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 ====== FAQ ====== ====== FAQ ======
-How do I access my lab email on my phone?+**How do I set up a Two-Factor Authentication?​** 
 +  * In order to access FRIB application from outside the laboratory, the Symantec two-factor VIP Access application needs to be set up. For instructions see {{resources:​t10300-ma-001548-r003.pdf|here}}. 
 +**How do I access my lab applications (including remote desktop and PuTTY) from my personal device?** 
 +  * See {{resources:​s10204-ma-004612-r002.pdf|here}} how to Utilize Citrix for Remote Access to FRIB Laboratory Resources. 
 +**How do I access my lab email on my phone?**
   * {{resources:​FRIB_mobile_email.docx|Here}} is a lab sponsored guide for both iPhone and Android using the Outlook app.    * {{resources:​FRIB_mobile_email.docx|Here}} is a lab sponsored guide for both iPhone and Android using the Outlook app. 
-  * Kirby has also had success on the Android Gmail/​Google Calendar apps though this is not described here. +  * Anecdotally,​ many have had success on the Android Gmail/​Google Calendar apps though this is not described here. 
-How can I configure passwordless login to the gateway and other NSCL/FRIB computers (fishtank, fireside, jinacalc, etc.)?+**How can I configure passwordless login to the gateway and other NSCL/FRIB computers (fishtank, fireside, jinacalc, etc.)?**
   * As with most Linux questions, once you know what to search, Google is your answer. [[https://​linuxize.com/​post/​how-to-setup-passwordless-ssh-login/​|Here]] is a sample step-by-step guide.   * As with most Linux questions, once you know what to search, Google is your answer. [[https://​linuxize.com/​post/​how-to-setup-passwordless-ssh-login/​|Here]] is a sample step-by-step guide.
-I walk away from my desk for five minutes and my ssh session times out, can I stop this?+**I walk away from my desk for five minutes and my ssh session times out, can I stop this?**
   * Yes! There is a parameter called ServerAliveInterval which will keep sessions alive. A guide is [[https://​patrickmn.com/​aside/​how-to-keep-alive-ssh-sessions/​|here]].   * Yes! There is a parameter called ServerAliveInterval which will keep sessions alive. A guide is [[https://​patrickmn.com/​aside/​how-to-keep-alive-ssh-sessions/​|here]].
 +**How do I access journal articles from home?**
 +  * There are a variety of possibilities,​ from connecting to campus via a VPN or other remote connection (I once used curl to download an article directly to fishtank which I could then scp back to my computer!).
 +  * MSU libraries details some instructions [[https://​lib.msu.edu/​rds/​offcampus-access/​|here]].
 +  * By far the easiest method I've found is to create a proxy server bookmarklet à la [[https://​www.lib.purdue.edu/​help/​bookmarklet|this Purdue guide]].
 +      * You then simply replace the Purdue href with the MSU one: "​http://​proxy1.cl.msu.edu/​login?​url=%22+location.href"​
 +      * Your final bookmarklet should look like this: javascript:​void(location.href="​http://​proxy1.cl.msu.edu/​login?​url=%22+location.href) ​
 +      * Now whenever you are up against a journal'​s paywall you merely need to click this bookmark, login to your MSU account, and voilà!
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