Sysadmin toolbox
Joel Dudley
joel@silverw.com
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:19:51 -0700
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I am now comfortable administering our entire mixed NT/linux environment =
from the safety of my Mandrake 7.1 admin box (Samba, VNC, ethereal, =
etc). Now that I am comfortable with basic administration, I am wading =
through the vast amounts of open source programs in an effort to amass a =
versatile, linux based, sysadmin toolbox. I am just curious as to what =
programs other sysadmins feel are "essential" to their administration =
routine. I know that there is no defacto standard group of programs =
that come to mind when administrating a network, but perhaps fellow =
sysadmins could share the various implements contained within their =
proverbial Linux syasadmin swiss army knife. Sorry for the long post =
and I apologize if I am being too vague.=20
- Joel
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"For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, =
the
story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; =
he is
about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final =
rock,
he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for
centuries."
- Dr. Robert Jastrow
Founder of NASA"s Goddard Institute for space studies
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ethereal, etc). Now that I am comfortable with basic =
administration, I am=20
wading through the vast amounts of open source programs in an =
effort to=20
amass a versatile, linux based, sysadmin toolbox. I am just =
curious as to=20
what programs other sysadmins feel are "essential" to their =
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routine. I know that there is no defacto standard group of =
programs that=20
come to mind when administrating a network, but perhaps fellow =
sysadmins=20
could share the various implements contained within their =
proverbial Linux=20
syasadmin swiss army knife. Sorry for the long post and I =
apologize if I=20
am being too vague. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>- Joel</FONT></DIV>
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