SCCS Status Page
Welcome to the SCCS Status Page. This is the place that we post updates of downtime and known problems on the server. If you can't log in and the website is down, this is the place to see what's going on. You should probably bookmark this page.
Last updated 12.25.07
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Recent Announcements
Jan 2 2007
We're back. Many thanks to Jeff Knerr of CS who went and restarted things for us.
Dec 25 2007
We're down for unknown reasons; no sysadmins are on campus, and none seem to be near for a while. We'll get things back up as soon as we can, but don't rely on SCCS email for a while. Many apologies.
Back up, 11:49 Sept 10 2007
Back up. If you notice anything odd, let us know.
Emergency Maintenance at 7pm, Sept 10 2007

We are currently working on our mail/web/file server, and hope to have it back up soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The Great Server Migration of 2007 Begins, Feb 4, 2007, 8:05 am
8:05 am
Today's task is to move the file server to our spiffy new machine. If all goes well, you won't be getting pesky emails from staff asking you to please move some of your data to /scratch. We expect to be down for the rest of the morning, and perhaps some of the afternoon as well. Nothing will be lost during the migration, so no worries. Keep an eye on this space for updates on our progress.
9:25 am
After a rocky start (don't worry, your data's safe), we have begun migrating data. This will take a few hours.
Return to normalcy, Jul 18, 2006, 9:12 pm
We're back up.
Power Outage, Jul 18, 2006, 8:08 pm
Due to a campus-wide power outage, we're temporarily down.
System Normal, Jul 5, 2006
Everything should be running fine. We've had occasional power outages, though fewer than in past summers, and we'll let you know if power goes down.
Reset your password - Current Students
You have two options for getting a new password for your account. You can either come to SCCS Office Hours in the Media Lounge in Tarble basement (under Paces), or you can find an SCCS sysadmin in person. In both cases, you will need your Swat-issued student ID card so we can verify your identity before giving you a new account password. Official office hours are posted below, as well as contact information for current SCCS staff members.

************************* SCCS Staff *********************

Name                     Email            Room           Ext.
----                     -----            ----           ----
Kit Digges La Touche     (kit@sccs)                       none! 
Jonathan Marshall Harris (jharris1@sccs)                  x3414
Trilok Acharya           (trilok@sccs)                    x3986

And any of us might possibly be reached in the Media Lounge at
x7227 or in the Server Room at x2043.

Reset your password - Alumni
Note: We cannot give out new alumni accounts. Only alumni who currently have accounts will get their accounts reactivated.
We will give you a randomly generated temporary password. If you'd like, you can login and change your password to something else that is at least 6 characters contains some non-alphabet characters, is not a word in any language, and is not similar to your old password. You can also keep your randomly-generated password, since it's pretty secure. To change your password on the new system, use the command yppasswd instead of the old passwd.
You can call a sysadmin at one of the following numbers. Try to limit your phone calls to afternoons and evenings Eastern time.
Contact Us
Preferred: by email. You can email all of us at staff at sccs.swarthmore.edu. If you suspect there are server or email problems or that email will not reach us, you can try by phone.
By phone: The server room: x2043 (610-690-2043). The Media Lounge: x7227 (SCCS on the number pad). See also the sections on resetting passwords for current staff phone numbers, and please use discretion as to the time of day (i.e., calling in the morning will probably make us angry).