Student Information Processing Board @ MIT

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:37:41 +0000

Old AFS slides (broken link)

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 22:02:32 +0000

How to use Athena, MIT’s remote server system, including hosting a website on it through AFS.

XVM IP Address Renumbering Frequently Asked Questions

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:46:07 +0000

Explains the historical renumbering of all VMs, what this entails and what actions are necessary for different types of users.

Zephyr for the Impatient

Sun, 03 Sep 2017 22:40:42 +0000

A short guide for quickly getting on Zephyr.

Thu, 19 Nov 2015 01:08:05 +0000

Pergamon is a self-service Discuss server, maintained by SIPB. For more information on using discuss and how to create an archive with Pergamon, see the page.

Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:09:19 +0000

This page describes how to use zcrypt with zephyr classes.

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:15:02 +0000

How to use Moira and Mailman mailing lists at MIT.

Writing Safe Shell Scripts

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:37:26 +0000

Tips for making shell scripts safer.

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:51:59 +0000

The official documentation licensing recommendation of SIPB is the dual license of CC-BY-SA and GNU FDL.

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:01:39 +0000

A guide to getting involved in SIPB projects, broken down into a hierarchy of questions.

Office Machines and Hostnames

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:04:09 +0000

List of office hostnames and machines assigned to them.

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:33:45 +0000

This page is a list of projects you can work on at SIPB’s Fall 2013 hackathon.

A Somewhat Technical Introduction to git

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 23:14:52 +0000

A 2-hour class on the git version control system

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:01:56 +0000

Instructions on how to handle SIPB list permissions, and which lists they apply to.

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:25:34 +0000

This page redirects to the authoratative copy of who_fixes_what in AFS.

Hackemon

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:02:13 +0000

Welcome to Hackemon!

Hackleberry Finn

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:02:13 +0000

Hackleberry Finn is a hackathon being held on Saturday June 11th from 1pm PST.

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:37:09 +0000

SIPB project licensing and open collaboration recommendations for free software projects.

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:37:53 +0000

SIPB code licensing recommendations.

Library

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:11:27 +0000

SIPB Book Catalog Incomplete -- contact zhangc (at) mit (dot) edu if you're interested in continuing cataloging efforts Title Author Publisher ISBN-10 ISBN-13 Maple V language reference manual Bruce W. Char... [et al.] New York : Springer-Verlag, c1991. 0387976221 9780387976228 First leaves Bruce W. Char... [et al.] New York : Springer-Verlag, c1992. 0387976213 9780387976211 Maple V library reference manual Bruce W. Char... [et al.] New York : Springer-Verlag, c1991. 0387975926 9780387975924 Circuits, signals, and systems William McC.

Sun, 03 Oct 2010 22:05:14 +0000

Learn how to print music to sipbmp3.

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:35:40 +0000

List of projects worked in Admiral Hackbar hackathon.

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:17:31 +0000

Learn about Git, a Version Control System.

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:33:56 +0000

LAMP is a free on-demand music library over MIT cable. We’d be happy to have anybody get involved in getting new music, publicizing the library or whatever strikes their fancy!

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:31:56 +0000

Notes for running a hackathon at SIPB.

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:04:10 +0000

The list of projects that people are working on during the hackathon.

Current Projects

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:05:27 +0000

Projects worked during the Velocihacker hackathon.

Current Projects

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:34:08 +0000

Projects worked during Hackasaurus Rex hackathon.

Configuring Client-Side Certificate Authentication on Apache

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:07:20 +0000

Instructions on configuring client-side certificate authentication for an Apache server using modules from the scripts.mit.edu project

Using CPAN

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:14:27 +0000

Instructions for installing CPAN modules

Random Zsigs for BarnOwl

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:18:50 +0000

Random zsigs for BarnOwl, a popular Zephyr client.

Using SZS (the SMS to Zephyr Relay)

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:19:12 +0000

This page provides instructions for using SZS, a service that relays messages between Zephyr and phones (which use SMS).

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:56:58 +0000

Broken Ikiwiki sitemap.

2009 Ubuntu Global Jam

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:25:12 +0000

Saturday, October 3rd: Ubuntu Global Jam at MIT. Join other members of the community to hack on bugs and documentation for Karmic RC or Easy Bugs.

HCS Incoming

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:16:31 +0000

Subscribe to Harvard Computing Society (HCS) mailing lists through Moira.

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:56:20 +0000

SIPB’s 40th reunion was held on October 10, 2015.

Open RC Bugs in Lenny

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:53:52 +0000

SIPB worked on fixing some Ubuntu Lenny bugs.

SIPB Bug-Squashing Hackathon for Lenny

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:53:52 +0000

SIPB Bug-Squashing Hackathon for Debian Lenny, Saturday 2008-12-13 at W20-557 from 2 PM to about 10 PM

Traditional Zephyr (archaic)

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:36:01 +0000

How to use the traditional Zephyr client.

