Useful Information for CompBio

CompBio VPN software

Pitt VPN information page
Download GlobalProtect VPN software

Department Printers:

Copyroom Canon

Pitt SecurePrint KB page
Connect to https://secureprint.pitt.edu and login via SSO.
We suggest linking your Exchange, OneDrive and Sharepoint services to save scanned documents.
You may use the pin from the Dashboard to log into the Canon printer and also link your Pitt ID to your SecurePrint account.

Dell S5840cdn

The printer is listed under the name "'CSB-5HLKT-10180-1".

Windows: Follow these instructions for adding a printer.
Mac: Follow these instructions for adding a printer.

Setting Up a Personal Pitt Page

Logging In

Use ssh or sftp to login into linux-ts.it.pitt.edu
Login using your PITT username and password.

Your web files are under the public/html folder.

You are able to view the page at http://www.pitt.edu/~username
For example this page is at https://www.pitt.edu/~gengkon.

The standard command-line editors are available (vim/nano/emacs).
You may also create the html and upload via sftp.
If you do not have a sftp client already, an easy one to use is Filezilla

The space has a quota of 5 MB which is normally sufficient for basic html.
Larger files such as pictures and archives may be hosted on the pitt.box.com site and linked.

You can also increase your available space by following these steps:
1. Log into https://accounts.pitt.edu
2. Click the "EMAIL & MESSAGING" tab
3. Click the "UNIX QUOTA" link from the dropdown
4. Click the "Increase My UNIX Quota" button (if you have less than 500MB of quota remaining)

Useful Links:

Pitt Technology Website. Check links at bottom for your operating system.
Pitt's Getting started with HTML page