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College of Engineering Downtime
On October 10th (first day of Fall Break) at 3PM, all CoE services (excluding the network) will experience a short downtime of 10 minutes. Both heads of our Filer will be undergoing maintenance to fix a small issue.
The downtime should not last longer than 10 minutes but could last an hour if problems arise during the reboot.
If you have any questions please send us an mail to: opers@eng.utah.edu
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New Webmail System
CADE is happy to announce the move of our webmail system from Horde to Roundcube. This new interface offers improved performance and reliability. If you experience any problems please email us at opers@eng.utah.edu
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NX Server Now Available
CADE is happy to announce a new way to remotely connect to the lab with the installation of NX Server from NoMachine.
This new software runs in a similar way to VNC with better performance and no need to start a separate server process. To use NX you will need to download the client, available for free from the NoMachine website. Clients are available for Windows, OSX, Linux and Solaris.
Please see our FAQ's for more information.
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Live Online Help Now Available
CADE is pleased to announce the launch of our "Live Online Help" pilot program. This new service will allow you to speak to one of our Helpdesk opers one on one via the built in IM client. To use it, simply click the "Live Help" link under the Help section (on the left) to go to the chat page. Click the Live Chat button, fill out the form and click submit. You will then be put into contact with one of our dedicated Helpdesk staff.
If this service proves popular it will become a permanent feature.
Click Here For Live Help
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Follow us on Twitter
You can now get the latest updates on whats happening in the CADE labs by following us on Twitter.
Join us @CADELab for news on closures, updates and new services being rolled out as they happen.
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Setting Up SVN Repositories
CADE is pleased to announce the launch of our new SVN service. We now allow students to create their own repositories within their home directories. For instructions on how to set these your own SVN system please refer to the tutorials in our FAQ's.
Setting up a Repository
SVN User Admin
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Getting Your Login Information
We take the security of our users very seriously and as such we will not send login information via email or telephone. If you need an account or need to have a password reset, please come to either CADE (WEB L224) or Engman (WEB L210) anytime during the week, between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm.
Please remember to bring a form of official picture ID, preferably your Ucard (We will also accept drivers licences, passports, immigration cards and CFP's).
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No More SSH using best-*
The best-linux and best-sun scripts are no longer available to access machines in the CADE lab. To access the lab remotely you can use any of the machines names listed here.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to send us an email at opers@eng.utah.edu.
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Webmail Phishing Scams
We regularly receive alerts from users about emails that are requesting their webmail username and password. Luckily most people realize these are scams and ignore them. However we would just like the reinforce the importance of not clicking on anything you believe to be dubious.
CADE will NEVER ask you for your password information.
If you receive one of these emails please let us know.
CADE Opers
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Changes to CADE Lab Policy
They have been questions regarding the rules about food and drink in the CADE lab. In response we have decided to relax the current policy of No food and No drink anywhere in the lab. Starting now you will be able to eat/drink in the designated study areas at the back of Lab 2 and the laptop area next to the entrance.
This will be permitted as long as people clean up after themselves and respect others in the area. If you do spill something, as we all do form time to time, you can get paper towels and cleaning supplies from the office.
* Please note that this applies to the CADE lab (WEB224) only. The Engman lab (WEB210) still has a NO FOOD or DRINK policy
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@eng email accounts
Did you know that all users of the CADE and Engman labs have special @eng email accounts?
Click here to find out how you can start using it today.
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Webmail System
The CADE Lab is pleased to announce the availability of a new web-based email service. The new webmail system can be accessed by clicking on the Webmail link under the Services section on the CADE Lab's web page. In order to login, you must use your remote password which can be set with the remote_passwd command.
The new webmail system will allow you to read and send email as well as create vacation notices and mail forwards. It is powered by the Horde Project which is what the campus webmail system uses. This new system replaces the old Open Webmail interface.
If you have any questions or comments, please send email to opers@eng.
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New CADE Policies
Following several occurences of people leaving lab machines locked we will be implementing the following policy in addition to the existing lab policy (see FAQ's).
Any machine that has been left locked for more than 1 hour will be checked for running processes. If none are found then the user will be logged out and a warning will be sent. If you have a process running but have to leave for class and intend on returning then please leave a note on the computer.
If after the second warning we find any user keeping machines tied up for no reason we reserve the right to freeze that users account.
We would also like to remind all users that you will not be logged out by just clicking the logout button in the menu. A dialog box will appear and you will need to click ok to fully log out.
Remember we have limited machines for everyone so we have to share and play nice.
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Reducing Spam
For a while now, the amount of spam has been increasing Internet-wide. The CADE Lab offers SpamAssassin to help reduce the amount of spam that you receive. SpamAssassin is a mail filter used to help identify spam. If you wish to use SpamAssassin to filter your email, keep reading.
To take advantage of SpamAssassin, simply create a .procmailrc file in your home directory. The contents of this file should look something like the following.
MAILDIR=${HOME}/mail
LOGFILE=${MAILDIR}/procmail.log
# Use SpamAssassin to catch spam
:0
* ^X-Spam-Flag: YES
${MAILDIR}/spam
# Accept all the rest to your default mailbox
:0:
${DEFAULT}
If you have any questions, please email opers@eng.
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College of Engineering Downtime
On October 10th (first day of Fall Break) at 3PM, all CoE services (excluding the network) will experience a short downtime of 10 minutes. Both heads of our Filer will be undergoing maintenance to fix a small issue.
The downtime should not last longer than 10 minutes but could last an hour if problems arise during the reboot.
If you have any questions please send us an mail to: opers@eng.utah.edu
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