From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Nov 28 8:19:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mailman.thenap.com (mailman.thenap.com [209.190.0.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DDD937B419 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:19:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailman.thenap.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:24:28 -0500 Message-ID: <75634F04BFCFD511BF69009027DC864904DBAE@mailman.thenap.com> From: Drew Weaver To: 'Enriko Groen' , 'Randy Smith' , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: OT? Server Maint. Practices Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:24:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Exactly, I do the same thing. I have scripts that add special (dedicated, static IP accouts) to radius, scripts that add zones and named.conf designations to my dns servers and et cetera, and I make sure that even the dial up users can do most of their maintenance themselves, IE Pop lock clearing and et cetera. Always looking for more ways to give me some day dreaming time =) -Drew -----Original Message----- From: Enriko Groen [mailto:enriko.groen@netivity.nl] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:17 AM To: 'Randy Smith'; freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: OT? Server Maint. Practices > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Smith [mailto:randys@amigo.net] > > I'm the lone Sys Admin (and company programmer) for a > small-ish ISP in > Colorado and maintain a dozen or so FreeBSD servers. (Email, Me too... (except for the Colorado thingie) > Web, RADIUS, > DNS, etc.) I frequently find that I don't have enough time in > the course of a > day to keep track of everything that I need to with the > servers. How do you > all cope with the administrative load as the number of servers go up? Two words: Automate & Delegate Make scripts that save you time and make them so easy that any zerobrain in the company can run them. At least... that's the way I'm trying to do it... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message