Image and Echelon will be taken offline at 1:00 AM EST (-0500 GMT) on January 1st, 2009 for a kernel upgrade to 2.6.28. Downtime duration is expected to last less than 5 minutes. The latest kernel, 2.6.28, introduces the ext3
Esprit Update: user management changeover, error reporting facility changes
A new esprit update has been pushed to the servers at this time introducing a new “Add User” interface and an enhanced error system designed to facilitate development. Add User replaces the original Ensim version with our own spin, showcasing
Mandatory per-process resource limits
New resource limits have been introduced for processes invoked from the shell to prevent runaway processes. Limits are not comprehensive and thus not targeted at restricting usage, but rather avoiding runaway processes from capitalizing a system. These values are tentative