Audience
This article is written for anyone who
- supports SFU Managed Linux workstations, or
- has purchased storage with the Research Computing Group (RCG)
Background
The SFU Maillist system will be shut down April 30th, 2025. Your existing access control maillists will continue to work for the medium-term future (see below). Read more about:
What do I need to do?
- Gather a list of affected labs and users. (see "Can I get a list of labs/file shares..." below)
- Create reference groups for each lab. Grouper best practices advise you to create small groups (e.g.,
ref:dept:cmns:labX_members and ref:dept:cmns:labX_admins) and add those groups to a larger composite group (e.g., ref:dept:cmns:labX_all). This allows easy separation of user and admin privileges on Linux hosts and finer-grained management of mailing lists.
- Sync your reference groups to Active Directory by creating new groups under
resource:app:ADSFU:SFUGroups. Active Directory groups require unique names, so it would be wise to prefix these group names with your school or department name. (Repetition of unit names is discouraged elsewhere in Grouper.) Create e.g., resource:app:ADSFU:SFUGroups:cmns_labX_members. Add the group ref:dept:cmns:labX_members to resource:app:ADSFU:SFUGroups:cmns_labX_members.
(Do not add individual users to the resource:... group; add the reference group itself.)
- Contact
research-support@sfu.ca with the lab name and group information you used in Step 3.
When do I need to do this?
Active Directory groups based on maillists will be purged in the medium-term future since they can no longer be updated and thus pose a security risk. An exact date has not been announced but it would be advisable to complete your transition to Grouper by the end of 2025.
Can I get a list of labs/file shares that I need to update?
Yes! Send an e-mail to research-support@sfu.ca and specify which department/school/unit you're in.
Will RCG be contacting labs directly?
Due to limited staffing and a campus-wide user base, we will reach out to users that have not made the transition to Grouper later this year or early next year.
I use maillists for both access control and e-mail. What should I do?
You should still follow "What do I need to do?" above. Afterwards, if you need to: