How do I set up a Two-Factor Authentication?

• In order to access FRIB application from outside the laboratory, the Symantec two-factor VIP Access application needs to be set up. For instructions see here (304.61 KiB, 4M ago, 0 downloads).

How do I access my lab applications (including remote desktop and PuTTY) from my personal device?

• See here (552.33 KiB, 4M ago, 0 downloads) how to Utilize Citrix for Remote Access to FRIB Laboratory Resources.

How do I access my lab email on my phone?

• Here is a lab sponsored guide for both iPhone and Android using the Outlook and Gmail app.

How can I configure passwordless login to the gateway and other NSCL/FRIB computers (fishtank, fireside, jinacalc, etc.)?

• As with most Linux questions, once you know what to search, Google is your answer. Here is a sample step-by-step guide.

I walk away from my desk for five minutes and my ssh session times out, can I stop this?

• Yes! There is a parameter called ServerAliveInterval which will keep sessions alive. A guide is here.

How do I access journal articles from home?

• There are a variety of possibilities, from connecting to campus via a VPN or other remote connection (I once used curl to download an article directly to fishtank which I could then scp back to my computer!).
• MSU libraries details some instructions here.
• By far the easiest method I've found is to create a proxy server bookmarklet à la this Purdue guide.
  • You then simply replace the Purdue href with the MSU one: “http://proxy1.cl.msu.edu/login?url=%22+location.href”
  • Your final bookmarklet should look like this: javascript:void(location.href=“http://proxy1.cl.msu.edu/login?url=%22+location.href)
  • Now whenever you are up against a journal's paywall you merely need to click this bookmark, login to your MSU account, and voilà!