Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:12:54 +0200
Over the course of the next few days we'll be undertaking a number of routine maintenance tasks associated with user accounts. Most significantly we'll be de-registering computers on the network that are tagged as "belonging" to students or staff members who are no longer at the University.
Whilst this shouldn't, in theory, cause any disruption, in practice it is likely to affect a few people. In particular, users who've inherited computers from their predecessors and who haven't contacted the IT Division to get the machines cleared and/or re-registered are likely to encounter problems. Unfortunately, because the computers in question are incorrectly registered, it is almost impossible for us to identify these users individually.
Users who are affected by this will first notice that they start receiving an ERR_NOVALIDDNS error message when trying to browse the web. Several hours later their computer may start reporting "Limited or no connectivity" and they'll find that most network based applications (e-mail, web browsing, shared printers, etc) will stop working.
Should you be one of the people who gets the ERR_NOVALIDDNS over the next few days, the solution is to contact the IT Division Help Desk (ext 8288) and provide correct, up-to-date information about your computer. In order to re-register your computer, the Help Desk will need to know your correct username as well as the asset number or MAC address of the computer concerned.
If you haven't experienced the above symptoms by the end of the week you can safely assume that you're not affected by this.
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:35:15 +0200
The following machines have just been deregistered:
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.23.89 devel07.admin # vlan16 005022b49c5e Claire_Kruiskamp 35884 20030303 par2503
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.23.176 spadpa-1.admin # vlan16 001279c3a103 Pete_Andrew 45128 20050524 spadpa
# DEREG STALE STUDENT 146.231.24.150 vine3.wlan # vlan24 000f3da0d33b Niall_Vine_DIFS 83140-7 20050113 g92v3561
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.24.211 denis.wlan # vlan24 0013ce8a429e Denis_Riordan private 20060228 spdr
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.24.227 spnig-1.wlan # vlan24 000e35a50bcb Lungi_Goduka private 20050308 spnig
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.28 ict-pc-socket-01.wlan # vlan24 00a0f83ca2a7 Melekam_Tsegaye 38322 20030911 econ020
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.33 ion.wlan # vlan24 00904b1a9585 Melekam_Tsegaye private 20031120 econ020
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.146 visit26.wlan # vlan24 0013cec0c13d Peter_Neumann private 20060106 visit26
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.147 visit27.wlan # vlan24 000cf10e7550 Sandra_Mustafa private 20060109 visit27
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.148 visit30.wlan # vlan24 00042379621e Marc_Schafer private 20060109 visit30
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.165 spvp.wlan # vlan24 0012f0227190 Vipin_Deviprasad_Purushothaman_Nair private 20060203 spvp
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.246 bday.wlan # vlan24 000e354fe94e Bob_Day private 20060322 visit33
