The program that you have to open to set up an account on Pippin is Workgroup Manager. This software is located on all the student machines at Application/Utilities/Workgroup Manager.
A copy of this program can be placed on non student Macintosh machines in the application folder.
only administrators on PIppin can use this program
supply the folowing information Address : pippin User Name : admin Password : *****
The following information is needed to create an account userid of student (it can be the full userid as issue by the university i.e. more than 8 characters) and the student # and the course that they will be taking.
click on New User + icon
fill in Name with student full userid name
check for next avaiable User ID as defined in UidNotes using scroll bar and replace current number
Do Not change Short Names
Fill in next 2 areas
Click on the Advance Tab
Set Login Shell /bin/tcsh all other areas are default
Click on Groups Tab
Click on the + button
Double click on the course number
Click on the Home Tab
Select the home directory for this student afp://pippin.cs.uwaterloo.ca
Click on the Create Home Now button
Click on the Save button
Either close the Workgroup Manager Window with the red button in the top left or quit the porgram. There only should be one active copy open at any one time.
Information in this area is meant for use by CSCF staff and is not official documentation, but anybody who is interested is welcome to use it if they find it useful.