Mailing Lists Replies

The default settings for the engr-sysadm@lists mailing list are set to have the “reply-to” address set to the list itself. For anyone “hitting” the reply button on their email client to a message sent to the list, it should auto-populate the...

Mail Forwarding Policy

Mail forwarding Unity/Eos account holders can have their e-mail forwarded to a different e-mail account. The request must come from the Unity e-mail account for which mail is to be forwarded, and must provide the full Internet address to which the e-mail is to be...

Locker Info

Background == As part of our standard locker creation process, all AFS lockers have a couple of groups assigned to them in the form: owner-lockername <- administrative group, owned by the point of contact for the locker owner-lockername:staff <- general user...

Restoring Home Directory Backups

Problem: I accidently removed a file from my home directory, and I need it back. How can I get a backup copy restored? Solution: All user volumes (home directories) are backed up on a regular basis. Part of the backup process is the generation of backup volumes, or...

Buying Print Quota

Print Quota is approved by ITS. The only approved methods they use at the moment are the Yahoo! store and a direct credit card charge method, which has no tracking and would put more of the burden on us if there were problems. The Yahoo! store basically lets us...

Getting A Mac Address

There is a “getmac” command. It displays the MAC address for a machine, or even other machines. Example: “getmac /v”  displays the MAC address for each interface along with the interface name. “getmac /s [computer name] /v”  (such...