How to add new user to Snowbird

Note: This guide is intended for Ph.D. students to add access for their mentees, should they require Snowbird access. Snowbird use should have human subject studies and work on SLEDBot. Remember, Snowbird access should be given on a need-to-use basis, which means users should always try if their demand can be sufficed using Great Lakes first and only use Snowbird if they have to. The Ph.D. student will be responsible for their mentees’ use of Snowbird - make sure to educate mentees about best practices and responsibilities that comes with sudo access.

Add a new user via command line:

Snowbird has been set up by DCO and has a UMich user management system

sudo dcoadduser <uniqname>

This command will add a user to Snowbird and they can access the machine using their umich credentials.

Add the new user to have sudo access:

sudo usermod -aG sudo <uniqname>