Fortunes on FI

The purpose of the fortune cookies is to show you interesting things like Did you know when you interactively log in to our machines (for example, Aisu) that we think may be of informational value to you.

If you don't want to see them, run (on Aisa) the command touch ~/.unfortune(though this can be unfortunate).

You can list some reports yourself by running fi-fortune.

List of all fortune cookies

Do you think that something absolutely needs to be here? Let us know at unix@fi.muni.cz or see https://fi.muni.cz/tech/addresses.html.

You can create personal web pages under www.fi.muni.cz/~login. See https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/html-pages.html.

Besides $HOME, you can also use a large storage space /data/$login. See https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/quotas.html.

Missing some software at Aisa/Nymfe? You can ask unix@fi to install it, or try https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/modules.html.

You can run virtual machines at Stratus.FI: https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/stratus.html.

If you need to access Stratus.FI virtual machines with private IPs, use FI VPN: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/vpn.html.

You can access your Windows profile from Nymfe: https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/nymfe.html.

Follow our news and stories at https://is.muni.cz/auth/blog/cvt_fi.

We offer faculty VPN services (differs from the MU VPN): https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/vpn.html.

If you need to do demanding computing tasks, Aura may be suitable for you: https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/aura.html.

Want static documentation generated from a GitLab repo? Try GitLab pages: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/gitlab/pages.html.

Did you know that the faculty password is independent of the secondary MU password? https://fi.muni.cz/tech/account.html.

Want to know more about the services we offer? Have a look at our technical information: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/.

To get an overview of services by unix@fi, see these PV005 slides: https: //fi.muni.cz/files/unix/pv005-slides-unix-services.pdf.

You can change your faculty login shell to zsh or fish. See command chsh.

Data in $HOME are backed up daily: https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/backup.html.

Respect the rules when doing CPU-intensive tasks, especially at Aisa! https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/computation.html.

You can compile your software and make it available on Aisa, Nymfe* with the modules system: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/modules.html.

To access faculty mail, you can use webmail https://fi.muni.cz/mail/.

We have PC room maps including the occupation information: https: //fadmin.fi.muni.cz/auth/sys/maps/view.mpl.

You can check if your IP address is blacklisted by our faculty firewall at https://fadmin.fi.muni.cz/auth/sit/ip_blacklist.mpl.

Need to access faculty services from outside FI? Have a look at remote access options: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/remote.html.

Suspecting an outage of FI/MU network? Check our RIPE Atlas probe: https: //atlas.ripe.net/probes/6788/#tab-network.

If there was a Major outage of our service(s), there would most likely be ex-post information at https://fadmin.fi.muni.cz/noauth/vypadky.mpl.

You can create a faculty database instance if you need one: https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/databases.html.

Not sure about which faculty services are available only within the FI/MU network? See https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/external-network.html.

To train your spam filter, move the ham/spam to/from the spam box instead of deleting it: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/spams-and-viruses.html.

You can make some of the personal faculty webpages accessible only after authentication: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/auth-html.html.

Have you ever wondered where the names of our servers come from? https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/zamarovsky.html.

We provide prepared virtualization templates in Stratus.FI - they are marked with [CVT FI]: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/stratus.html.

Avoid adding specific versions of modules to bashrc et al. Prefer gcc to, e.g., gcc-4.8.2. See also https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/modules.html.

You can find web server logs for your web in /var/log/httpd-user/$USER.log on Aisa. See https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/html-pages.html for more.

Need an intro to faculty technical services? See our document for new students: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/lets-get-started-at-fi.html.

Are you a teacher? There may be valuable information for you here: https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/teacher-info.html.

Do you have a suggestion and prefer not to use mails or post anonymously? There is an option for you: https://fi.muni.cz/it-ideas.

Nymfe01, Nymfe02, Nymfe03, Musa01, and machines in A219 run nonstop (apart from a 5 A.M. reboot): https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/nymfe.html

You can use local /var/tmp/ on Nymfe as a temporary and fast local storage.

If your FI account were about to expire, you would be notified a few weeks in advance: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/account.html.

Want to get familiar with the Unix environment? Try PV004 lab: https: //is.muni.cz/auth/edutools/brandejs/pv004lab.

If you need to translate between uco and login or vice versa, you can use uco2login and login2uco commands (on Aisa and Anxur).

You can not access Nymfe directly from the internet. You have to go through Aisa or FI VPN: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/nymfe.html.

If your faculty login is xlogin, you also have a mail address xlogin@fi.muni.cz: https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/mail.html.

When writing to unix@fi and others, please use Reply all. Also, prefer group addresses. See https://fi.muni.cz/tech/addresses.html.

When connecting to Aisa from an unreliable/laggy network, consider using Mosh: https://mosh.org/.

Suspecting a problem with FI services? Check https://status.fi.muni.cz/.

Eduroam is also available at Brno main railway station. See also https://www.eduroam.cz/en/pripojene_organizace.

Thanks to x2x, you can remotely control the graphical session of a Nymfe from a notebook. See https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/nymfe.html.

Monitors at Nymfe{75..86} in PC hall have spare HDMI and DP-USB cables attached. You can use them with your notebooks.