The Zoo
The Zoo is a set of 38 Linux computers (named after animals) available for computer science students to work both in person and remotely.
26 machines are located on the 3rd floor of AKW and 12 more are in 17 Hillhouse room 111. Check the diagram below to see where each machine is located, which distro they are running (Fedora or Ubuntu), and which ones are currently available (green) or offline (red).
The Zoo facilities are maintained by ITS. If you have issues using the Zoo you can
click here
to submit a support ticket.
If you are requesting installation of new software you should first
discuss it with a faculty member and they can submit a ticket on your behalf.
Useful Commands
- ssh trb46@frog.zoo.cs.yale.edu
- Open a shell for trb46 on frog
- ssh trb46@node.zoo.cs.yale.edu
- Open a shell on an arbitrary zoo node
(might lead to an offline node if there are any) - lpr filename
- Print the given plain text file on zoo1
- lpr -P zoo2 -K n filename
- Print n copies of the given file on zoo2
- finger trb46
- Get info about the user trb46
- getent passwd trb46
- Compressed form of finger
- w
- Find out who's on your machine
- write trb46 pts/4
- Send a message to trb46 on tty pts/4
Nodes in AKW 3rd floor
aphid
bumblebee
cardinal
chameleon
cicada
cobra
cricket
dolphin
frog
gator
giraffe
grizzly
hippo
hornet
kangaroo
ladybug
newt
perch
python
rattlesnake
scorpion
swan
termite
tick
turtle
viper
Nodes in 17 Hillhouse Room 111
hare
hawk
jaguar
lion
macaw
monkey
peacock
raven
rhino
tiger
woodpecker
zebra