PDC's cygwin edition

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Quick install:
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1. Download ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/binaries/i386-pc-cygwin/alpha/pdclogin-0.1.zip

2. Extract contents of downloaded zip file

3. Open folder on zip archive

4. Double click on install script and run it

5. A Cywin Setup windows appears. This is the download step.

4. Click 4 times NEXT, then you have to choose your download mirror.
   (For example sunet.se near the end of the list if you are in Sweden)

5. Select additional packages. The defaults given are a rather minimal selection.
   Recommended additional packages are 
       rxvt (a terminal emulator)
       vim or emacs (an editor)
       less ...
   If you already have an installed version of cygwin you can upgrade your packages.

6. Click Next and Finish

7. Another Cygwin Setup popup appears. This is the install step.

8. As all packages were selected (in step 5), just click Next/Finish.

9. Now you can start a bash from your Start menu (or desktop icon).



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Usage instructions:
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1. Get a forwordable ticket for PDC: 

$ kinit -f [your-username-at-pdc]@NADA.KTH.SE

The default life time of a ticket is 10h.
You can change this with the -l parameter:

$ kinit -l 3600 -f [your-username-at-pdc]@NADA.KTH.SE 
$ kinit -l 14h -f [your-username-at-pdc]@NADA.KTH.SE

You can test the validity of your ticket with the klist command.

2. Log in to (for instance) ferlin.pdc.kth.se: 

$ kxssh -f -l [your-username-at-pdc] ferlin.pdc.kth.se


3. When you log out it is good practice to destroy tickets and tokens by

$ kdestroy


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Uninstall instructions:
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1. Save your home directory in C:\cygwin\home or anything else you want to preserve
2. Execute uninstall.bat


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This package differs from a default cygwin install:
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* The files are first downloaded from a mirror

* The added heimdal-ssh package which is installed as default

* This README

* install.bat

* uninstall.bat


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For more questions and support please refer to
http://www.pdc.kth.se/systems_support/