The PHP configuration on our Drupal site limits how large a file one can upload.  It turns out, we can link anything in AFS through this site, with the appropiate paths and permissions.

All of the file content on this site is stored in AFS at

/afs/unity.ncsu.edu/web/x/xteams_oit/drupal/xteams.oit.ncsu.edu.iso/files

This path maps to the URL

http://xteams.oit.ncsu.edu/iso/sites/xteams.oit.ncsu.edu.iso/files/

As you can tell by clicking on it, browsing of files is not allowed, you must know the name of the file to which you're trying to link.

I'm doing some cleanup in the UNITY domain, and am starting to collapse the "OU=Unity Computers" into OU=Organizations.

Towards this end, I've changed the container to hold unassigned workstations in Unity.ad (to OU=Computers,OU=Unassigned) and moved the existing machines into the new container.  I'm planning to leave the debris under OU=Unity Computers for a few days to make sure everything "took".

I've documented the steps to take to allow any domain user to register workstations in the domain at

http://xteams.oit.ncsu.edu/iso/node/131

We had the first meeting of the "Active Directory Working Group" on the 28th, the agenda and notes (once approved) will be available at

http://oit.ncsu.edu/iam/active-directory-working-group

In related news, the "IAM Service Team" met on the 29th, see http://oit.ncsu.edu/iam/iam-service-team

The IAM project is one of the first projects to be addressed in OIT's Strategic Operations Plan.

Folks,

I've added the alinks module to the ISO drupal site.

This module allows one to identify text with a URL, and creates an external link to that URL whenever it displays the text.  This makes it easy to write documentation that refers to Vision with a capitol 'V" without having to remember to link it.

All authors, ISO and otherwise, can edit alinks at:

http://xteams.oit.ncsu.edu/iso/admin/build/alinks

Two more baby steps towards killing uni04nt, our last Windows 2000, Java/Tomcat soaked server.

I've added redirects for the old WolfPrep IP mangement tool to send folks to web00, where this tool now lives.

I fixed a bug like feature in the new NovellUSMDBClient where a quota of zero was reported as "" and not "0"

User "daniel" is the only account that ever had a zero quota, as he was hand moved from the super special ITD only volume that's not under USMDB control by hand, and didn't get a pleab quota assigned.

I've retired the "integrate@lists.ncsu.edu" mailing list, as there hasn't been an integration services team for some time.  If you were using this for anything, my apologies, and please start using windows-services@lists.ncsu.edu

Folks,

I've made some hopefully cosmetic changes to the ISO blog:

1. There is now a "post to blog" entry on the navigation, to get it up top and easily accessible.
2. The "Service Teams" RSS feed (right side) no longer includes events from the ISO blog itself.  We've already got recent items from there on the main pane.
3. Theres is a "Teams" menu item along with Blogs/Docs/Forums for quick navigation to our legion of beloved service team sites.

Folks,

At the request of the folks in the WolfTech active directory, I've added a CNAME to uni03ps of

wolfprint.ncsu.edu

This is so that existing clients that have .ncsu.edu in their DNS search path can find it more easily.

For the spring semester, we're no longer using the Novell Pcounter system for Windows workstation printing.  Instead, uni03ps is running Samba to provide access to the lprng printers via the Microsoft RPCs.

I've modified the nagios function "slp" to include more than just monitoring the service location protocol port.

Since our SLP servers are also Novell servers, function "slp" now monitors the usual Netware stuff, namely abends, cpu, drive space for SYS, login enabled, and nds database (open or closed).

To accompany the new checks, I've updated our playbook documentation to include SLP servers.

Since we now allow folks outside of ISO to see our public content, I've changed the default permissions so that any logged in user can post comments.

Since folks must authenticate, we should be protected from the great spamiverse outside.

I also added the right to vote in polls, and to cancel their own votes, should we ever post any polls.  If an intra-ISO poll is desired, we can just use the regular taxonomy controls to restrict who can access the poll to vote on it.