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.25.247 visit14.wlan # vlan24 000f3daeb7ec Scifest_Visitor private 20060322 visit14
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.73.157 reg033.exams # vlan72 00e02941964c Sandra_Coetzee 8962 20010216 ihsc
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.73.183 reg052.egadmin # vlan72 000c76e46a6e Sandra_Coetzee 42057 20040705 ihsc
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.75.19 lbap-1.corylib # vlan72 0010dcd62ba9 Research_PC1 35992 20050314 lbap
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.80.162 alec.geog # vlan80 0040050857b5 Alec_Thornton private 20030925 spta
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.81.42 august.geol # vlan80 00e0293cd27d Ronel_August 10948 20040524 geol018
# DEREG STALE STUDENT 146.231.81.245 g05m1308.psycho # vlan80 00104bae9f46 Alexandra_Moerdyk 18533 20050217 g05m1308
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.83.147 speg-1.micro # vlan80 000874e88f9a Elizabeth_Goyvaerts private 20050912 speg
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.84.152 device1.bootp # vlan80 0200fc000001 146.231.84.151 /pcondir/ver1/device1.img private 20011018
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.84.153 phys1.bootp # vlan80 000000abcdef 146.231.121.132 /pcondir/ver1/device1.img private 20030813
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.84.158 visit14.phys # vlan80 00030d14553a Scifest_Visitor private 20060322 visit14
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.84.211 phys018.es # vlan80 0000c057ecd2 Joey_Mckay 86093-5 20020626 phys018
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.85.18 mainlib71.lib # vlan80 0010dcd62b92 Disable_PC 35988 20051017
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.85.32 mainlib03.lib # vlan80 0010dcd56557 Margaret_Kenyon 35996 20040521 lbmk
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.85.80 mainlib60.lib # vlan80 0011098dc8b5 Nombesuthu_Lose 43854 20050211
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.92.67 train1.cc # vlan88 00e0293cbdec IT_Training_Room 11725 20040224 training
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.92.68 train2.cc # vlan88 00e029442139 IT_Training_Room 13516 20040323 training
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.92.69 train3.cc # vlan88 00e0293dc053 IT_Training_Room 11757 20040323 training
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.92.71 train5.cc # vlan88 00e0294872c8 IT_Training_Room 14828 20040419 training
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.104.60 sppv.labprivate # vlan104 000d9dcc982a Pieter_Verweij private 20050906 sppv
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.104.68 intelje.labprivate # vlan104 000f1fa2fac0 Janet_Elizabeth_Thomson private 20060407 intelje
# DEREG STALE STUDENT 146.231.124.139 ict001.voip # vlan120 000945632b1e Voice_Over_IP_Phone none 20051102 g01b0633
# DEREG STALE STUDENT 146.231.124.146 ict008.voip # vlan120 000945632b02 Voice_Over_IP_Phone none 20051102 g00h2202
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.126.6 csjbp.ict # vlan120 0002a5a10e94 Jason_Penton private 20050121 spjrp
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.126.59 spgram-1.ict # vlan120 000bcda6669d Gideon_Ramga private 20050829 spgram
