Machine Availability

All instructional Unix workstations run by the CSL are available in the labs, from approximately 7:00am to 1:00am, seven days a week. The machines are actually on 24 hours a day, so you can connect remotely at any time, but beware that they are rebooted some nights around 3:00am. The CSL's primary objective is to keep these workstations in a usable state all the time. To further this goal, the CSL occasionally needs exclusive access to a machine, rendering it unavailable. Machine downtime will be advertised in the message of the day (/etc/motd), which appears when you run Xstats, and also in msgs with at least 24 hours advance notice.