Fortunes on FI

The purpose of the fortune cookies is to show you interesting things like Did you know when you interactively log into 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.

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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 suit 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.

To change your faculty login shell to zsh or fish, see the chsh command.

Data in $HOME is 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 our FI firewall blocks your IP at https://fadmin.fi.muni.cz/auth/sit/ip_blacklist.mpl.

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

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

In case of a Major FI services outage, 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; don't delete 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 module versions 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 your web server logs 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 the 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 mail or to post anonymously? There is an option for you: https://fi.muni.cz/it-ideas.

Nymfe{01,02,03} and Musa01 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 the 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.

Some monitors in PC rooms (see the Room Map) have spare yellow-labeled HDMI and USB-C video cables attached for your notebooks.

If you are a teacher, you can also print from Aisa or classroom PCs. See https://fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/print.html.

Do you know about the stream availability for the FI lecture rooms? See the beginning of https://fi.muni.cz/tech/teacher-info.html.

You can use GPUs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (16 GB) in A219 and PC hall: https: //fi.muni.cz/tech/unix/nymfe.html#gpu.