The Zoo
The Zoo is a set of Linux computers (named after animals) available for computer science students to work both in person and remotely.
Machines are located on the 3rd floor of AKW, in 17 Hillhouse room 111, and remotely. Check the diagram below to see where each machine is located and which ones are currently available (green) or offline (red).
If you need help, check out the FAQ page here .
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) - 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

bumblebee

cardinal

chameleon

cobra

cricket

dolphin
Nodes in 17 Hillhouse Room 111

frog

gator

giraffe

grizzly

hawk

hippo

hornet

kangaroo

ladybug

lion

monkey

newt
Headless nodes available over SSH only

peacock

perch

python

rattlesnake

raven

rhino

scorpion

swan

termite

tick

tiger

turtle

viper

woodpecker

zebra