Re: Unix administrator

[Bruce Sass <bsass@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Matthew Garman wrote:

> 	- set up X
> 	- configure and use network devices: ethernet, serial analog modem,
> 	  etc.
> 	- install and use a printer
> 	- download a program's source code, compile it, and install it on your
> 	  system (i.e., do *not* use the system's package management tool to
> 	  install software)

- do figure out how the package management system(s) work
  (because they are starting to turn up everywhere)

> 	- configure system services, especially common ones such as:
> 		- FTP (e.g. proftpd)
> 		- a web server (e.g. Apache)
> 		- a mailer (e.g. postfix, or sendmail if you're brave)
> 		- secure shell (e.g. OpenSSH)
> 	- familiarize yourself with shell scripts (and maybe perl
> 	  scripts)---at *least* enough that you can understand what's going on
> 	  in them (and that's a bare minimum)
> 	- configure and recompile your kernel


All worth repeating.  :)


- Bruce