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Kerberos Administrative Maintenance Outage

Kerberos administrative services will be unavailable during this period.

This event has expired. Its previous status was Planned.

Affected systems: Kerberos

Kerberos Administrative Service Maintenance

DATE: Wednesday, July 21, 2021

TIME: 7:00 AM - 7:30 AM

SERVICES AFFECTED: Instance Manager/Kerberos Password Changes

DETAILS: On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, SCS Computing Facilities will perform maintenance on the CS.CMU.EDU Kerberos authentication servers (KDCs) to apply routine software updates. These servers provide authentication for UNIX logins, WebISO, and most SCS services.

Normal Kerberos authentication services are expected to remain available throughout the maintenance period. However, Kerberos administrative services, including the Instance Manager, password-changing services, and UNIX system installation, will be unavailable during this period. 

Please contact us with any questions or concerns regarding this maintenance period.