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-0.2.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 (two times) 
   * If you already had an installed version of cygwin, 
     your packages will be updated and heimdal will be added.
   * If no cygwin had been installed previously, 
     a complete new version of cygwin with a minimal setup will be downloaded 
     from a mirror and installed under the default root location in C:/cygwin .

6. Shortcuts on your desktop or in your start menu will be added automatically. 

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

8. For adding additional packages you can start the setup in the downloaded cygwin subdirectory by hand.


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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/
