Present
| Department | Advisor name |
|---|---|
|
Arts
|
Nevil Bromley |
|
Applied Health Science (AHS)
|
Lowell Williamson (secretary) |
|
Computer Science
|
Steve Nickerson |
|
Engineering
|
Dennis Herman |
|
Environmental Studies (ES)
|
Shawn Morgan |
|
Math
|
Jim Johnston |
|
Science
|
Stephen Sempson |
|
Information System and Technology (IST)
|
Ray White |
| Tim Farrell | |
|
Engineering Computing
|
Bruce Campbell (chair) |
| Erick Engelke | |
| Hon Tam |
Nova Lab/Twinkle Lab (MC2060)
- Brand new equipment - 15 new workstations PIV 2.8Ghz
- General purpose lab, open 24hrs
IST donation
- IST made substancial donation to Engineering Computing as a result of the Nexus infrastructure (Nova Lab, AV, Villages) provided by Eng. Computing
- 2 domain controller type PCs purchased ($12,000)
- mmserver hard drive upgrade
- tape backup for domain controllers
- lab upgrades
- Part of a strategic move to fix problems
Nexus login webpage
- The importance of using standards - Tim F.
- uWaterloo Gold Standard should be adhered to - Shawn M.
- Real Estate of the web page will be larger login prompt to cover background image (New Logo to be developed) - Erick E.
Nexus exam lockdown
- Achieved in Arts for UWONE
- used to restrict 'outside' access
- router used to limit access
- IPSEC is not flexible enough to achieve this
- anonymous logging is possible
- procedure to be established for auditing policy, to take into account privacy issues
- users need to know that they are being monitored
Logging of software
- Logging of software useage/what drive?/local/
- Purpose is to generate statistics/licensing issues
- Prompted by the useage of Terminal Services
- Will log:
- Logins & Remote Access
- Applications that are running
Report to UCIST (Bruce C.)
- Reported on the availability of Nexus accross campus
- N:\ is required /user space
- temp space will be created in order to accomodate the Library
- accounts to be given on 30 leases via paper agreement, Tim F. to followup with the library
- Library representative to be invited to WNAG
- Many users do not have N:\ space
- 10,000 accounts in Nexus
Samba server authentication
- Chem. Eng. SNAP server not working
- NTLM & LM not defined
- AD has not been changed, NetApps still functioning
- Nexus test domain to be used
Nexus knowledge base
- Password only for internal administration, based on uwdir
- Tim F. to administer
Nexus/ADS password tool
- Nexus/ADS password tool requested by ES
- changes the Nexus password assuming you know either your Nexus or ADS/Quest password.
Nexus/ADS password tool
- Dennis was having problems installing a server.
- His strategy raised several questions concerning bang bang accounts and
nexustest. - WNAG agreed with his request to solidify the rules of bang bangs
(current prototype of rules to be improved upon and ratified by wnag soon) - Nevil suggested the server be tested in Nexustest first, everyone agreed.
- Hon offerred to look at the server as a quick first step, and then try nexustest.
Software updates
- SP3 for MS Office to be deployed, removing old version of MS Office
- SP4 for Corel WordPerfert to be deployed
- Adobe Reader 6 plugin to be disabled
