Network Accounts and Quotas

Network Accounts

Kenyon faculty, staff and student accounts are created through an automatic process when an employee begins work or a student enrolls at Kenyon.

Special student accounts are available for those individuals who may take only a course or two at Kenyon. This type of account is valid only for the time period of the course and is used for the special student to communicate with the professor. It can be extended by the Registrar's office if re-enrolling in another course.

Affiliated scholar accounts are created for individuals to whom Kenyon has decided to give "affiliated scholar" status. It is valid for one year but can be extended by the Registrar's office.

Network Account Quotas

Faculty H: drive accounts , affiliated scholar accounts and adjunct instructors reside on the tiber.kenyon.edu server, with quotas of 250MB. Those requiring higher quotas will be accommodated as long as drive space is available.

Staff H: drive accounts also reside on the tiber.kenyon.edu server, with quotas of 250MB. Those requiring higher quotas will be accommodated as long as drive space is available. Summer group guest accounts (on tiber) have 50MB.

Student H: drive accounts and special student accounts reside on the rhine.kenyon.edu server, with quotas of 300MB.

Requests for a student organization or special project network account on the P: drive are made in person with the Director of Student Activities & Organizations at the Student Affairs Center (SAC). Those requests are then sent by Student Activities directly to the LBIS systems manager to process. Students will be notified by the systems manager when the account has been created. Student organization or special project accounts have a 100 MB quota.

To check your quota and space usage:

Using a Windows computer, your quota and space usage can be determined by opening Windows Explorer and right-clicking on your H: drive in the list in the left column. Then left-click on Properties in the drop-down menu. Your H: drive quota and usage will be displayed in the window that appears. If you are a Mac OS X user , you will have to go to a Windows workstation in a public lab to check your quota as above.

To recover space on your H: drive: You must either delete or download files from your account. You can download the files to a CD for long-term storage. Contact the HelpLine at 5700 for more information. To delete files using a Windows computer, use the My Computer or Windows Explorer utilites. Mac users cannot delete files using their Macs once their H: drive becomes full because it locks up access to the files. They must go to a Windows workstation in a public lab to access and delete their files to gain space in their account.

Applying for an increase in quota: Faculty and staff requiring an increased quota should contact the HelpLine. Students who demonstrate a need for more quota because of a class project or part-time employment may request an increase through the faculty member or Kenyon supervisor who is responsible. That person should email the HelpLine requesting an increased quota on behalf of the student, and the HelpLine will forward the request to the LBIS systems manager. Student increases will remain in effect until the end of the project or (at the latest) the end of the academic year. A new request must be filed if the increased quota is needed during the next academic year.