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Using SILS Servers
Home Directory
Your SILS home directory is located at storage.unc.edu\sils. It holds personal folders ("home directories") where students, staff and faculty can store documents. Your home directory is accessed with the login name "onyen" and your onyen password. Your home directory is named after your Onyen. You are the only one with permission to access that folder. (Permissions can be changed in order to share files with others.)
Please keep the total space you use in your home directory within 2 GB. When you sign onto a computer in the SILS lab using your onyen login, you are attaching to your home directory. By default, your home directory will be mapped to the H:\ drive. Information on connecting to your individual home directory can be found here: http://sils.unc.edu/it-services/servers/home-directory. You can also connect to these drives on your personal computer from on-campus or off-campus. Off-campus access request a UNC VPN connection.
Ruby
Ruby is a Linux server that provides services used by many SILS classes, especially those involving web development and databases. It runs [ http://www.apache.org/ ] Apache and [ http://www.php.net ] PHP. Ruby user logins are created for specific courses. If you need a ruby login check with your instructor or send an email to silshelp [@] unc dot edu.
Pearl
Pearl is a Linux server that runs MySQL. These services can be accessed using the mysql client install on Ruby. If you need to use one of these servers or its services, see a Lab Assistant at the Help Desk to learn how to get access to what you need.
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