Frequently Asked Questions

All undergraduate teaching resources in the Department are accessible with your UVic Netlink account, however you also need to be enrolled in a Computer Science or Software Engineering course to be authorized. Staff, faculty and grad students may need a COSI account to access Research or Administrative resources.
All undergraduate teaching lab computers in the ECS building can be logged in using your UVic Netlink account, however you also need to be currently enrolled in a Computer Science or Software Engineering course to be authorized.
A COSI account is an internal Department account used by faculty, staff and grad students to access Department Research or Administrative resources.
Teaching home directories are mounted on all undergraduate lab PC’s. Files can be copied to home directories remotely by using SFTP software to copy files to your account on the Linux login servers.