What's New in the ITS Linux Image 2004

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* OS upgrade from Red Hat Linux 8 to Fedora Core 1
* Application version updates (various--check SOE and package page)
* AFS home directories (this is different from NFS--see below)
* 2 zmg's--one for 1024x768, one for 1280x1024

Links:
http://www.its.monash.edu.au/twp/linux/student-linux-soe.html
http://www.its.monash.edu.au/twp/linux/linux-pac.html
http://www.its.monash.edu.au/twp/linux/afsuser/index.html

* Notable new applications from requests made last year
  - Kdevelop (Daniel Grimm )

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* old NFS homedirs accessible only on Ra-clay.cc.monash.edu.au, not the labs
* Sng.its (Solaris) Home Directories have NOT changed!
* www-personal pages still on NFS, use Ra-clay or Sng for access

AFS home path:

/afs/users/{first letter of username}/{second letter}/{username}

e.g. for username abac1
/afs/users/a/b/abac1

NFS home path:

/its/user{1-8}/{username}

* How do I figure out my NFS home directory path?

While logged in (only on Ra-clay1 or Ra-clay2) type the following
command at the prompt:
("$" is an example prompt)

$ echo $NFS_HOME

Example comparison between AFS home path and NFS home path:

$ echo $HOME
/afs/monash/users/f/r/fred

$ echo $NFS_HOME
/its/user3/f/fred

Example of changing to the NFS home directory:

$ cd $NFS_HOME
$ pwd
/its/user3/f/fred

Files can be copied from the NFS home directory. This is an example:

$ pwd
/afs/monash/users/f/r/fred
$ cp $NFS_HOME/myfile .
$ ls myfile
myfile

or:

for username abac1 find user in the Monash Directory
$ ldapsearch -x -LLL uid=abac1 homedirectory
dn: uid=abac1, ou=Student, o=Monash University, c=AU
homedirectory: /its/user1/a/abac2

* changes to SSH public key access to Ra-clay

Official ITS documentation has been written, see the Issues section in
http://www.its.monash.edu.au/twp/linux/linux-remoteaccess.html

Read https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-info/2002-May/004356.html
for more background and a discussion.

* zsh segmentation fault

When running zsh, external commands at the prompt produce messages
like "segmentation fault" and "fatal error: out of memory" (this
causes zsh to crash). The vendor zsh package works outside of the 2004
image. Until this problem is resolved, users with zsh as a login shell
are advised not to use /bin/zsh. All zsh login shells will be changed
to /usr/local/bin/zsh (a working version compiled by IT Services).

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