Yale Computer Science FAQs

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Linux
Normally, when a Linux machine is set up in CS, it is added to the backup schedule. To verify that your machine is being backed up on a regular basis, please contact CS support.

Windows / Mac
There are no locally provided backups for Windows and Mac machines. Information Technology Services (ITS) offers Crashplan

We prefer that sudo is used instead of giving out the root passwd. If you are a CS Faculty member that needs root access on your machine, please send a request to Faculty Support requesting sudo privileges.

Graduate students do not routinely have sudo access to their own workstations. We have made exceptions in the past.

• The student in question must be a Ph.D. student on a regular (non-first-year) workstation.
• The student has a legitimate need.
• The student has demonstrated competence in system administration.
• The student’s advisor approves.

The student is instructed in Yale’s appropriate use policy and departmental customs. In particular, sudo access must never be used to compromise the privacy or integrity of other user’s data.

If you meet the above requirements, then you will be added to the sudoers group on your machine. You will not be given the root password and you may not change the root password.

To have a CS department mailing list set up, you need to submit a request to: itsteam1@yale.edu 

Your mailing list will be set up and further information will be provided.

More information about creating mailing lists can be found on the Yale ITS website.

 Current policy regarding alumni accounts is that a graduate keeps his or her account from the date of graduation until a year from the following December. For the usual case of a May graduation, this means they keep their account for 19 months. For someone graduating in December, it’s 12 months.

We do not provide email forwarding service after an account is deleted, as that function is available to all Yale alumni through AYA.

Yale University IT Appropriate Use Policy

Floor: 1
Name: YUAKWXXXXX00107BC1.stdusr.yale.internal
Model/Driver: RICOH Aficio MP C305

Floor: 1
Name: YUAKWXXXXX00107BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
Model/Driver: HP LaserJet P4015

Floor: 2
Name: YUAKWXXXXX00207BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
Model/Driver: HP LaserJet P4015

Floor: 2
Name: YUAKWXXXXX00207BC1.stdusr.yale.internal    
Model/Driver: HP Color LaserJet CP4525

Floor: 3
Name: YUAKWXXXXX00307BL1.stdusr.yale.internal​​​​​​​
Model/Driver: HP LaserJet P4015

Floor: 4
Name: YUAKWXXXXX00407BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
​​​​​​​Model/Driver: HP LaserJet P4015

Floor: 5
Name: YUAKWXXXXX000507L1.stdusr.yale.internal ​​​​​​​
Model/Driver: HP LaserJet P4015

Floor: 5
Name: YUAKWXXX00507C1.stdusr.yale.internal​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Model/Driver: Kyocera P6035cdn
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ljg.cs.yale.internal     YUAKWXXXXX00008AL1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj1.cs.yale.internal     YUAKWXXXXX00107BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
amr1.cs.yale.internal    YUAKWXXXXX00107BC1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj2c.cs.yale.internal    YUAKWXXXXX00207BC1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj2.cs.yale.internal     YUAKWXXXXX00207BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj3.cs.yale.internal     YUAKWXXXXX00307BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj314.cs.yale.internal   YUAKWXXXXX00314BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj4.cs.yale.internal     YUAKWXXXXX00407BL1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj5c.cs.yale.internal    YUAKWXXX00507C1.stdusr.yale.internal
lj5.cs.yale.internal     YUAKWXXXXX000507L1.stdusr.yale.internal
zoo-lj1.cs.yale.internal YUAKWXXXXX000323L1.stdusr.yale.internal

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