kennel.ruf.rice.edu server replaced by organization.rice.edu server June 2014
The server hardware for kennel.ruf.rice.edu failed. It was an old, unsupported, server; both hardware and Operating System. A new server,
organization.rice.edu; was created to provide access to the old kennel.ruf.rice.edu accounts and content. Organization.rice.edu is a
new RedHat Linux V6 server, and meets all current Rice security and access standards.
With the implementation of a current, supported, hardware and operating system and adherence to Rice security guidelines, ruf users will
notice a few differences from the old, kennel.ruf.rice.edu system.
Key differences on the new server, organization:
- SSH access to organization = Rice networks only
- Default Shell on organization = bash
- no FTP access. SFTP access only.
- No samba/CIFS access supported.
- No X11 supported.
- Pine is replaced with ALPINE.
- User access to authorized org. accounts still available.