Computer Science Laboratory
Welcome to the Computer Science Laboratory (CSL) web pages!
Our goal is to provide useful information to make your use of the
CSL facilities more enjoyable, secure and productive. If you have
any comments or suggestions, please let us know.
What's new:
- Course directories have been
set up for the Fall 2008 semester; 8/18/08
- Department desktop computers have been upgraded,
as part of the standard replacement cycle, running
Centos 5.2;
8/04/08
- Note: LSRC building
emergency status is available online; 5/15/08
- Users should be aware of phishing emails
attempting to gain privileged information by posing as legitimate administrators;
5/06/08
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- Reserve laptops for your class,
if you need them; 4/28/08
- Course directores for Spring 08 semester will be
archived on May 14; please
clean up your directories by then; 4/28/08
- Previous news items...
- FAQ's and Additional CSL Documentation
- Frequently Asked Questions, and some infrequently requested information.
- Policies
- Various policies on the use of CSL and departmental facilities.
- Security Guidelines
- How to work securely in the C.S. UNIX computing environment.
- Facilities
- Details about various hardware and software facilities of the CSL.
- UNIX Accounts
- General information, policies, etc., concerning user accounts.
- Other Documentation
- Online manuals, references, tutorials, etc.
- USENIX
- Online proceedings of recent conferences
- System Updates
- OIT network updates, Database editors, Web server stats, etc.
- Newsgroups
- Read and post to some local newsgroups; view archives.
- SST (Software Support Team)
- How anyone in the C.S. community can participate in software
package maintenance.
- Ask Anyone in the Department a Question
- This is an appropriate place to ask ``How to''-type questions of any sort.
- Submit a Request to the CSL Staff
- This is only for system problems, or things that only a
Systems Administrator could possibly help you with.
- Duke System Adminstrators Group
- The web pages for dukesysadmins@cs.duke.edu -
a mailing list that aspires to be more.
- CSL Personnel
- Who are these guys, anyway? :-)