Eos User Policy

Eos is a modern, distributed computing environment for academic use by students in the College of Engineering. Users of Eos facilities are expected to abide by the following policies, which are intended to preserve the utility and flexibility of the system, protect the privacy and work of students and faculty, and preserve our right to access the international networks to which the Eos system is connected.

1. You may not allow any other person to use your password or share your account. It is your responsibility to protect your account from unauthorized use by changing passwords periodically and using passwords that are not easily guessed.
2. Any attempt to circumvent system security, guess other passwords, or in any way gain unauthorized access to local or network resources is forbidden.
3. Transferring copyrighted materials to or from the Eos system without express consent of the owner is a violation of federal law. In addition, use of the Internet for commercial gain or profit is not allowed from an .edu site.
4. You are expected to take proper care of the equipment in Eos facilities. Report any malfunction to the Eos operator on duty or contact the Eos help desk by calling 515-2458 or by sending an email to eoshelp@ncsu.edu. Do not attempt to move, repair, reconfigure, modify, or attach external devices to the systems. (Headphones, USB storage devices, and accessibility equipment are exceptions to this rule.)
5. Recreational use of Eos workstations during periods of light usage is permitted. However, you may not play games or engage in other recreational use of some resources if other users are waiting to login. Use of some services for recreational use, such as remote access servers, are prohibited altogether.
6. Use of electronic mail and other network communications facilities to harass, offend, or annoy other users of the network is forbidden.
7. Food, drink, and smokeless tobacco products are not permitted in any Eos labs. This policy is closely related to policy #4.
8. Individual Eos labs can post additional operational rules and restrictions that are considered part of the Eos User Policy. Users are responsible for reading and following these rules.
9. Owners of cell phones should exercise courtesy to those around them by taking personal calls that are longer than 15 seconds to an area away from computing facilities, preferably outside the building or in lounge areas. Ringers should be set on the lowest setting or on vibrate. Voices should be kept low when speaking so that the labs remain conducive to work and study.

Violations of policy will be treated as academic misconduct, misdemeanor, or felony as appropriate. As a standard rule, a warning will be issued upon a a user's first policy violation. The user will then be asked to sign a copy of this policy statement to document that he or she understands and is willing to comply with the above policies. In general, a second violation will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct, 1115 Pullen Hall, Box 7321, at which point the user will work with persons from the Office of Student Conduct to resolve the policy violation.

More information on campus computer policies can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/it/rulesregs/.