The Office of Information Technologies (OIT) permanently disabled access to OITUNIX, our UNIX-based server, on August 9, 2007. This server was host to many OIT services, including Pine and statistical software packages, but most members of the UMass community probably knew it as the server that hosts personal and course Web sites. We moved many of the services, including our Web hosting services, to new servers. Other services, such as Pine, were discontinued because they were underutilized.
The decision to turn off access to OITUNIX comes as we re-think our Web hosting services and the Web-based tools we provide. In the coming months, we will be introducing new features to our Web hosting service and formally announcing our new Blogging software.
Below, is a list of the services that were hosted on OITUNIX and descriptions of what happened to them when OITUNIX was decommissioned.
Personal & Course Web Sites
Campus Web Sites (umass.edu/*)
CGI-Enabled Sites
Pine
Statistical Software & C++, FORTRAN
Personal & Course Web Sites
New Server Available: Now
Access to OITUNIX Disabled: August 9, 2007
All personal and course Web sites (people.umass.edu, courses.umass.edu, www-unix.oit.umass.edu) are now hosted on a new server (webadmin.oit.umass.edu. OIT disabled access to personal and course Web sites hosted on OITUNIX on August 9, 2007.
If you did not migrate your personal or course Web site and would like to continue to make it public, you can still do so after the August 9, 2007 shut-off date. Retrieving OITUNIX Files
Campus Web Sites (umass.edu/*)
New Server Available: Now
Access to UMass.edu Sites via OITUNIX Disabled: August 9, 2007
OIT has moved all Campus Web sites (umass.edu/*) to a new server. This new server is accessed through webadmin.oit.umass.edu instead of through OITUNIX. As of August 9, 2007, site managers can no longer access their sites via OITUNIX. more…
CGI-Enabled Sites
Ability to Access CGI Server Directly: Now
Access to the CGI Server via OITUNIX Disabled: August 9, 2007
Clients who have accounts on the CGI server are no longer required to connect to the server via OITUNIX. Instead they can SSH, SCP, or SFTP directly in to the CGI server. As of August 9, 2007, account holders can no longer access the CGI server via OITUNIX.
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Pine
Access to Pine Disabled: May 29, 2007
Access to Pine, our UNIX-based email software, was disabled on May 29, 2007.
Statistical Software & C++, FORTRAN
New Server Available: Now
Access to Statistical Software on OITUNIX Disabled: June 15, 2007
UNIX-based statistical software packages SAS, SPSS, and R and compiled programming languages C++ and FORTRAN have been moved off of OITUNIX to a new server. Accounts on this server are only available to those who have existing accounts on OITUNIX.
For more information and for help using statistical software, see: http://www.umass.edu/statdata/
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