The following is data from 2012, when we last had a security audit. So it will be out-of-date. And the (re)formatting is still a work in progress. Over time we'll expect to correct it, and it provides a place to record new groups.
It is the case that most of the groups used to control access to specific WWW pages begin with "www" (e.g. www-dmet). And most of the groups specific to a course begin with (or are) the course name (e.g. "cs200").
We don't seem to have a guarantee that membership in each of the following is the same in each environment.
Group | Provides |
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accounts | ability to manipulate accounts resources on various systems, especially when logged in to the accounts management machine. |
arptest | Adrian Pepper's testing |
isg | ISG instructors and staff |
isg_cs | an historical variant of group "isg" |
opcons | obsolete group to provide "operator" access to "consoles" |
www-logs | read access to WWW server logs |
Group | Provides |
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accounts | ability to set common user account attributes (including passwords) in the CS-TEACHING and CS-GENERAL computing environments |
accounts_cs | ability to set common user account attributes (including passwords) in the CS-TEACHING and CS-GENERAL directory service ? |
cscf-jobdesc | read access to CSCF job description details |
mgmt | access to material that either CSCF or MFCF mgmt should have |
source | historical means for access to software source |
staff_cscf | CSCF staff members. This is also used to control administrative access to some research machines. |
meeting | an historical equivalent to the staff_cscf group |
xh-admin_cs | incomplete experiment in providing IST and MFCF staff access to CSCF software distribution machines |
fmsadmin | administering the FileMaker server, used for some Grad Office and ISG data |
bbabcs | access to BBA/BCS program files, mostly WWW pages |
cs-anniversary | access to the WWW pages for the CS 40th anniversary |
cs-photo | sharing of photos within CS, looks to be largely unused |
www_cf | read/write access to WWW pages that CSCF and MFCF had in common -- largely historical |
www_cscf | read/write access to CSCF WWW pages not otherwise controlled |
Group | Provides |
---|---|
algcomp | ? |
ecom | ? |
faculty_cs | ? |
fip | ? |
fms-graddb-data | ? |
fms-graddb-read | ? |
fms-ogsas-read | ? |
gw | ? |
health-i | ? |
hpsoftware | ? |
icr_admin | ? |
kmsgrads | ? |
latin2010 | ? |
lpaig | ? |
maple | ? |
mfcf-library | ? |
net2005 | ? |
npsg_sim | ? |
npsg_w | ? |
sigsam | ? |
barbay | historical research group |
ceras-doc | write access to CERAS related WWW pages (the "muscat" cluster) |
users_bif | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_ds | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_gamay | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_marroo | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_nsm | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_plg | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_scg | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_tcl | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
users_watform | allowed to login to the corresponding research environment |
admin_bif | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_cs | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_ds | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_marroo | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_nsm | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_plg | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_scg | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_tcl | allowed to administer the corresponding research environment |
admin_watform | administrative access to some research systems in the WatForm research group |
cs-adm | convenient access to some "cs-adm" account files, used for miscellaneous administration, e.g. mailing lists. |
cs-info | convenient access to some "cs-info" account files, used for more general CS administrative information, accessible by all faculty |
cs-review | convenient access by "cs-adm" to the obsolete "cs-review" account files |
csgrad | convenient access to "csgrad" account files for the CS Grad Office staff |
cscbce | write access to the WWW pages for the 2010 CSCBCE conference |
cs-ugrad | write access to the Undergraduate area of the CS WWW space |
cs-ugrec | write access the Undergraduate Recruiting Committee WWW pages |
www_cs | read/write to many general CS WWW pages |
www_research | read/write access to CS WWW pages related to research, e.g. technical reports and the research directory |
www_grad | write access to the (CS grad WWW pages |
www-ai | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-boutaba | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-chil | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-compstats | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-dmet | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-eccad | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-epad | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-penmath | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-qc | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-scg | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www-sss | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www_bcfm | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www_db | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www_hci | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www_jis | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www_softeng | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
www_tp | write access to the content for the corresponding WWW site |
abstfind | write access to "abstfinder" WWW pages (Dan Berry's research - ST #78270) |
csphotos | something to do with student class photos |
cs-uops | access to CS Undergraduate Operations data |
cs-eval | access to teaching evaluation info |
The "CS-TEACHING" directory service reports these CSCF staff group memberships.
Group | Provides |
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cs-marks | access to specialized assignment processing programs |
cs_build | convenient access to locally built software, and in general for software useful to undergraduate technical support rather than specifically ISG supported courses |
cs350_999 | for students working together in that course |
Group | Provides |
---|---|
cs246se-ta | ? |
db2as2 | ? |
db2cs338 | ? |
hsld | ? |
libvirtd | ? |
oracle_ac | ? |
se240-ta | ? |
staff_cs | ? |
acm00 | used for competitors in the ACM contest |
acm | used for the ACM contest (judging) |
cccx | for the Canadian Computing Competition |
consultant | convenient access to the consultant account in the Math Help Centre (run my MFCF) |
classgroup | for access by course accounts to the `classgroup` command which dodges NFS limitations on group membership |
math_0 | Math students in Registrars data that don't have a year assigned |
cs100_student | students of the course |
cs115_student | students of the course |
cs136_student | students of the course |
cs200_student | students of the course |
cs100_tutor | tutors of the course |
cs200_tutor | tutors of the course |
cs100_instructor | instructors of the course |
cs200_instructor | instructors of the course |
cs115ae | the Arab Emirates (i.e. Dubai) version of the course |
cs116ae | the Arab Emirates (i.e. Dubai) version of the course |
cs115aet | the Arab Emirates (i.e. Dubai) version of the course |
cs116aet | the Arab Emirates (i.e. Dubai) version of the course |
cs_instructor | instructors that have any group assignment |
cs_tutor_ta | all tutors and TAs that have any group assignment |
csadvisors | for convenient access to the files of the "csadvisors" account |
cs100 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs115 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs116 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs123 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs124 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs125 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs126 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs132 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs133 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs134 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs135 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs136 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs137 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs138 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs145 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs146 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs200 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs230 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs234 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs240 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs241 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs245 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs246 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs247 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs251 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs330 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs343 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs348 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs350 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs354 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs436 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs445 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs454 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs487 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs488 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs645 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs654 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs679 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs688 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs779 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs788 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs888 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
se112 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
se240 | for convenient access to material related to teaching that course |
cs100.t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs115t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs116t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs123t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs124t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs125t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs126t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs134t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs135t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs136t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs137t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs138t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs145t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs146t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs230t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs234t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs240t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs241t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs245t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs246t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs247t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs251t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs341t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs343t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs348t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs350t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs442t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs444t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs454t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs486t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs786t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs798t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs842t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
se112-t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
se112t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
se212-t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
se212t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
se240-t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
se240t | an environment for testing assignments for that course |
cs247_NN | for students working together in that course |
cs350_NNN | for students working together in that course |
cs452_NN | for students working together in that course |
cs125-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs134-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs230-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs234-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs240-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs241-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs246-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs251-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs350-ta | for Teaching Assistants for that course |
cs452_sf | to control access to the train lab download directory |
cs_1 | first year CS students |
cs_4 | fourth year CS students |
math_1 | first year Math students |
cssystems | storing tutorials that are useful for multiple courses |
login_graphics | obsolete form of access control to student graphics lab machines |
login_ug | obsolete form of access control to the teaching environment |