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Are You About To Expire?

In other words, is your ECN account about to expire? To find out, use the finger command and your login. For example, if I wanted to check the expiration date on my account, I would type "f kathleen". After issuing the finger command and pressing return, the following information would appear on my screen.

Login name: kathleen                        In real life: Kathy Stone
Office: MSEE 104, 49-44631                  Home phone:
Directory: /a/kathleen                      Shell: /bin/csh
Affiliations: ecn                           Uid: 2443
Expires: June 1992                          Login group: other (1)
Department: ECN                             Classification: Staff
Authorized by: marian
On since Apr 17 12:34:01 on tty1a
   16 seconds Idle Time
No unread mail.
No plan.

The fifth line on the left side indicates when your account will expire. For example, my account expires in June 1992. If your account shows a May 1992 expiration date, your account will be removed in a few weeks. If you are returning to school next summer and/or fall semester, notify your site specialist to have your account extended. In order to do this, however, it is necessary to show your site specialist proof of enrollment.

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