Support Pages for Solaris 7/8

What is DCE/DFS? Why is UMIACS moving to it?
The Distributed Computing Environment/Distributed File System allows for centralized management of passwords and files. Levels of redundancy can be built into core services to prevent outages when a server goes offline. From the user perspective you will be given an identical environment no matter what UMIACS supported solaris box you log into.
Why does my login stop working after 2 weeks?
With DCE you are given a ticket upon login that identifies you to our servers, this ticket has a life-span of two weeks. After the ticket expires you are no longer able to access any files that required you to have a ticket (your home directory, project space, etc). When you logout your ticket also gets destroyed, any processes that need access to your files will be unable to access them.

  • To extend the life of your ticket, run the following command:
    dce_login -r
  • To see when your ticket will expire run:
    kinfo
  • Running a job that doesn't die when you logout:
    Insert answer here
    How do I check my quota?
    fts lsquota ~ to check your home directory quota
    fts lsquota /dfs/projects/<project name> to check project space