UNIX Account


How to Construct Your UNIX Account's Username and Initial Password

Your UNIX account's username is the first 2 letters of your last name followed by the first 2 letters of your first name followed by the last 4 digits of your student ID number. For example, if your name is John Doe and your student ID is 123456789, then your username is dojo6789.

Your UNIX account's initial password is all 9 digits of your student ID number.


Logging onto your UNIX Account

Logging onto your UNIX account

At Queens College:
The program (WinSCP) to log onto your UNIX account may or may not be installed on the computers on campus. If the program is installed on the computer, just click on the Logging onto your UNIX account link to follow the instructions to log into your UNIX account.

At Home:
Before you can access your UNIX account from home, you need to install the WinSCP program on your home computer. Click the following link to go to the instructions to install this program: Instructions to install the WinSCP program on your home computer. Once you've installed the program on your home computer, just click on the Logging onto your UNIX account link to follow the instructions to log into your UNIX account.