS Computer System.<\/a><\/strong> This shows you how to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/services.cs.rutgers.edu\/groups\/login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Group Management<\/a> Web App to add authorized users (typically faculty) and create user groups for Computer Science systems for accounts and file sharing.<\/li><\/ul><\/details><details id=\"printing\"><summary><b>Printing Related<\/b><\/summary><ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Show All CS Printer <a href=\"http:\/\/printserver.cs.rutgers.edu\/printers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">Queue<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/printserver.cs.rutgers.edu\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">Jobs<\/span><\/a> Status (RUOnly)<\/span><br \/>This page shows you the status of CS printer queues. (software)<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Printing to CS Printers from <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/printing\/printing-on-windows\/\"><span class=\"s4\"><b>Windows<\/b><\/span><\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/printing\/printing-on-mac-osx\/\"><span class=\"s4\">MacOS X<\/span><\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/printing\/printing-on-linux\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Linux<\/span><\/a><\/strong> Operating Systems <\/span><br \/>This document shows you how to print and set up printer queues on MS Windows\/Mac\/Linux OS.<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/printing\/printing-posters-on-windows\/\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>How to Print Posters on Artisan from\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a>Windows OS<\/span><br \/>This page shows step-by-step instructions for printing posters correctly on Windows.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/report.rutgers.edu\/nagios\/cgi-bin\/status.cgi?hostgroup=K&amp;style=detail&amp;servicestatustypes=2&amp;hoststatustypes=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Nagios Printer Status at <\/b><\/span><strong><span class=\"s1\"><span class=\"s4\">Hill &amp; Core<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><br \/>This page shows you the status of all our printers and their queues. (hardware)<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/converting-a-postscript-document-to-pdf\/\">How to Distill Postscript Files to PDF<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>This document shows how to convert a Postscript file to PDF.<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/how-to-create-a-fastlane-pdf-file\">How to Create a FASTLANE PDF file<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>This document shows how to <a href=\"http:\/\/fastlane.nsf.gov\/a1\/PitstopBlockedPDF.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avoid incompatible PDFs<\/a> by creating PDFs that meet FastLane requirements.<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/creating-nsf-compatible-pdf-files\/\">How to Create a FASTLANE-compatible PDF Job Option for Acrobat<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>This document shows how to <a href=\"http:\/\/fastlane.nsf.gov\/a1\/PitstopBlockedPDF.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avoid incompatible PDFs<\/a> by creating PDF job options that meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastlane.nsf.gov\/documents\/pdf_create\/pdfcreate_01.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FastLane requirements<\/a>.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cengel\/JIE\/pdfcreat.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FastLane PDF Instructions for Proposal Preparation and Project Reporting.<\/strong><\/a> If you are submitting a proposal to FastLane, this document will explain to you how to create a properly formatted PDF proposal.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastlane.nsf.gov\/documents\/tex\/tex_01.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Using TeX and LATEX with NSF FastLane.<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span> This FastLane document shows how to use TeX or LATEX to create FastLane-acceptable proposals.<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gradsch.uga.edu\/For_Students\/Enrolled_Students\/FontEmbedding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embedding Fonts<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>This document describes why embedding fonts into your documents is important. Many people are unaware that the document they write will not look as intended if they don&#8217;t embed the proper fonts.<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/frank.harvard.edu\/~coldwell\/dvips-pdf.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creating quality Adobe PDF files from TeX with DVIPS<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>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.<\/li><\/ul><\/details><details id=\"email\"><summary><b>Email Related<\/b><\/summary><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/email-calendar\/mail-calendar\/\">Email and Calendar<\/a><br \/><\/strong>Describes different types of email systems used at Rutgers.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/email-calendar\/accessing-email\/\"><strong>Accessing Email<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Explains how to access your Rutgers email with a variety of clients<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.rutgers.edu\/news-events\/cs-events\/range.listevents\/-\">Public CS Calendar of Events<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/details><details id=\"email\"><summary><b>HomePage Related<\/b><\/summary><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/website-services\/homepage-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HomePage Manager<br \/><\/strong><\/a>Instructions on how to set up your home page for your personal homepage or project-specific requirement.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/website-services\/homepage-manager\/#setup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Setting up your Public HTML homepage<\/a><\/strong><br \/>This shows you details on how to set up your personal homepage, which is stored in <code>\/common\/web\/$USER<\/code><\/li><\/ul><div>\u00a0<\/div><\/details><details id=\"firewall\"><summary><b>Firewall and Broadband<\/b><\/summary><ul class=\"ul1\"><li>Rutgers University has a <span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ssl-vpn.rutgers.