On Wednesday, March 16, from approximately 7pm-10pm, IDSG will be upgrading the master LDAP server, ldapmaster.eecs.berkeley.edu. During that time, attempts to write to LDAP will fail. None of the read-only slaves will be offline, and as such, most LDAP-dependent services should continue to function.

The following should be the list of things that won’t work during the upgrade.

• LDAP password changes (either through the helpdesk password reset webpage, or the IMAP webmail client on imap.eecs)
• Roster account creation/modification/deletion
• Ports database changes

NIS password changes (ssh’ing to passwd.eecs) and Windows AD password changes will continue to work.

The RIS server continues to be unavailable, although IDSG has high expectations that it will be back some time this month.
Microsoft is close to solving our problem, however additional testing is needed. Install disks continue to be available at the help desk, thank you all for your patience.

The Instructional UNIX file server suffered a hardware failure around
10am Saturday March 5th. Please see the Instructional web site for the latest updates.
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The department’s SMTP relay, gateway.EECS.Berkeley.Edu, accepts incoming connections on the SMTP Submission port
(port 587).

Most of the major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are now blocking or
filtering the default SMTP port (25) at their network borders, making
the use of gateway.eecs impossible for some home users. Those who are
being affected by their ISP’s blocks may find relief by using this
alternate port 587.

See the IRIS Software
FAQ for instructions on how to configure your email client.

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The network switches on the 6th floor of Soda Hall and the 3rd floor of Soda Hall will be rebooted for code upgrades on March 3rd (Thursday) at 7:30am. The switches would be down for about 1 or 2 minutes.

Only users in Soda Hall 3rd floor and 6th floor should notice any loss of connection.

IRIS’ general UNIX login server argus.EECS.Berkeley.EDU is scheduled for routine maintenance.

argus.EECS.Berkeley.EDU will be shutdown and rebooted Wednesday 3/2 at 5pm.

We expect argus will be off-line for less than 10 minutes.

Please make your plans accordingly.

Microsoft will release their patches for the month on March 8th. HERMES, PRINT, RIS and WINSWW will be down for patching the following Wednesday, March 9th, from 3:00 – 5:00pm.
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There is a new virus out in the wild. Please do not open any files with a .zip that purports to be from the department. We do not send e-mails with attachments.

Please update your virus scanning programs accordingly. The departmental virus scanners will be updated as soon as an update is made available.
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