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.126.73 bday.ict # vlan120 00030d32b1e3 Bob_Day private 20060322 visit33
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.159.157 housekeeper.oriel # vlan32 000c76269e94 N.Ngcobondwana 38337 20050801 cate059
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.159.159 asstwarden.jansmuts # vlan32 0050bf9aa37a Jonathan_Leiper private 20040121 enli007
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.159.166 warden2.cullenbowles # vlan32 00c09f25ac5d Bevan_Boswell private 20050419 spbb
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.161.206 secu843-1.cpu # vlan160 00e029175711 Linda_Bottoman 9206 20051031 secu843
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.176.200 ger08.german # vlan176 000d567471dc Iris_Backer private 20040217 spib
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.177.25 law25.law # vlan176 00e0293a4f6b Sean_Ramsden 26339 20030228 lawr048
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.178.62 spnp-1.isea # vlan176 000a957b2006 Paige_Newmark private 20050429 spnp
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.178.210 pglab02.envsci # vlan176 00502284e362 Postgrad_Lab 88839 20051107 visit22
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.179.16 spnig-1.educ # vlan176 00e0b8710324 Lungi_Goduka private 20050308 spnig
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.179.193 rumep01.rumep # vlan176 0000c0054cf0 Daphne_Rink 73598-9 20030312 rumdr
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.180.6 sppsg.saiab # vlan176 00114343e54d Poss_Stuart private 20051202 sppsg
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.180.30 goetz.saiab # vlan176 000d87d4ca87 Albrecht_Goetz xxxx 20040511 xxxx g00g3468
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.180.46 acepros.saiab # vlan176 000d61664f23 Rosanne_Buchanan external 20041018 saiab164
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.180.83 warren.saiab # vlan176 00a0ccdff7b1 Warren_Potts private 20030923 ihwp
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.180.88 margot.saiab # vlan176 00055d8b64f3 Margot_Collett_SAIAB22 external 20030829 iams
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.180.166 j66.saiab # vlan176 00e02962b371 Andy_Bentley xxxx 20010216 ihab
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.181.2 difs02.difs # vlan176 00e02932ed91 Schalk_De_Waal xxxx 20020805 spsdw
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.181.3 visit05.difs # vlan176 00023f17662f Chiara_Ragazzini private 20051208 visit05
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.181.52 anderson.difs # vlan176 000d613b3bb9 Eric_Anderson 1220 20040204 xxxx ihma
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.181.194 visit13.politicis # vlan176 000a95c119dc Martin_Rupiya private 20060314 visit13
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.182.5 visit17.iser # vlan176 0040d01cfa7f Madeleen_Husselman private 20051018 visit17
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.182.71 spfs-1.philosophy # vlan176 00039355ee2e Finn_Spicer private 20060210 spfs
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.199.124 ambh-1.albmus # vlan192 00a0242bee7b Bukeka_Hlathi 18121 20050524 ambh
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.199.126 hlathib-pc.albmus # vlan192 001321d2ba0e Bukeka_Hlathi external 20051027 ambh
