Name: Unix Users Meeting
Start: 2009-02-25T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2009-02-25T15:00:00-06:00
Location: Wilson Hall

Unix Users Meeting

Wednesday, 25 February 2009 - 13:00

Monday, 23 February 2009
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Wednesday, 25 February 2009

13:00 Security
Security
13:00 - 13:10
Room: Curia II (2nd Floor) Security Topic of the Month

13:10 Scientific Linux
Scientific Linux
13:10 - 13:20
Room: Curia II (2nd Floor) Scientific Linux 5.x - Expected release in mid March -- <a href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html"> RHEL 5 Update 3 Release Notes </a> -- <a href="http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/SL.releasenote"> SL 53 Release Notes </a> Scientific Linux 4.x - Rumors are starting to surface about the beta for RHEL 4 Update 8.

13:20 Scientific Linux Fermi
Scientific Linux Fermi
13:20 - 13:30
Room: Curia II (2nd Floor) Scientific Linux Fermi 5.x - Expected release, end of March -- <a href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html"> RHEL 5 Update 3 Release Notes </a> -- <a href="http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/SL.releasenote"> SL 53 Release Notes </a> -- <a href="http://linux1.fnal.gov/linux/fermi/slf5rolling/i386/sites/Fermi/Fermi.releasenote"> SLF 53 Release Notes </a> -- http://linux1.fnal.gov/download/slf5rolling/ Fermi Linux STS - Will be updating the i386 STS Live CD once a month, before this meeting. -- If there is a package you want, let us know. -- openoffice doesn't fit on the live CD

13:30 Misc
Misc
13:30 - 13:40
Room: Curia II (2nd Floor) Other Unix and Linux announcements - The alias for FNALU will switch from fsui03 to flxi02 on March 16, 2009. -- This is in preparation for the decommissioning of fsui03, which will take place on April 13, 2009. If there is some dependency on fsui03 which cannot be met by another resource, send mail to [email protected]. -- The hardware for fsui03 is over ten years old and this node will not be replaced by another Solaris machine. -- The machines that handle NIS service on FNALU will change in March. - Green Computing -- <a href="http://www.epeat.net/">Epeat</a>

13:40 Tips and Tricks
Tips and Tricks
13:40 - 13:55
Room: Curia II (2nd Floor) Our monthly tip or trick - Accessing files on a windows file server, from your Linux machine. -- <a href="https://fermilinux.fnal.gov/documentation/tips/mount-windows-shares/">Web page here</a>

13:55 Question and Answers
Question and Answers
13:55 - 14:00
Room: Curia II (2nd Floor) Any questions from the audience.

14:00 Quiz and Free Stuff
Quiz and Free Stuff
14:00 - 14:10
Room: Curia II (2nd Floor) Our Monthly Quiz to give away our monthly supply of free stuff