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[Paul Larson <paul.larson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We'll need to get some kind of generic account for sru, power testin and
things like that. Also, is this just affecting cdus or serial also?
On Dec 14, 2013 1:36 PM, "Larry Works" <larry.works@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All,
>
> On Wednesday December 18th we will be implementing some changes within
> the CI lab that will affect most users of the systems within the lab.
> These changes are to bring the lab more in line with IS norms for
> systems and infrastructure access and include:
>
>  - Removal of the generic ubuntu account on the CDUs
>  - Switching authentication from local system accounts to userdir_ldap [1]
>  - Eliminating privileged level access for certain accounts and/or
> removing certain accounts.
>
> If you or any jobs you run require access to ports on the CDUs to
> power-cycle systems you need to get in touch with me before Wednesday
> December 18th to get the credentials needed to access the ports for your
> specific systems.
>
> We will also switch system level authentication from local files/tables
> to the user DB replicated from IS and make modifications to the sudoers
> file which will eliminate some of the current access and limit who has
> privileged level access. As listed in the note [1] below these changes
> are only being implemented on the production servers within the lab and
> will not change/affect access to the client test systems. It will also
> not affect or change access to the Lenovo, HP or Dell stacks nor any of
> the Kernel team test systems.
>
> [1] This will only be implemented on production servers and VMs and will
> NOT be implemented on test clients.
>
> ~w
>
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