Getting started with the service of ITO

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One identifier means an account supported by a different organization of the TU Munich and with which you could gain the access to the IT-Infrastructure that they've supported. The identifiers are often named as Login or user-id on different websites.

It is important to remind that different identifiers have nothing to do with each other (and in most cases, they have or should have different passwords).

CIT ID

Students receive a Welcome email from us at the beginning of the first semester. In the email you will find your CIT ID and further information regarding the registration process.

CIT ID for Windows in the computer rooms (Rechnerhalle)

This ID is used to log in to the Windows-computer on the faculty of informatics. If you do not want to use the Windows OS you could then for sure ignore the Windows identifier. If you want to use the Windows OS you have to set a password for it. Go to the website of https://ucentral.in.tum.de/cgi-bin/login.cgi?winpasswd and set a password there. The username is here your CIT ID.

TUM ID (mytum or LRZ ID)

The TUM id is used, for example, to log in to the website: https://campus.tum.de. When you are logged in to the this page and click on 'your E-mail address', you will see a cryptical address with two letters 2 numbers and three letters (e.g. ab23cde@mytum.de). You can add the email address firstname. lastname@tum.de.

The cryptical part before the '@' character is your TUM ID and the password for this is the same as the TUM id.

 If you do not have a CIT ID, you can log in to the computers in the computer hall (Rechnerhalle) with your TUM ID. However, as soon as you get a CIT ID, you will no longer be able to log in with your TUM ID. We recommend that you back up all data before applying for a CIT ID, as it will be deleted.

Eduroam WIFI and LAN connection in computer hall (Rechnerhalle)

To set up the Eduroam WIFI is slightly different depending on the operating system and device (however no matter what Operation System, you will need here the LRZ identifier that mentioned above). The LRZ gives a short manual about how to set up the LRZ WIFI: https://www.lrz.de/services/netz/wlan_en/eduroam_en/

Eduroam also provides the interface to connect in our Computer halls using a cable. The ITO-Helpdesk lends cables against your student ID as a deposit in room 00.07.036. Short instruction for the connection is listed here: https://wiki.ito.cit.tum.de/bin/view/CIT/ITO/Docs/Services/Proxy/

Printing

You need the CIT ID to print in the faculty of the CIT. Students can buy print contingent from the 'Fachschaft' (Room 00.06.036). You can check your contingent via Applications → System → Print Quota or terminal with the command lpquota. If you are sitting at a workstation in the computer halls or are logged into the computer hall via Secure Shell on lxhalle.in.tum.de. It is also displayed on the screen of the card reader at the printer when you are logged in.

Print documents through UCentral

  • Log in to the website of https://qpilot.rbg.tum.de.
  • After put in the in.tum.de identifier and the password, please choose mobilePrint.
  • There you can upload PDF Document to be enqueued. Note that this might occur so fast that you might not notice.
  • You can monitor your print jobs from the last three days under Printjobs from the main page. (Older jobs will be deleted automatically.)
  • All print jobs are enqueued as FollowMe jobs and can be printed out at any Xerox printer using your student card or in.tum.de Identifier.

Print documents in the computer hall (Rechnerhalle)

 All Xerox printers are available. (Two of those are located in the Kleine Rechnerhalle - Room 00.07.035)

  • You can print from any application that supports printing (if in doubt use the followme print queue - which is the standard choice).
  • You can monitor your printed jobs on https://qpilot.rbg.tum.de -> Printjobs

Print documents via USB

Log into any Xerox printer using your student card or in.tum.de Identifier.

  • Your print jobs have to be in PDF Format on a USB key.
  • Tap on print from USB on the printer display and follow the instructions.

Scanning

Besides making a copy or print documents, you can also scan documents.
Choose the 'Mail' on the display of the printer and put in your ma/in.tum.de E-Mail address. After inserting the document in the scanner tap on scan on the display to start. Alternatively you can tap scan to USB to scan to a USB Stick. Just follow the instructions on the display.

Computer halls

Please refer to Rechnerhallen to see a complete list of labs with workstations you can log in using your CIT Identifier.

Notice on data protection in computer halls

When you are working with a Linux computer in a computer hall, please pay attention to the data that you saved on the computer. The default setting for access rights is that no other users (including fellow students) can view your files. You can manually change this (and also find out how this goes) yourselves. But then pay attention that you do not be too lenient with the access rights!

See also: https://wiki.ito.cit.tum.de/bin/view/Informatik/Helpdesk/Zugriffsrechte

Microsoft products through Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for teaching

Further information on Microsoft products can be found at: https://wiki.ito.cit.tum.de/bin/view/CIT/ITO/Docs/Guides/Microsoftazure/

Microsoft Office 365 through Office365-portal

Instructions for obtaining Office 365 can be found at: https://collab.dvb.bayern/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=67465421#MicrosoftProdukte(Campuslizenz)-Microsoft365

Certificates

With a certificate, you could send and receive E-Mails with digital signature and encryption or visit the website that can only be opened with a valid CIT- certificate.

You received the password of your CIT certificate from the info-point together with your CIT ID. If you didn't receive the password of your certificate or your certificate is not valid anymore, you could then log in to this page with your CIT username to apply for a new certificate.

The certificate is always one year valid. Before the Expire of your certificate, you will receive an E-Mail on your CIT E-Mail address with a link to the website where you could issue a new certificate.

Here you will find more information and instructions for installing the certificate for many operating systems.

SSH-Server lxhalle.cit.tum.de

We set up the machine lxhalle.cit.tum.de as SSH-Server. It can be accessed via Secure Shell (ssh) with your CIT ID as login data from everywhere inside and outside the faculty. Remote Desktop is also available with the same credentials. If you are having Windows OS at home you could use the beloved freeware-program WinSCP (upload and download data) and PuTTY(shell-login) to reach the lxhalle.

In addition, lxhalle provides the holders of an CIT ID with a powerful server on which you can carry out calculations or run programs that have a particularly high demand for CPU performance and / or RAM. (Please start long jobs with the nice command.)

If you have further questions or problems, please contact the ito help desk or send an email to support@ito.cit.tum.de.