RFC 350 UNKNOWN OPERATIONS · ACCOUNTS · UCSB

User Accounts for UCSB On-Line System

New login details for users of the UCSB On-line System

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PUBLISHED
May 1972
AUTHORS
R. Stoughton
STREAM
Legacy
DOI
10.17487/RFC0350

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NWG/RFC# 350                                              R.M. Stoughton
User Accounts for UCSB On-line System                     UCSB
NIC 10549                                                 18-May-72

        For the past year UCSB has provided free use of the UCSB
        On-line System to Network sites.  Recharges for this
        service are being paid for by the Computer Research Lab
        with funds out of our current ARPA contract.  Connect
        time for the month of April totaled 152 hours.

        Presently, all users are running on the same account:
        User Number=196, ID Code=57372, User Name=ARPA.  As
        such, it is difficult to monitor the amount of use by
        each site.  Consequently, we are changing the login
        procedure for Network users, effective 1 June 72.

        Commencing June 1, the new login parameters will be:

           User Number=196
           ID=57372
           User Name=<site destination>
           Job Name=<your name> (NIC ID will suffice).

        The appropriate site designation is listed at the end of
        this RFC for each affilliation presently connected to
        the ARPA network.  Any site omitted from this list which
        plans on running at UCSB should contact me at (805)
        961-3793.

        Network users of the UCSB On-line System are reminded
        that these free accounts are provided for Network
        experimentation.  We also encourage use of this service
        on a casual basis inorder that users unfamiliar with the
        Culler-Fried System may acquaint themselves with some of
        the facilities available.  However, sites intending to
        use the system on a production basis are requested to
        open a private account to which computer charges can be
        billed.

        We will also continue to provide free remote batch
        support on a limited basis.  Again, this service is
        provided as a convenience to Network sites who are
        attempting to implement and debug Network software.
        Sites submitting production jobs will be expected to
        open a Computer Center account and pay for computer
        charges billed to that account.

NWG/RFC# 350                                RMS 18-MAY-72 15:38  10549
User Accounts for UCSB On-Line System

              Affilliation     Network    Site Designation
                               Address    (User Name)

              AMES-67          16         AMES

              AMES-ILLIAC      ?          AMES

              AMES-TIP         144        AMES

              BBN-NCC          5          BBN

              BBN-TENEX        69         BBN

              BBN-TENEXB       133        BBN

              BBN-TESTIP       158        BBN

              BURR             15         BURR

              BURR-TEST        79         BURR

              CASE-10          13         CASE

              CMU-10           14         CMU

              ETAC-TIP         148        ETAC

              GWC-TIP          152        GWC

              HARV-1           73         HARV

              HARV-10          9          HARV

              HARV-11          137        HARV

              ILL-ANTS         12         ILL

              ILL-CAC          76         ILL

              LL-67            10         LL

              LL-TSP           138        LL

              LL-TX-2          74         LL

              MCCL-418         22         MCCL

              MIT-AI           134        MIT

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User Accounts for UCSB On-Line System

              MIT-DMCG         70         MIT

              MIT-MULTICS      6          MIT

              MITRE-TIP        145        MITRE

              NBS-CCST         19         NBS

              NBS-TIP          147        NBS

              NCAR-7600        25         NCAR

              NCAR-TIP         153        NCAR

              RADC-645         18         RADC

              RADC-TIP         146        RADC

              RAND-CSG         71         RAND

              RAND-RCC         7          RAND

              SDC-ADEPT        8          SDC

              SRI-AI           66         SRI

              SRI-ARC          2          SRI

              SU-AI            11         SU

              TINK-418         21         TINK

              UCLA-CNN         65         UCLA

              UCLA-NMC         1          UCLA

              UCSB-75          3          UCSB

              USC-44           23         USC

              USC-TIP          151        USC

              UTAH-1O          4          UTAH

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ISO Plain Language

On this page
PROBLEMAll network users shared one UCSB account, making it difficult to track use by site.
MECHANISMFrom June 1, users were to keep the listed user number and ID but enter their site designation as the user name and their own name or NIC ID as the job name.
WHAT USERS NEEDED TO KNOWThe notice distinguishes experimental use from production use and explains when sites must open paid accounts.

§1Why the Login Procedure Changed

UCSB had provided free use of its On-line System to network sites for about a year, with costs paid by the Computer Research Lab. All users had shared one account, so UCSB could not easily measure use by site. The notice reports 152 hours of connection time during April.

Users shared one account, so UCSB could not tell which site was using the system. The new login details were intended to identify the site.

§2Login Details from June 1

Starting June 1, 1972, network users were to enter User Number 196 and ID 57372 as before. They were to use their site's designation as the User Name and their own name, or NIC ID, as the Job Name. The notice includes a table matching connected organizations and hosts to their site designations.

Users kept the same user number and ID. They entered their site's name and their own name or NIC ID in the other login fields.

§3Experimental and Production Use

UCSB says the free accounts were for network experimentation and casual use, including helping unfamiliar users learn about the system. Sites that planned to use it for production work were asked to open a private account and pay the computer charges.

Limited free remote batch support would continue for sites implementing or debugging network software. Production batch jobs also required a Computer Center account.

The free access was for trying the system and learning it. Sites using the computer for production work had to open a paid account.