Toolserver-announce February 2009

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[IMPORTANT] home directory cleanup; sql-s1 server change
by River Tarnell 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 first issue: sql-s1 change. we will shortly be changing s1 from yarrow to rosemary. if you have user databases on yarrow, these will *not* be copied over, and furthermore will be deleted when s3 is re-imported to yarrow. if you need to keep these databases, you need to dump them *now* using mysqldump, and either import them into the new s1 server after the change, or import them back into yarrow when s3 is reimported. second issue: large home directories. the following users have home directories larger than 10GB: 12978772 drh08 15633252 sk 15753754 voj 18902342 bryan 20391211 kolossos 34753424 cbm 41874315 dschwen 55842970 daniel the following users have home directories larger than 1GB: 1206570 emijrp 1231049 tawker 1417818 dab 1437121 flacus 1461143 erenrich 1568766 purodha 1712819 simetrical 1834572 leon 1898741 fmaunier 2026644 kalan 2049700 chabacano 2170154 misza13 2447405 danny_b 2564363 tangotango 2890444 osamak 3260012 river 3860768 vvv 5070464 tparscal 5636581 gmaxwell 7112804 werdna a full list of home sizes is here: <http://toolserver.org/~river/bighomes.txt> whether or not your name is on either of the above lists, but especially if it is, please look at what's using disk space in your home directory and clean out any old files you no longer need (for example, log files, old dumps, etc). don't delete anything you actually need, though. if you need to store dumps or other large files, you can put them in the shared user store at /mnt/user-store instead of your home directory. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkmpdO8ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vIBkQCgqHSWO96VwlrBemGIVsAJ4Jar 3WoAmwWaPrXjE7ozsAiIuawdYftzH+Th =Nylc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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new server status
by River Tarnell 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, the new servers arrived today and were racked and installed. i am currently setting up the new s1 database and should have the database imported by the end of this week, assuming nothing goes wrong. we won't be able to move /home to hemlock right now as planned, but we might have an interim solution that improves the slow /home performance. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkmoMgcACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLdagCeNiY4g9YcyUhcZZkAcv9lUkmh s8kAnA5U2zB+ECNxfxXLC2AnwYdZhyqW =ZZFy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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svn:// URLs no longer supported
by River Tarnell 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, with the change to the SVN server, svn:// URLs are no longer supported, meaning legacy repositories ($HOME/subversion/) are not remotely accessible except via svn+ssh:// (which requires authentication). these repositories have been removed from FishEye. if you are still using a legacy repository, and want it to be remotely accessible, you must convert it to a new-style repository. new-style repositories are explained here: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/SVN and the conversion process is explained here: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/New-style_Subversion_repositories - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkmj6zEACgkQIXd7fCuc5vKxpwCgq1i007vDvRgMIPVT4bpVB7mc gzwAn1ltHGL261H3cBBMRcqxdgWwO+9L =olN9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[stable] svn repositories
by River Tarnell 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, currently there are some "missing" repositories on stable. we will not be restoring these to the previous location (/svnroot), but instead integrating them into the SVN repositories on amaranth. therefore, if you/your project has an SVN repository on stable, you should mail ts-admins(a)toolserver.org with this information: * the repository name * the users who should have commit access (normal toolserver usernames, not stable usernames) additionally, you (and anyone else with commit access) will need to run 'setpass' on nightshade to set your LDAP password before you can commit. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkmjeCYACgkQIXd7fCuc5vKLPgCgkzNJE4o31CMQcz+qhsy6TaIt SM0AoLYjg/Siiy2e1A6324n21KPgEfXN =TEBP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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SVN maintenance
by River Tarnell 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, today/tomorrow, svn repositories will be moved from nightshade to amaranth. URLs will remain the same, but you might find that you can't access SVN for up to an hour after the move, while the DNS change propagates. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkmjEjYACgkQIXd7fCuc5vIbXACfXbUjOJJO0GLm+PzFIOhLlhJE HgEAn28evcZYtIA/lzOuiNbwf3i0sWh3 =8CoQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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nightshade was rebooted
by River Tarnell 19 Feb '09

19 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, nightshade suffered a software error and was pre-emptively rebooted to prevent issues. at the same time the OS kernel was upgraded, which should prevent this issue from recurring. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkmeBOkACgkQIXd7fCuc5vI41gCfZYH+JUXM9eAgZwIDQKEfqOmb VBkAn2xmfqZVSfb5pAlyoVDFJBxXLu86 =4PIh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Default-Editor was changed
by DaB. 15 Feb '09

15 Feb '09

Hello all, I changed the default-editor from joe to nano on hemlock and nightshade. If you like joe more then nano (like I do) so add export EDITOR=joe at the end of your .bashrc The change was done because joe allways forgets the automatic \n after a line and that cause some problems with crontabs. Sincerly, DaB.

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new Toolserver admin
by River Tarnell 13 Feb '09

13 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, Werdna (MediaWiki developer) has volunteered his time as a Toolserver administrator, and has been given root access. Werdna will be helping with day-to-day operations, like responding to ts-admins mail and fixing things that break. given how short of admin time we are, i hope this will noticably improve admin response time for users. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) iEYEARECAAYFAkmVP24ACgkQIXd7fCuc5vImVQCguIakQryV4W0NJ/ImavL93NvU 28EAoLT/O+dXpvANoOzjvjJHuFekgCH2 =V1UO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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nightshade was rebooted
by River Tarnell 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

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you have been selected to participate in our customer satisfaction survey
by River Tarnell 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi, if you have a free moment, and are a Toolserver user, please fill out this short survey about the Toolserver: http://toolserver.org/~river/survey.txt the more people who reply, the more we will know what needs to be improved. - river. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFJiqm5IXd7fCuc5vIRArcsAKCMlkcMKKOtlzpjrsEMW8eYXv7LagCdFdR7 Yi3uf/sHtL4xGq67kxEJsOA= =WjOr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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