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The Admin, Instructors and TAs have sudo access on the Edu POD, and will have access to the Class Management web application (https://rctf-account-request.icmb.utexas.edu/edu-pod/ accessible only from the UT campus network or with the UT VPN service active). Students will not have access to the Class management application.
In addition to the Admin, Instructors and TAs also have sudo access on the Edu POD, but should use it sparingly; for example, to look into student Home directories which have 700 permissions (user access only).
sudo should not be used for any of the following, as these are functions performed by the BRCF automated deployment system:
- Installing software that requires sudo
- Contact us at rctf-support@utexas.edu to request installation of any software requiring sudo.
- Creating or modifying user accounts or groups
- Changing permissions on top-level directories in Home, Work and Scratch
- Any such changes will be reverted by the deployment system
Class/semester groups
Courses have a class designation (e.g. Bio369i) and a semester (e.g. Fall 2018). POD administration policies revolve around these class and class/semester concepts.
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