Frequently Asked Question
Account Policies
Last Updated 3 years ago
Applying for an Account
To request a new account, go to https://accounts.cs.wm.edu/newuser_template and lock in with your William and Mary account. You should see a form to request a new account. Fill out the form COMPLETELY (including what cs class you are taking even if you are a major or a grad student. After submitting the form, we will create the account this process usually takes around 24 hours. If you cannot access the account within a day or two after requesting the account, you can follow up with us by submitting a ticket.
Undergraduate Accounts
Undergraduate students are issued 2GB of backed-up disk quota. Accounts for declared concentrators persist until graduation; non-majors' accounts expire at the end of the semester in which the account was established.
Graduate Accounts
Graduate students are issued 2GB of backed-up disk quota. Accounts persist until graduation, with the exception that graduating doctoral students retain accounts for one additional year.
Faculty Accounts
Faculy members are issued 4GB of backed-up disk quota. Accounts persist until the individual leaves the Department.
Guest Accounts
Invited guests may obtain access to Department resources by applying for a temporary account. A Faculty member must sponsor the application. Guests are issued 2GB of backed-up disk quota. Guest accounts are deleted without being archived when the individual leaves the department.
Archival and Deletion
Home directories (not scratch storage) for deleted accounts are archived before being deleted. Account deletion occurs per semester, within one month of, but not less than one week after, the end of final exams. Barring any physical destruction of archive media, account archives will be available by request for at most two years after deletion. The availability of accounts that have been expired for more than two years cannot be guaranteed. Accounts of non-majors are not archived.
What follows is the official policy passed by the Department Systems Committee regarging account deletion:
Departmental accounts are intended for declared undergraduate concentrators, graduate students, faculty and staff. These accounts are persistent as long as the individual maintains his or her association with the Department. The account of an individual who does not fall into one of the above categories is temporary and will be deleted at the end of the semester in which the temporary account is active.
A faculty member may extend the account of a recently-completed undergraduate or M.S. student for one semester; a faculty member may extend the account of a recently-completed Ph.D. student for one year. A petition to the Department Equipment Committee is required for account retention outside the scope of the above extensions. A petition is also required for the creation and retention of an account for any individual without a formal association with the department.
To request a new account, go to https://accounts.cs.wm.edu/newuser_template and lock in with your William and Mary account. You should see a form to request a new account. Fill out the form COMPLETELY (including what cs class you are taking even if you are a major or a grad student. After submitting the form, we will create the account this process usually takes around 24 hours. If you cannot access the account within a day or two after requesting the account, you can follow up with us by submitting a ticket.
Undergraduate Accounts
Undergraduate students are issued 2GB of backed-up disk quota. Accounts for declared concentrators persist until graduation; non-majors' accounts expire at the end of the semester in which the account was established.
Graduate Accounts
Graduate students are issued 2GB of backed-up disk quota. Accounts persist until graduation, with the exception that graduating doctoral students retain accounts for one additional year.
Faculty Accounts
Faculy members are issued 4GB of backed-up disk quota. Accounts persist until the individual leaves the Department.
Guest Accounts
Invited guests may obtain access to Department resources by applying for a temporary account. A Faculty member must sponsor the application. Guests are issued 2GB of backed-up disk quota. Guest accounts are deleted without being archived when the individual leaves the department.
Archival and Deletion
Home directories (not scratch storage) for deleted accounts are archived before being deleted. Account deletion occurs per semester, within one month of, but not less than one week after, the end of final exams. Barring any physical destruction of archive media, account archives will be available by request for at most two years after deletion. The availability of accounts that have been expired for more than two years cannot be guaranteed. Accounts of non-majors are not archived.
What follows is the official policy passed by the Department Systems Committee regarging account deletion:
Departmental accounts are intended for declared undergraduate concentrators, graduate students, faculty and staff. These accounts are persistent as long as the individual maintains his or her association with the Department. The account of an individual who does not fall into one of the above categories is temporary and will be deleted at the end of the semester in which the temporary account is active.
A faculty member may extend the account of a recently-completed undergraduate or M.S. student for one semester; a faculty member may extend the account of a recently-completed Ph.D. student for one year. A petition to the Department Equipment Committee is required for account retention outside the scope of the above extensions. A petition is also required for the creation and retention of an account for any individual without a formal association with the department.