Author Archives: Diana Gerr

Generally, users receive emails warning them if they are near or over their quota usage. However, users haven’t been receiving these notifications for some time now, which is mysterious. I checked /root/sysadmin/bin/ for quota-related scripts, i.e., scripts containing the word … Continue reading →

We have several layers of backups for our data. BigData (drive enclosure T) is a 2.7 TB drive with backups for a week. tempest (drive enclosure V) has backups for 90 days (it’s useful to have incrementals). There’s also a … Continue reading →

Note: this blogpost contains notes on several scripts, and is for reference for current or future student sysadmins so that Prof. Anderson won’t have to reexplain these scripts. “useradd fbaggins” will add files to /etc/passwd and /etc/group, which are “flat” … Continue reading →