Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 is the latest version of Linux offered at the department. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) base is fully supported by UiO and it provides UiO and the department of mathematics a unified platform between computing nodes, servers, and desktop clients.
Support articles from the sysadmin staff.
A set of frequently asked questions presented to the sysadmin staff.
SSH (Secure Shell) is one of the core tools to access resources at UiO. With the changes to authentication and security at, this document suggests some tips and tricks to help you be efficient with SSH.
Any computer that runs RHEL9 at the department may still use the software modules the department offered for RHEL8.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is the version of Linux offered at the department. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) base is the only Linux platform supported by UiO and it provides UiO and the department of mathematics a unified platform between computing nodes, the Abel Cluster, servers, and desktop clients.
The Department of Mathematics have a number of rooms with audio-visual (AV) equipment. These come in three flavours: Seminar rooms, meeting rooms with video conferencing support, and end-of-hall spaces.
We have an ever increasing number of guests at the Department. This document answers basic questions for guests with regards to their IT requirements.
The second operating system we support at the department is Mac OS.
After the transition to IP telephony we have had a few situations where the machines behind the phones have been slow. Often the problem is the phone itself and resetting the phone usually helps.
An introduction to the user environment on the Linux hosts at the department as well as the module framework for software offered.