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A CCRMA user account is your identity as a member of the CCRMA community and provides access to a variety of computing services.
Once upon a time Stanford had only one computer. It was located off-campus and CCRMA began with a small group of people using this computer. Being able to use this computer meant having a login, with the following features:
You needed a login to access computing resources, including both computation (the abilty to use the computer to run programs) and storage (a “place” to keep “your” files)
Your login provided a way for people to refer to you using 2-8 characters
Your modern “CCRMA Account” traces its technical and philosophical lineage to the logins of old. It includes:
A 2-8 character CCRMA login such as cc,
matt, or networth and associated password. CCRMA Sysadmins can reset your password if you
lose it. (Proposed account names are subject to review by staff and could be changed.)
The ability to log into the CCRMA wifi.
An email address of the form
mylogin@ccrma.stanford.edu which you can access via webmail or by configuring your email
client. (You can try forwarding
your CCRMA email to another address that you already read, but
lately there have been problems with yahoo and gmail rejecting messages
originally sent from their own service and then forwarded back via
CCRMA.) If you like reading your email via gmail then we recommend you
use their Check
emails from other accounts feature. We expect to be able to
reach you through this email.
Logging into a computer in the building, getting on CCRMA wifi
with your CCRMA login (getting on wifi with
your SUNet ID doesn’t count), or checking your CCRMA email (via
webmail or IMAP) automatically renews your membership in the
users and local-users email lists, where
various announcements and other important communications take
place.
The expectation that you will not only read your CCRMA email to be aware of CCRMA activities and announcements, but that you might participate in discussions. These email lists are the heart of the CCRMA user community, arguably the only site where the full CCRMA user community exists.
The ability to log into CCRMA Linux Workstations, CCRMA
studio Mac Pros (in Studio E and the
Recording Studio), and remote-login-only machines such as
ccrma-gate.
Your home directory, containing your personal files, simultaneously usable and editable via all these CCRMA computers. You could use scp or rsync to transfer files between your CCRMA home directory and other computers. The files in your CCRMA home directory are also backed up.
The files inside your Library/Web subfolder are your
CCRMA website. So for example if you create the file
Library/Web/index.html (e.g., by following this friendly
tutorial from the beginning of a 220a homework assignment) and your
login is matt, then that file will appear at the URL https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~matt/index.html or, for
short: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~matt
The ability to log into the online room reservation system to reserve time (up to 8 hours/week) in various spaces.
The ability to log into the (Drupal portion of the) CCRMA website (by clicking the “Login” link at the upper right of certain pages) to make edits and see additional information.
The ability to log into the CCRMA wiki to make edits, see page history, etc.
The ability to create or access git repositories on https://cm-gitlab.stanford.edu
Most of all, your having a CCRMA account represents a level of trust that CCRMA has placed in you. We expect you to be a “good citizen” as you pursue your classwork, research, and creative activities at CCRMA, including:
Locking the building after yourself when you leave after 5pm, especially closing the “windoors” (combination window/door in the Ballroom and Classroom).
Reporting any issues to CCRMA staff.
Asking for help if you’re not sure how to do something.
Leaving all spaces as (or better than) you found them.
Always leaving equipment plugged in and in the proper location. (Rewiring or moving equipment in shared spaces creates problems for the next person and wastes time troubleshooting.)
Keeping food out of the studios, Stage, and Listening Room.
Use the online room reservation system to coordinate time in shared spaces: make a reservation whenever you use the space, update your reservation when your plans change and you don’t need the space, respect other people’s bookings, etc.
Please note that a CCRMA account is different from a Stanford-wide SUNet ID. Both are logins to computing services, the former just for CCRMA and the latter for all of the rest of Stanford.
Both of these virtual logins are different from your Stanford University ID Number (“SUID”), a unique 7-digit number identifying you at Stanford and printed on your Stanford ID Card, an actual physical rectangular plastic card with your name and photograph.
If you have a Stanford ID Card then CCRMA staff can activate it to be an electronic keycard giving you physical access to the building exterior doors and also certain inside doors.
Most CCRMA users are active Stanford students, faculty, or staff, and
therefore have all of the above, but there are many exceptions. Notably,
Alumni have their SUNet services shut down (e.g., losing their
@stanford.edu email and having their now-expired Stanford
ID Card no longer unlock anything on campus, sadly including The Knoll)
but your CCRMA account lasts forever (unless you abuse it).
Most people get CCRMA accounts because they need one for a CCRMA class they are taking.
You need a faculty or staff sponsor to receive a CCRMA account.
To receive a CCRMA account you must agree to act in accordance with the Stanford Computer and Network Usage Policies.
The best way to sign up for a CCRMA account is to come physically to CCRMA (i.e., to CCRMA’s building The Knoll), and from the CCRMA network go to the CCRMA User Signup page: https://cm-knoll.stanford.edu/usersignup It’s a web form where a user can choose a CCRMA account name, securely enter the initial password, provide contact info, list the sponsor, and enter information from the Stanford ID card that allows CCRMA staff to activate it as a building keycard. Note: the above URL is not accessible outside CCRMA.
The sponsor can then go to https://cm-knoll.stanford.edu/usersignup/login to approve pending user signups. (The sponsor receives an email each morning with the list of signups needing to be approved, but the sponsor can approve immediately, without waiting for the mail.) Note: the above URL is not accessible outside CCRMA.
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