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Remote Access

Dial-Up Modem

Texas State offers free dial up connection for registered students. Visit http://www.tr.txstate.edu/get-connected/dialup.html for instructions on how to set up dial-up access.

BobcatMail

Texas State's BobcatMail e-mail system can be accessed as a web-based service at http://synergy.txstate.edu/exchange. Additional help and instructions on configuring other mail clients (like Outlook Express or Thunderbird) is available at http://www.tr.txstate.edu/get-started/e-mail-setup.html.

Linux

CS Linux username and password are required. Also a latest secure shell client (version 2) is needed.

Mac OS X and all major Unix/Linux systems (including Solaris, BSD, etc.) include a command-line secure shell client (ssh.)

The following 4 secure shell servers are set up for remote access:

Oracle

The Oracle10g client is installed on all of the above remote access servers. Log into any of the above servers to access the Oracle database. To open a new SQL*Plus session, type

sqlplus username@CSORACLE/password

For example:

[someone@hercules ~]$ sqlplus scott@CSORACLE/tiger

SQL*Plus: Release 9.2.0.4.0 - Production on Wed Sep 1 18:45:22 2004

Copyright (c) 1982, 2002, Oracle Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options

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MySQL

MySQL clients are installed on all machines in DH 231 and the Linux remote access servers. To connect from a Linux client, type

mysql -u <username> -h mysql.cs.txstate.edu -p

at the command line. You will then be prompted for your password.

Mysql access is also available through a web interface at http://mysql.cs.txstate.edu/.