Grove
What else is different on Grove?
New Policies
We have new policies to improve our system security.- All files under a home directory must be owned by the owner of the home directory itself.
- Write permissions for group and other users are not allowed on any user file.
- cron or at jobs are only allowed under special circumstances.
What's Different on the Command Line?
Once you've logged on, you'll find the environment quite different from the old grove.- Since pine is obsolete and unmaintained but mutt is under active development and is supported by Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we are offering mutt as a shell-launched Mail User Agent. (Additional information on mutt.)
- Since tcsh has not had any updates in years and bash (see, for instance, The Bash Beginner's Guide) is the standard shell in Linux, we're offering bash as the login shell. If you wish, once you log in, you can type tcsh at the command prompt to get the old grove shell. We urge you, however, to convert your operations to bash (or zsh, as you prefer).
- All the nodes that support interactive logins will have the GNU FORTRAN 77 and FORTRAN 95 compilers. However, the IMSL library will probably only ever be available on imsl.grove.ufl.edu.
Which Facilities Aren't There (Yet)?
In general, packages and libraries on the new grove are more extensive and more current than they were on the old grove. However, some pieces are still missing.The following facilities are not yet available on the new grove, but are planned to be installed:
- Java
- Ruby
- COBOL
- Pascal
Changes to your .htaccess file to limit access to your webpages
- Changes in your .htaccess file if you are using GatorLink authentication. to secure and limit access to your Web directories.