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.210.49 doherty2.journ # vlan208 0800460d3306 Christopher_Doherty xxxx 20010216 jocd
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.213.130 sppv.journ # vlan208 000d9dcc982a Pieter_Verweij private 20050905 sppv
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.214.21 drama011.drama # vlan208 000c76b2aee5 Cradock_Williams 41271 20040428 spcew
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.225.35 keysers.chem # vlan224 00055dd4020b Rob_Keyzers 85393-3 20031128 sprk
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.226.6 spmj-1.pharm # vlan224 001125826606 Marjolein_De_Jong private 20050805 spmj
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.226.107 verbeeck.pharm # vlan224 00d0592ecade R_verBeeck private 20040817 sprv
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.226.130 sphp-1.pharm # vlan224 000f2023528a Peter_Hill private 20050307 sphp
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.226.136 spvp.pharm # vlan224 00030d2ae4a5 Vipin_Deviprasad_Purushothaman_Nair private 20060203 spvp
# DEREG STAFF STALE 146.231.248.50 access.bootp # vlan248 00e029401120 146.231.89.2 /cgi-bin/access.cgi private
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:45:26 +0200
The following stale accounts have just been deleted:
anlv - L.Vermeulen@ru.ac.za
edss - S.Southwood@ru.ac.za
lawr048 - S.Ramsden@ru.ac.za
spab - A.Bloom@ru.ac.za
spabs - A.Stephenson@ru.ac.za
spad - A.Drainville@ru.ac.za
spadkb - K.Bluett@ru.ac.za
spadkd - K.Dancer@ru.ac.za
spadmm - M.Moolman@ru.ac.za
spafr - A.Ripley@ru.ac.za
spag - A.Gouws@ru.ac.za
spags - A.Slingers@ru.ac.za
spah - A.Hecht@ru.ac.za
spais - A.I.Schults@ru.ac.za
spajs - A.Solbrig@ru.ac.za
spajt - A.Tiplady@ru.ac.za
spak - A.Kingsley@ru.ac.za
spal - A.Louw@ru.ac.za
spam - A.Smout@ru.ac.za
spamgm - G.Marshall@ru.ac.za
spamm - A.M.Motara@ru.ac.za
spas - A.Spann@ru.ac.za
spav - A.Verheijen@ru.ac.za
spbah - B.A.Haggard@ru.ac.za
spbb - B.Boswell@ru.ac.za
spbc - C.Brauteseth@ru.ac.za
spbd - B.Dollery@ru.ac.za
spbha - B.Avula@ru.ac.za
spbi - B.Ivanov@ru.ac.za
spbp - B.Patterson@ru.ac.za
spbpn - B.P.Ngatunga@ru.ac.za
spbw - W.Boucsein@ru.ac.za
spca - C.Alborough@ru.ac.za
spcac - C.A.Coetzee@ru.ac.za
spcb - C.Wittig@ru.ac.za
spcbb - C.B.Benoit@ru.ac.za
spcdw - Chris.deWet@ru.ac.za
spcel - C.E.Lattin@ru.ac.za
spcew - C.Williamson@ru.ac.za
spcfc - F.C.Williamson@ru.ac.za
spcg - C.Gray@ru.ac.za
spcj - C.B.Megone@ru.ac.za
spcjs - C.J.Swartsz@ru.ac.za
spclb - C.Bendels@ru.ac.za
spcos - C.Shaw@ru.ac.za
spct - C.Thurman@ru.ac.za
spcv - Cathy.Vorster@ru.ac.za
spcvw - C.V.Wait@ru.ac.za
spdbs - D.B.Stone@ru.ac.za
spdcv - D.Vromans@ru.ac.za
spdh - D.Hurwitz@ru.ac.za
spdhal - D.H.A.Lloyd@ru.ac.za
spdjp - D.J.Philipson@ru.ac.za
spdm - L.McPherson@ru.ac.za
spdt - D.Tedder@ru.ac.za
spdta - T.Abebe@ru.ac.za
spdvh - D.Hynd@ru.ac.za
spdvu - DomViolUnit@ru.ac.za
speg - E.Goyvaerts@ru.ac.za
speh - E.Hastings@ru.ac.za
spezm - E.Z.Myeni@ru.ac.za
spfc - C.Fawcett@ru.ac.za
spfh - F.Hennessy@ru.ac.za
spga - G.Anderson@ru.ac.za
spgadra - gadra.ed@ru.ac.za
spgej - G.E.Jones@ru.ac.za
spgh - G.Hulleberg@ru.ac.za
spgjm - G.J.Medina@ru.ac.za
spgl - G.Lowe@ru.ac.za
spgn - G.Enongene@ru.ac.za
spgv - G.Vandenberghe@ru.ac.za
spgz - G.Zvenyika@ru.ac.za
spha - H.Atebe@ru.ac.za
sphb - H.Bruderer@ru.ac.za
sphl - H.Larson@ru.ac.za
sphmh - H.Hofmeyr@ru.ac.za
