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DO NOT USE two or more workstations in “graphical mode” (local connection) simultaneously or use another workstation (not the workstation assigned to you) in “graphical mode”

You can see/have access to all the files on your home directory from any workstation of your Sector. LDAP (our centralized authentication system) brings the information about your account to every workstation of your Sector and allows you to log into any of them using your username and password.

You have to avoid to use more than one graphical session simultaneously (e.g. you should not use KDE or Gnome simultaneously on different PCs), or use the graphical session on different PCs (which may have different software versions). For the graphical session always use your workstation only.
The mentioned wrong usage of the graphical session may cause:
overwriting of desktop configuration files in your home directory,
hang-ups of the machine or
file inconsistencies.

IF YOU ARE AUTHORIZED BY THE MAIN USER of another workstation (always of your Sector), you can:

  • open a remote connection using ssh command. For example: ssh workstationnanme.sector;
  • in case of EMERGENCY ONLY AND if the main user is absent or is not using his/her workstation, you can login in “text mode” pressing simultaneously ctrl alt F1. To set again the workstation in “graphical mode” press simultaneously cltr alt F7.
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