Computer Laboratory

Local System Information

This page offers pointers to detail of how to use lab systems, how to get help, and so on.

Getting help and introductory documents

Administrative matters

Workstation provision

Systems software

Communications and the network

Facilities

If you spot things missing from this page and its sub-pages, please notify sys-admin@cl.cam.ac.uk.

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8 Feb 2012

Remote backups resumed

The regular remote backups that were suspended on 30th January have now resumed. In particular home directories are now up to date on the remote server and should continue to be backed up hourly. (more...)

8 Feb 2012

IPv6 address changes

There has recently been a change to the IPv6 address allocations used in the University, though at present this affects relatively few people. The reason for the change is that the original allocation to Cambridge was not thought to be large enough; a larger allocation was subsequently obtained but this entails phasing out the old addresses. (more...)

1 Feb 2012

Problem with remote backups

Since the morning of Monday 30th January, we have had a problem with the offsite backup system; a number of filesystems, including the one containing user home directories, are not being copied to the offsite server. (more...)

28 Nov 2011

Network problem 2011-11-25

There was a major problem with the CL internal network during the afternoon of Friday 25th November, believed to have been caused by a faulty switch. There were a number of consequential side effects on other systems, which we now believe have been dealt with. (more...)

25 Oct 2011

Unix group cleanup

On departmental Linux systems, many Unix groups have been added locally, to facilitate groups of users jointly editing files. Use the shell command “id” to see which groups you are a member of. To avoid malfunctions, we now need to clean up older groups with gid value below 500. This requires your help. (more...)