Technology Services

Year: 2006

  • Wahlstrom Demolition Video

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    rrud

    Built in 1947, Wahlstrom Hall was named for a former president of the college, the Rev. Matthias Wahlstrom. Wahlstrom had a unique floor plan, with 191 single rooms arranged into 32 sections. While this beautiful landmark on the Gustavus Campus was beloved by many, issues with building codes and safety forced its closing. Many had…

  • MS Word Vulnerability and Exploit

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    doachs

    It looks like there is a newly discovered vulnerability in MS Word that is being exploited via email.  I have not yet seen any sign of this here, but no doubt we will see something soon enough. See the following articles for more information: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1965042,00.asp http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1347 http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/05/19/1718203.shtml

  • Gustavus WebMail Beta

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    doachs

    There is a new version of Gustavus WebMail that is now available for testing.  If you use WebMail frequently, please give the new version a try at https://webmail-beta.gac.edu/horde/ If you have any feedback about this new version of WebMail, please send it to webmaster@gustavus.edu. As with many beta’s, access to this service may disappear at…

  • Apple Security Updates

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    nsonsteb

    On Thursday, May 11th, Apple released a security update for users on both Intel and PowerPC platforms. This includes users who have 10.4.6 and 10.3.9. There was an update for Quicktime 7 as well. Please visit Apple.com to find out more information about these updates. It is suggested that all Apple users run Software Updates…

  • More unexpected downtime

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    doachs

    At about 2:00pm something happened on the network in the Art building such that by 4:00pm it caused major network issues and our core router was unable to handle the load. As a result all network traffic was unusable. At this time we have it narrowed down to 3 possible ports in the Art building.…

  • Downtime – Dead UPS

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    doachs

    At about 5:45pm today the UPS in the Carlson Admin building died. As a result all network access to datatel, the admin building, and the student center was down. At about 6:25pm Ethan and I routed the power around the UPS and directly to the wall which restored access. Webadvisor access was unavailable until I…

  • Mailserver, Email, Quota and Archived Mail Issues

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    doachs

    At about 3:20pm or so yesterday we had an issue with our mailserver.  This information from Tami should shed some light on what happened: Yesterday (May4th) a user on campus sent a very large (25 mb) email message to hundreds of users on campus. This message has caused multiple problems for you to be aware…

  • May 10th – Last Day for Network Fix Day

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    nsonsteb

    The Technology Helpline’s service – Network Fix Day – will no longer except computers for this school year after May 10th, 2006. We will continue to work on the computers we do have until they are finished. We wish everyone luck with Finals and great end of the school year.

  • Cool new “Give feedback” and “Send this page” forms

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    jlencion

    Thanks to all of the hard work of Jeremy Carlson and the wonderful moo.fx, we recently upgraded the “Give feedback” and “Send this page” forms (linked at the tops of every page) from popups to be nicer in-page forms. No More Popups We have never liked popups and are glad to be rid of them.…

  • Fedora Core 5 and Openldap

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    doachs

    After many hours of trial and error, I was finally able to get openldap on FC5 working the way we need it to.  I noticed that there are a few differences in the way openldap works on FC5 when compared to the way things were on fc4. In the past when using fc4 the database…