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Lab machines in Hammond 316, 317 and Pollock 201 have been upgraded to Red Hat Enterprise Desktop 5.3.

CLC Linux Lab machines now use local home directories

The Linux lab machines in Hammond 316, 317 and Pollock 201 now use local home directories versus your PASS space for the default location to save files. This change was made to inprove performance. You should copy your files to the PASS folder on the desktop or to a USB flash drive as they are not backed up on the local machines.

Problems setting permsissions on lxclsuter.tlt.psu.edu

Since the migration to the new PASS space in the summer of 2008, setting permissions via "chmod" is not available, which directly effects making scripts executable. To set the execute bit thus making scripts executable follow the steps below. Also, here is a short movie version of the below steps: PASS Permissions.

1. In a browser navigate to https://explorer.pass.psu.edu/explorer.cgi . Note, this will require you to authenticate via Web Access.
2. Click on New Folder
3. Enter a new folder name. We recommend using bin for the name.
4. Select the new folder (note you may need to click on "^-- Up One Folder") and click on Info
5. Click on: Go to permissions
6. In the "Choose Permission Type" box click on Next.
7. Click on the radio button for "Give Full Control" and click on Next
8. Click on Next without selecting either of the two radio buttons in the "Select User or Group Assignment" box.
9. Click on Extra Permissions in the "Permissions summary for:" box
10. Select "Allow program files to be executed" and "Apply settings to all files and subfolders inside the (your path to the folder you created above)". This is important as any file you place in this directory will automatically inherit these permissions.
11. Click on Confirm Change.
12. Note that you will now see a box indicating "Success. All files in this folder and subfolders will be executable." This box is above the "Permissions summary for:" box.
13. Watch the movie on PASS Permissions for an example of these steps. NOTE: the very last section, step 12, is displayed differently in the movie. No worries, the result is the same.

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