What are some issues/problems with CIS Accounts?
• COMMUNITY/VOLUNTEER DEPENDENT ~ Dean of Students provides limited funding and support and tries to keep services operating at a premium level, but the CIS server is largely volunteer dependent so support can be spotty, e.g. if there is a problem while the Sysop is on vacation, the server may not be worked on until he returns unless there are volunteers available • POOR / INCOMPLETE / OLD DOCUMENTATION ~ because the server is largely volunteer-dependent, documentation updates may be slow and outdated or missing material may not be fixed for long periods of time • NO BACKUPS ~ the server runs fast and loose with virtually no backups; no funding has been provided for backup equipment or backup software and currently, there are no volunteers available to do the backups even to back up to itself from the unix command line • NO BACKUP SERVER ~ if the server were to crash or be stolen, there would be no substitute server available to restore services; an emergency funding source would have
