Opportunity Cluster FAQ
A: To get help, follow the steps outlined in the Getting Started page. If that does not cover the subject matter in enough detail, please contact the IS Call Center at xHELP (x4357)
A: There is a large amount of software available on this platform including, but not limited to: Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, SAS, Stata, Intel Compilers, GNU Compilers and MPI tools.
A: To connect to the Opportunity Cluster you must use SSH. You can download a windows version of the SSH from here.
A: To change your shell you can use the Linux utility 'chsh'. The following Shells are available csh, tsh, bash, bash2. Please see an example below:
$ chsh
Changing shell for USER.
Password:
New shell [/bin/bash]: /bin/csh
Shell changed.
Q: How do I change my password?
Use the command 'passwd'. Please select a password that is not easy to guess and is at least 7 charaters. See the example below:
$ passwd
Changing password for user USER..
Changing password for USER
(current) UNIX password: ********
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Q: I cannot find XXX software package, where did it go?
Most of the applications are NOT installed on the front-end (Opportunity itself). The software however is installed on all the compute nodes. Please confirm that you are currently working from one of the compute nodes. You can find out what node you are on by typing the command 'hostname'
hostname
compute-x-x.local <---- should be the responce, NOT opportunity.neu.edu
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