Monthly Archives: August 2011

The 1st minor update to ScientificLinux 6 (which is based on RHEL6) is now ready for deployment to the Informatics SL6 DICE office machines. A minor update like this provides us with the opportunity to update important software and fix … Continue reading →

For DICE office desktop machines any user may power-off or reboot when they are on the console (i.e. logged into the machine which is sat in front of them). Beyond this (e.g. when logged in via ssh) we have traditionally … Continue reading →

For anyone looking to provide an SSL certified service IS (through JANET) can provide COMODO certified certificates which are valid for 1,2 or 3 years. The certificates can only be used for non commercial or financial purposes and are signed … Continue reading →

SL6 is the first upgrade of DICE we’ve done since we removed the last of the Schools Solaris servers. Given we’re unlikely to be buying more we’ve done some spring cleaning on the PATH, MANPATH and various other environmental variables. … Continue reading →

The 6th minor update to the, now slightly venerable, ScientificLinux 5 (based on RHEL5 which was first released on 2007-03-15) is now ready for deployment to the Informatics SL5 DICE office machines with the updates to the servers following over … Continue reading →