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Historically the Computing Society has run a blog that contains information about planned downtime, updates to society servers etc. This is being revived and should be used to convey any future information about such issues. Thank you for listening.

The migration of molotov to codd is now complete. All user accounts and services have been restored. Unfortunately the migration took a lot longer the anticipated, due to unforeseen circumstances. We sincerely apologies for the delay and any inconveniences caused.

As some of you may be aware, we are planning on expiring all passwords on codd. This is on order to filter out the weak passwords. If you wish to keep the same password as before, you can change it back by using the passwd command, but if your password is among one of the weak ones, you won't be able to change it back.

If anyone has any problems or queries please contact techteam@ and the issue will be resolved as soon as possible.

Earlier today, Codd (the replacement for Molotov) was brought on-line. Our plan was to migrate all data and services across during the course of the afternoon. Unfortunately, while moving user accounts from Molotov, the /etc/passwd file got removed, thus preventing the use of sudo to fix the situation and also any subsequent attempts to log in to the machine. This cannot be resolved till we can gain physical access to Codd - on Monday.

Let us assure you that all your data are safe in the meanwhile and that we will bring all services back on-line at the earliest possible. We sincerely apologise for the continued downtime and any inconvenience caused as a result. Please drop by #tech on irc.warwickcompsoc.co.uk if you have any queries.

The Computing Society main server, codd, has been brought online today. Migration is an on-going process, and services will continue to be brought back up this afternoon. If you have identified any problems that you wish to report please email techteam@uwcs.co.uk or ask in #tech on irc.uwcs.co.uk.

Unfortunately its been raining heavily this morning rendering the chances of running an effective BBQ in a field nill. It is also likely to continue raining, sometimes heavily, during the day. Consequently we are moving the BBQ to Bucko's house in coventry where we can very easily move to the warm indoors during rainy spells. People on campus will be able to get a lift from Tesco at 12.30. Otherwise there is a map, which can be used for direction, as maps have been for the past goodness knows how many years...

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