Computing Accounts

• BINGSUNS Account: A general access account on BINGSUNS, the central Unix server, is assigned to every student. You will use your userID and your BINGSUNS password to use your BINGSUNS account. This account can be used for academic work requiring a Unix operating system, for personal web pages and for reading e-mail with pine. The general access account remains active for six months after you leave the university.
• Electronic Mailbox Account: An electronic mailbox account is assigned to every student. You will use your assigned userID and your POD password to use electronic mail. The mailbox can be accessed with a mail client (Mirapoint, Outlook, Netscape mail, Thunderbird, pine and so on). The electronic mailbox account remains active for six months after you leave the university.
• POD Accounts: POD passwords are used for accessing computers in public areas, classrooms, the campus libraries, wireless, Campus Manager, email, Blackboard, and for releasing print jobs from the Pharos laser printing system.
• Course Accounts: All students are issued BINGSUNS (Unix) accounts. This account is sufficient for the classwork in many classes; it can be used for a personal web page and for running programs. Instructors of classes which require a larger BINGSUNS account should contact the HelpDesk (helpdesk@binghamton.edu or 777-6420) to arrange for the increase. Instructors of classes which require access to the IBM mainframe (BINGVMB) will need to request those accounts for the class. IBM mainframe accounts are issued by request only. To be eligible for a course account the student's name must appear on the registrar's records as a properly registered member of the class using the mainframe. Course accounts are activated on the first day of class and close on the last day of finals each semester.
• Blackboard Accounts: Students enrolled in courses where the instructor is using the Blackboard course management system will automatically be assigned Blackboard accounts. Network Storage: All Binghamton University students, faculty and staff are entitled to 50 megabytes of network storage space to host personal web pages or to store files and projects. Although your 50mb of storage space is actually on your BINGSUNS UNIX account, you can see and use this “drive” from any machine in the Pods.
• Network Storage: All Binghamton University students, faculty and staff are entitled to 50 megabytes of network storage space to host personal web pages or to store files and projects. Although your 50mb of storage space is actually on your BINGSUNS UNIX account, you can see and use this “drive” from any machine in the Pods.