Policy on Account Creation & Deletion

• Computer Account Creation

  All students enrolled in Electrical & Computer Engineering courses are eligible for an account on the ER4 computers. Accounts are created automatically, at the start of each quarter, based on class rosters. Late registration may lead to late account creation.

• Email Account Creation

  Only graduate students within the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering are granted accounts on the ECE Faculty mail server. All other accounts (ECE Undergrads and non-ECE Students taking ECE classes) are given forwarding addresses, so that mail sent to their accounts are forwarded to their Name.Number@osu.edu. Email accounts follow the same retention policy as the computer accounts. Note: no student fee monies were spent on the departmental mail server.

• Expiration of ECE Major Accounts

  An Electrical & Computer Engineering major's account will be scheduled for deletion approximately one year after the student schedules his/her last ECE class. Thus if a student's last ECE class is in SP07, that account will be scheduled for deletion at some point during SP08.

• Expiration of Non ECE Major Accounts

  Students who are not enrolled in an Electrical & Computer Engineering major will lose their accounts as soon as they are no longer enrolled in an ECE course.

• Locking of Accounts

  A user's account may be locked at any time if deemed necessary by the site staff.

• Suspension of Account Privileges

  The site manager can restrict access to an account if such action is necessary to ensure the health of the computing environment. Such conditions may include, but are not limited to:

  • Misuse of any part of the system or facilities.

  • Inappropriate use of the computing systems or violation of policy as defined by the department's Computing Committee.

  • Any threat to the computing environment which appears to involve the user account.

  The Computing Committee has final say in any matter regarding permanent suspension of account privileges. The site manager, at his option, may require a statement from the chair of the committee before reinstating account privileges.