SIPB Documentation Project

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:17:55 +0000

SIPB Documentation Project is a project to document in written form the collective knowledge that SIPB members take for granted or use in maintaining services and projects.

Enabling Kerberos logins for your server

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:52:11 +0000

Instructions for enabling Kerberos logins on a server, including installing keytabs and configuring SSH.

Using Screen

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:43:47 +0000

Learn how to use screen for enhanced terminal sessions, including multitasking and resuming after disconnection.

Summer Reading

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:37:54 +0000

A list of articles, books online, and blogs that may be interesting to read over summer.

Root and Extra Instances

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:26:10 +0000

Explains root and extra Kerberos instances, their uses, how to get them.

Upcoming Events

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:10:14 +0000

Upcoming events.

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:37:14 +0000

Computer Tours and Stories on September 9th, 2015 at the SIPB office.

Project Ideas

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:22:20 +0000

A list of potential SIPB projects.

SIPB Reading Group

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:02:22 +0000

Approximately every week, SIPB holds a discussion of an interesting or notable computer science paper. The reading group meets over dinner after the general SIPB meeting (7:30pm every Monday).

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:39:48 +0000

E-mail outage that happened in July 23rd, 2009.

Mirrors

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:01:21 +0000

SIPB offers mirrors of popular software and services for faster downloads.

Former Officers

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:25:29 +0000

Former officers of the MIT Student Information Processing Board.

SIPB Zephyr Classes

Sat, 16 May 2009 01:57:53 +0000

List of popular Zephyr classes for SIPB members and projects.

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:36:18 +0000

Larry Wall, Perl’s creator and all-around interesting person, gave a talk at MIT on April 1, 2009.

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:34:49 +0000

SIPB occasionally invites guests to give lectures at MIT.

Clockworks

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:41:20 +0000

The page for Clockworks, the scheduling app.

Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:24:27 +0000

This page explains how to make your Mac print to cluster-printers.mit.edu, which is the MIT-run server for Common Unix Printing System (CUPS).

Using Zephyr (a.k.a. Zephyr For Dummies)

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:28:26 +0000

An introduction to the Zephyr instant messaging system at MIT.

SIPB History

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:27:44 +0000

History of SIPB, including its founding in 1969 and notable services provided to the MIT community.

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:27:07 +0000

How to hack on Debian and Ubuntu packages.

AFS and You

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:32:43 +0000

A guide to using Athena’s AFS system for users and maintainers of lockers.

The SIPB Website

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:46:47 +0000

Design notes and todo list for the previous SIPB website.

Keyholders and Officers

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:05:42 +0000

Explains how to become a keyholding member of SIPB and lists the current executive committee members.

Locker Software Maintained by SIPB

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:01:43 +0000

An incomplete list of lockers SIPB maintains, and how to figure out what is inside a locker.

SIPB AFS-Moira Synchronizer

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:37:12 +0000

The SIPB AFS-Moira synchronizer automatically keeps afs groups in sync with moira lists.

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:35:21 +0000

This page describes the dual license of CC-BY-SA and GFDL used by this wiki.

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:49:23 +0000

SIPB Computer Tours happen each September. The tours show off server rooms and labs around campus, including those in CSAIL.

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:35:22 +0000

Tours of MIT IS&T’s machine rooms, followed by a talk on the history of computing at MIT

Mailman-Moira Integration Project

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:33:48 +0000

Proposed integration of Mailman and Moira to simplify list administration.

Computer help

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:52:20 +0000

Information on help and services available in the SIPB office, located at W20-557. The page includes information about consulting hours and a list of equipment maintained by SIPB for public use.

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:38:09 +0000

Learning how to use the wiki.

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:21:53 +0000

This page was migrated from the old website and has not been manually reviewed, or is here for historical purposes. We make no guarantees that the content is up-to-date or reflects SIPB's current views. Contact sipb-www@mit.edu if anything is broken or you have other questions or feedback.

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:50:04 +0000

The Zephyr client used by most SIPB members. Find out more on the BarnOwl wiki.

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:44:46 +0000

Ideas to get started on a SIPB project.

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) is a service organization whose function is to provide easy access to computer facilities at MIT and assistance to those who use them. We provide services to the MIT computing community to aid in work productivity, computer use education, and entertainment. In short, we strive to aid the MIT computing community in whatever (legal) endeavor users may wish of the available computer resources.

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Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Test Post

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hello world!!!!!!!!1 This is a test. Does it work? I changed something. hihihiHIHIHI This is yet another line We are testing the new commit method The edit button works indeed why am I testing my changes on the production git repo? hi this is yet another test does it work now? we are adding another test commit

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