Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 22:41:25 -0500 From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Haikal Saadh <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So what do (unix) sysadmins do anyway? Message-ID: <20000924224125.N5869@bonsai.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <20000925032828.3958.qmail@web1610.mail.yahoo.com>; from wyldephyre2@yahoo.com on Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:28:28PM -0700 References: <20000925032828.3958.qmail@web1610.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:28:28PM -0700, Haikal Saadh wrote: # Hi, # This is something I've been wanting to get off my # chest for a bit....What do unix sysadmins do anyway? # I am under the impression that once you setup unix # boxen, they can chug on without any attention at all? # # I mean NT admins must have to do a lot of running # around with Fire Extinguishers, but what do unix # sysadmins do? I mean I'm sure you don't get paid loads # of money to sit and stare at a root (or quake) console # all day long... # # Am I missing the obvious? A good Un*x sysadmin usually doesn't look like they are doing anything because they (and the OS) are so good that they don't have anything to do anything but wait for something to break. Seriously good Un*x sysadmins will be watching how the systems are performing, learning new things, tweaking existing scripts to make them more efficient, watching for security advisories, ... Unlike NT admins you won't find them constantly in the machine room rebooting boxes all day. Just because Un*x can chug along by itself doesn't mean you can do without a good sysadmin. A bad one will set everything up and every script kiddie and their cat will breakin. A good one will be there to give you piece of mind that you will never have running one of those M$ products. -steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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