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Only Mufasa users (i.e., people with a user account on Mufasa) can [[System#Accessing Mufasa|access the machine]] and interact with it.
= Requesting the creation of a new user =


Only people with a '''Linux user account''' on Mufasa can [[System#Accessing Mufasa|access the machine]] and interact with it.


= Creating new Mufasa users =
Only Linux users '''registered to SLURM's accounting system''' can [[System#The_SLURM_job_scheduling_system|use SLURM]].
For a person to become a Mufasa user, two steps are required:


:: '''Step 1''' - a [[Users#Creating a new Linux user|'''new Linux user''']] must be created for the person on Mufasa
To request the creation of a new Linux user and its registration to SLURM's accounting system, a person must [[Special:Emailuser/GiulioFontana|write an email to Giulio Fontana]].
::: This enables the person to [[System#Accessing Mufasa|access Mufasa]] and to execute basic activities, such as uploading data or code to their <code>/home</code> directory.


:: '''Step 2''' - the new Linux user must be [[Users#Providing a user with access to SLURM|'''registered to SLURM's accounting system''']]
'''IMPORTANT!''' One of the academic staff in charge of Mufasa must be '''CC'ed to the email''', otherwise the request will not be considered.
::: This enables the person to fully exploit Mufasa's computational resources, which requires using [[System#The SLURM job scheduling system|SLURM]].
 
Creation of new users on Mufasa must be requested as [[Users#Requesting user creation and/or registration|explained below]].
 
== Requesting user creation and/or registration ==
To request the creation of a new Linux user and its registration to SLURM's accounting system, a person must [[Special:Emailuser/GiulioFontana|write an email to Giulio Fontana]].


The request needs to specify what follows:
The request needs to specify what follows:
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# what '''research group''' the person belongs to, among those listed in [[Users#Group names|Group names]] (see below)
# what '''research group''' the person belongs to, among those listed in [[Users#Group names|Group names]] (see below)


'''IMPORTANT!''' One of the academic staff in charge of Mufasa must be '''CC'ed to the email''', otherwise the request will not be considered.


= User and groups on Mufasa =
= User and groups on Mufasa =

Revision as of 10:21, 7 October 2022

Requesting the creation of a new user

Only people with a Linux user account on Mufasa can access the machine and interact with it.

Only Linux users registered to SLURM's accounting system can use SLURM.

To request the creation of a new Linux user and its registration to SLURM's accounting system, a person must write an email to Giulio Fontana.

IMPORTANT! One of the academic staff in charge of Mufasa must be CC'ed to the email, otherwise the request will not be considered.

The request needs to specify what follows:

  1. name and surname of the person that the Linux user is associated to
  2. email of the person
  3. user category, which can be either student (for M.Sc. students) or a researcher (for everyone else, including Ph.D. students)
  4. what research group the person belongs to, among those listed in Group names (see below)


User and groups on Mufasa

This section explains user and group policy on Mufasa, and the procedure to create new users and associate them to groups.

Usernames

Mufasa usernames have the form xyyy (all lowercase), where x is the first letter of the first name of the person, and yyy is their complete surname. For instance, a person called Mario Rossi will be assigned username mrossi.

If multiple users with the same surname and first letter of the first name exist, those created after the very first one are given usernames including a two-digit counter: mrossi, mrossi01, mrossi02 and so on.

Group names

On Linux machines such as Mufasa, users belong to groups. On Mufasa, groups are used to identify the research group that a specific user is part of. Assigment of Mufasa's users to groups follow these rules:

The person cited within brackets is the faculty who is in charge of Mufasa for each group.