Mail services restarted

The IMAP/POP/SMTP services were restarted on the mail server to correct account UID problems and active SSL cipher changes (anonymous & weak ciphers disabled).

Linuxfs network share maintenance tonight (Samba)

The Samba service will be upgraded on the linuxfs server tonight to correct connection problems with non-domain devices.  This maintenance will begin at 7:00 pm and last approximately one hour.  Please close any open file sharing connections to linuxfs before 7:00 pm to avoid data loss (or turn off your computer).  This update will not affect Linux workstations.

brief network outages planned for this weekend

Chemistry Computer Users,

There will be brief rolling network outages beginning Saturday, 8am, and lasting until Sunday, 5pm, in the following locations:

* Newman-Wolfram Basement (all rooms)
* Celeste Basement (all rooms)
* Celeste First Floor (all rooms)

During this time we will be performing necessary maintenance on the network closets to improve the reliability and speed of the network, and you may experience brief network outages lasting between 5 and 10 minutes. Specifically, we will be moving the jack connections from our old 3Com network switches to our new HP network switches.

Once your connection has been moved, you should no longer experience any network outages.

If an outage this weekend would cause serious loss of data, please inform Computer Support by end-of-day Friday by emailing Rob Dolan (rdolan@chemistry.ohio-state.edu), and we will work with you to ensure your network connection remains intact.