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Web-based<\/strong><\/a> VPN server with <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.rutgers.edu\/vpn\/apple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MacOS<\/strong><\/a><strong>\/<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soc.rutgers.edu\/vpn\/windows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Windows<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.rutgers.edu\/vpn\/ios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>iOS<\/strong><\/a><strong>\/<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/soc.rutgers.edu\/vpn\/android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Android\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><strong>clients,<\/strong>\u00a0as well as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.td.rutgers.edu\/wiki\/Category:VPN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>documentation<\/strong><\/a> that Rutgers users can use to access resources available only from the university&#8217;s internal network. More <a href=\"https:\/\/soc.rutgers.edu\/vpn\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>detailed documentation <\/strong><\/a>is also available from OIT.<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalocean.com\/community\/tutorials\/how-to-route-web-traffic-securely-without-a-vpn-using-a-socks-tunnel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How To Route Web Traffic Securely Without a VPN Using a SOCKS Tunnel<\/a><\/strong><br \/>This document shows you how to secure your web traffic using an OpenSSH SOCKS proxy connection on macOS, Windows, and Linux.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/168145\/how-to-use-ssh-tunneling\/\">How to Use SSH Tunneling to Access Restricted Servers and Browse Securely.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>This document shows you how to utilize the SSH program to access restricted services.<\/li><\/ul><\/details><details id=\"sharing\"><summary><b>Filesharing Documents<\/b><\/summary><ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/file-storage\/accessing-files-remotely\/\">Accessing CS Faculty\/Research\/Grad from a Remote Location<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>This document explains how to set up access to CS Files from other computers.<\/li><li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s5\"><span class=\"s3\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/mounting-and-mapping-windows-shares\/\">Mounting and Mapping Windows Network Volumes<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/span><br \/>This document explains how to mount and map Windows Network Volumes on Windows 7.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/connecting-google-drive-to-cs-linux-machines\/\">Connecting Google Drive with CS Linux Machines<\/a><\/strong><br \/>This document describes how to link your ScarletApps Google Drive to CS Linux machines, giving you effectively 30GB of disk space.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/services.cs.rutgers.edu\/sharing.html\">Sharing files between systems<\/a><\/strong><br \/>If you want to make local files on your system available to other systems, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/services.cs.rutgers.edu\/sharing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;sharing files&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li><li><strong>S<a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/file-storage\/sharing-directories\/\">haring Directories with Members of Your Projects<\/a><\/strong><br \/>This guide shows you how to share directories so you can work in a group.<\/li><\/ul><\/details><details id=\"apps\"><summary><b>Linux Apps Related<\/b><\/summary><ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.cs.rutgers.edu\/two-factor.html\"><strong>Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) options with CS Linux Systems<\/strong><\/a><br \/>This page explains the available options and the issues with CS Linux systems.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/enabling-google-authenticator-on-cs-linux-machine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Enabling Google Authenticator 2FA on CS Linux Machine<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>This document explains how to enable Google Authenticator, which is a one-time password system for the CS Linux system.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><strong><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/computer-systems\/windows-remote-desktop\/\">Accessing Windows Remote Desktop from CS Linux Machine<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>This document explains how to access Windows OS from Linux systems on CS Linux Desktops<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/connecting-google-drive-to-cs-linux-machines\/\"><strong>Connecting Google Drive with CS Linux Machines<\/strong><br \/>This<\/a> document describes how to connect Google Drive or ScarletApp Drive accounts to the CS Linux system.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Don&#8217;t forget to check the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/resources\/help\/faq\/\"><span class=\"s4\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/details><details id=\"security\"><summary><b>Information Protection and Security<\/b><\/summary><ul><li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rusecure.rutgers.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RU Secure<br \/><\/strong><\/a>An official Rutgers Information Protection and Security to assist in the coordination of <em>policies<\/em> and activities that provide for a <em>secure<\/em> and protected computing environment for all Rutgers communities<\/span><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us-cert.gov\/ncas\/current-activity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Homeland Security Cyber Infrastructure:<\/a><\/strong> Current security alerts and vulnerability activities that you should be aware of<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBNG0osIBAprVcZZ3ic84vw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Videos on Scams, Scammers, and How They Work<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Collection of YouTube videos by Jim Browning focusing on scams<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thehackernews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheHackersNews<\/a><\/strong><br \/>A website to keep you up-to-date on the latest cybersecurity issues.<\/li><\/ul><\/details><p>and many more, such as our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/new-users\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction to CS Resources<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/new-users\/beginners-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Computing Info<\/a>, <\/strong>and <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.cs.rutgers.edu\/docs\/new-users\/getting-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Getting Started<\/strong><\/a> info<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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