Our backups on Puma have been taking a long time, finishing late in the day, almost in time for the next backup. The problem seemed to be in the cp -al step, not in the rsync step. I investigated, looking … Continue reading
Rhys asked for us to install Tkinter for Python2.7. [Remember, that Python2.6 is the default Python on Tempest because it’s what RHEL comes with, but most users are using Python 2.7.] Here’s the current behavior: [anderson@tempest ~] python2.6 Python 2.6.6 … Continue reading
Apparently early on Saturday morning there was a power outage for a flicker or something. I didn’t notice this at all, but Karishma did. Flash forward to today around 11:30, when we get this email from Celia, “I just brought … Continue reading
I’m following the instructions here: http://newpush.com/how-to-install-tomcat-6-on-rhel-6-or-centos-6/ First up, install yum-priorities. That allows us to prioritize some repos over others. So, for example, we can make sure the RHEL repos take priority over EPEL, I guess. He also installs two repo … Continue reading
Sohie wants the cs111 tutors to be able to read the contents of /home/cs111/drop so that they can grade dropped assignments, but not to be able to write to other cs111 files and directories. Currently the drop folder is owned … Continue reading
Faculty member wants to have a page like the CS 110 students page, a list of hyperlinks to student accounts, with the student’s real name as well. Maybe for multiple sections. Here’s how I did it for CS 230 in … Continue reading
I updated quota_near.py because I moved the email template from a string within the script to a file separate from this, and it was giving an error of not knowing where that file was (since its pathname was relative). Originally … Continue reading
For unknown reasons, we installed anacron on Tempest, and so many of our /etc/cron.daily scripts have been running multiple times. My best guess, based on the timestamp on /etc/cron.hourly/0anacron is that we installed anacron on September 12th. There’s no obvious … Continue reading
We use a self-signed https certificate for our server, and they expire every year or so. When they do, and you visit a page using https, you see something like: So, we have to renew or re-create the certificate. I … Continue reading
We ran out of space on our old NAS, the one bought by Tyler, and Brian asked us to help purchase and configure a new one. After considering several alternatives and consulting several people in LTS, we settled on the … Continue reading