Account requests
To get a user account on ALICE, mail a request to helpdesk@alice.leidenuniv.nl (mail request) and provide the following information:
your name
your ULCN or LUMC account name. At ALICE, we will create a local ALICE account with the same account name. For account requests from Naturalis, this is not relevant.
your university or institute e-mail address.
your supervisor name (for PostDocs, PhDs and students only) or local host (for non-UL, non-LUMC users)
What do you plan to do on ALICE (1 or 2 sentences are sufficient)?
Do you plan to process sensitive data (related to persons) or other data that must be treated confidentially?
If your group leader or supervisor has access to private compute resources or maintains a project directory, do you need access? In this case, please specify them and ask your supervisor/group leader for confirmation.
The exception are users from MI who are automatically given access to node802.
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For students If you are a student, we need confirmation from your supervisor that you require access to ALICE. Please ask your supervisor to send us an e-mail confirming the account request. |
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For user not from LEI, LUMC or Naturalis, If you do not have a Leiden University or LUMC account, we require confirmation from your host or supervisor at Leiden University or LUMC. |
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For user from LUMC or Naturalis, Please also provide the department that you are working in. |
Account password
Once we have created your account, you will receive an e-mail from admin@alice.leidenuniv.nl providing you with an initial password to log in
IMPORTANT
Make sure to change the password in our e-mail when you log in to one of the login nodes on ALICE for the first time. You can use the command passwd for this.
The password requirements are:
valid for 180 days
minimum of 12 characters in length
characters from all four classes, i.e., lower case, upper case, digits and other characters
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For the password requirements on ALICE and how you can change your password, please see this page: Account passwords on ALICE
Policies
By requesting an account, you agree to the policies governing ALICE. You can find all policies here: ALICE Policies