sphmt - H.Terry@ru.ac.za
sphp - P.Hill@ru.ac.za
spib - I.Backer@ru.ac.za
spibs - I.B.Staude@ru.ac.za
spif - I.Foster@ru.ac.za
spik - I.Kretzmann@ru.ac.za
spiml - M.Lindner@ru.ac.za
spirk - C.Pirk@ru.ac.za
spjaa - J.A.Adar@ru.ac.za
spjan - J.A.Nell@ru.ac.za
spjb - J.B.Buckland@ru.ac.za
spjc - J.Cosser@ru.ac.za
spjjc - J.Chadwick@ru.ac.za
spjl - J.Lupele@ru.ac.za
spjm - Julia.Mitchell@ru.ac.za
spjrh - J.R.Holmes@ru.ac.za
spkb - K.Baillie@ru.ac.za
spkdt - D.Terry@ru.ac.za
spkj - J.Kuryagyenda@ru.ac.za
spklaas - J.Klaas@ru.ac.za
splb - L.Bhana@ru.ac.za
splbsoc - L.Barker@ru.ac.za
splp - L.Phillips@ru.ac.za
splt - Lionel.Thaver@ru.ac.za
spma - A.Mohammadi@ru.ac.za
spmam - M.Mafani@ru.ac.za
spmbg - M.B.Gaybba@ru.ac.za
spmd - M.Dube@ru.ac.za
spmeg - M.E.Armstrong@ru.ac.za
spmg - M.Gatya@ru.ac.za
spmj - M.deJong@ru.ac.za
spmjs - M.J.Scott@ru.ac.za
spml - L.Mashibini@ru.ac.za
spmm - M.Mweri@ru.ac.za
spmr - M.Rautenbach@ru.ac.za
spms - S.Madwanya@ru.ac.za
spmvm - M.V.Masiza@ru.ac.za
spna - N.Api@ru.ac.za
spnc - N.Carstens@ru.ac.za
spne - N.Etherington@ru.ac.za
spng - G.Nyabando@ru.ac.za
spnm - N.Manyati@ru.ac.za
spnn - N.Nowotny@ru.ac.za
spnp - P.Newmark@ru.ac.za
spnsib - N.Sibanda@ru.ac.za
spoh - O.Hulec@ru.ac.za
spoof - O.Folayan@ru.ac.za
sppb - P.Bitter@ru.ac.za
sppcb - P.Buchanan@ru.ac.za
sppeb - P.Bennett@ru.ac.za
sppm - M.Postma@ru.ac.za
sppmi - P.M.Illgner@ru.ac.za
spprm - P.Mziwebhongo@ru.ac.za
spps - P.Sobahle@ru.ac.za
sppv - P.Verweij@ru.ac.za
sppw - P.Watt-Pringle@ru.ac.za
sprb - R.Bush@ru.ac.za
sprc - R.Correia@ru.ac.za
spres - R.Stobbs@ru.ac.za
sprn - R.Nishino@ru.ac.za
sprv - R.Verbeeck@ru.ac.za
sprvh - R.van Hille@ru.ac.za
sprvk - R.V.Kgabe@ru.ac.za
sprvp - R.P.vanHille@ru.ac.za
spsank - San.Knoetze@ru.ac.za
spsc - S.Croome@ru.ac.za
spsdw - S.DeWaal@ru.ac.za
spsgl - S.G.Lotter@ru.ac.za
spsk - S.Kwizera@ru.ac.za
spsm - S.Madikizela@ru.ac.za
spsmk - S.M.Krueger@ru.ac.za
spsn - S.Ntleki@ru.ac.za
spss - S.Scott@ru.ac.za
spssn - S.Ndinga@ru.ac.za
spta - A.Thornton@ru.ac.za
sptext - J.J.Bloggs@ru.ac.za
sptimbo - T.Bouwer@ru.ac.za
sptl - T.Lans@ru.ac.za
sptmp - T.Pfupfu@ru.ac.za
sptn - T.Naesje@ru.ac.za
sptt - Tom.Tagg@ru.ac.za
spvdv - V.Varela@ru.ac.za
spvk - V.Kwanini@ru.ac.za
spvl - V.Edwards@ru.ac.za
spvm - V.Mqeke@ru.ac.za
spvn - V.Nair@ru.ac.za
spvs - V.Shubin@ru.ac.za
spwdm - W.D.Mills@ru.ac.za
spwlk - W.L.Kingsley@ru.ac.za
spwn - W.Nicoll@ru.ac.za
spymm - Y.M.Motara@ru.ac.za
spzs - Z.Sakata@ru.ac.za
These are all accounts that have been inactive since before 2005-12-31. In some cases they represent the accounts of people who failed to comply with the ROICA requirements by the 31 October deadline (or at any stage subsequently).
Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:46:30 +0200
The following machines have just been deregistered:
# DEREG USER STALE 146.231.24.214 anthro05-1.wlan # vlan24 00042352c304 William_Fisher_visitor private 20050420 anthro05
# DEREG USER STALE 146.231.24.217 psych05-1.wlan # vlan24 0004235af812 P_Mayhew private 20050426 psych05
# DEREG USER STALE 146.231.81.246 psych05-1.psycho # vlan80 00096b2d5ebc P_Mayhew private 20050426 psych05
# DEREG USER STALE 146.231.182.159 ant34.anthro # vlan176 00061bcdaabd William_Fisher private 20050422 anthro05
# DEREG USER STALE 146.231.246.3 visitor-1.ling # vlan240 009096c6aa89 Carol_Myers-Scotton private 20050511 english05