ACS UNIX Systems Group News

By Dr. Philip Baczewski, Associate Director of Academic Computing

Reorganization Pending

As was reported in the July issue of Benchmarks Online, after years of service to Academic Computing, Marc St.-Gil accepted employment outside the University. Marc was responsible for many developments in ACS Unix Services and his knowledge and expertise will be missed. We are fortunate, however, to have a quality corps of UNIX systems administrators to continue support and extend developments in this area.

Dianna Laakso has been promoted to Lead UNIX Systems Administrator, and Bahram Paiani has also received a promotion commensurate with increased responsibilities. We are happy to announce the addition of Dr. Ty Young to our UNIX Systems Staff. Ty is well known to those who have required high-level support from our Computing Center Helpdesk.

Over the next several weeks, the UNIX Systems Group will undergo a slight reorganization to more efficiently distribute a heavy workload. Contact the Computing Center Helpdesk (940-565-2324) if you have questions in regard to ACS UNIX Services. If help is not immediately available from the Helpdesk staff, the Helpdesk will enter a trouble ticket into our automated system so that your support call can be prioritized and given a response as soon as staff are available.

Instructional UNIX System Now Available

Academic Computing Services is making available a Sun Solaris UNIX system, named terra.acs.unt.edu, exclusively for class instruction. Professors' whose curriculum includes instruction on the UNIX operating environment or program development under UNIX may acquire a set of classroom User-IDs by utilizing the Computing Center's "Request for New User-ID" for available in ISB 119. User-IDs can be generated after the first class day based upon class enrollment.

Terra is configured with a number of compilers and software products which are available to UNT as freeware or under a campus site license. Additional software can be installed on request. Installation requests must be made one semester prior to the time it is needed for class instruction. If the software does not fall under a free or site license, then the requesting department may be asked to make the purchase.

Please note that terra accounts requests made exclusively for class E-mail access will be denied. Students receive E-mail services via a UNT Internet Services account. Academic Computing Services will be glad to provide a class mailing list for instructional communication. For more information about Terra, see http://www.unt.edu/ACSUNIX/terra or contact Dr. Philip Baczewski , Associate Director of Academic Computing.n