Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:21:57 +0100 From: Axel Scheepers <axel@axel.truedestiny.net> To: Lord Raiden <raiden23@netzero.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to train a newbie Message-ID: <20011203142157.C75457@mars.thuis> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20011203012754.009d8b60@pop.netzero.net>; from raiden23@netzero.net on Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:33:07AM -0500 References: <4.2.0.58.20011203012754.009d8b60@pop.netzero.net>
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On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 01:33:07AM -0500, Lord Raiden wrote:
> Ok folks, I got a greenhorn here and I need to train him up on how to use
> Samba, Apache, SSH server/client, Unix FTP server, etc and I suck at
> training. The guy kinda knows what he's doing, but I have never trained
> anyone in how to do this and I have no idea how to teach a new guy how to
> do all this. No, this was not my idea to try to train him up as a
> sysadmin. Blame my boss. :) This guy is better with Windows 2k than BSD.
>
> But, since I'm stuck training him on how to setup and admin the basics of
> how to admin a BSD box, I need some help. Anyone know of any good tutorial
> guides to learning all of the necessary core items of BSD including the
> extras like Samba, Apache, etc? I need to figure out how to teach him and
> I'm a rather poor teacher, but a great tech, but I'm still the unlucky sap
> saddled with it. :) Any good transitional windows to unix tutorials would
> be great too. Thanks.
>
> And no, I don't like training and hope I never have to do it again, but
> I'm up for a raise and a promotion, so I'm stuck butt kissing for the next
> 3 months. :) So, any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
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Hmmmm, I like to learn by doing it and making a list of things I don't
understand so a weekly review with someone with more knowledge does improve
my skills. But then I think the innitiative should come from him and not from
you, I mean, as I understand he likes Win2k a bit more then *BSD (a shame ;-)
But whenever you _need_ to do something like this I think this is the best way
(Let him play with it and make him take notes of things he doesn't understand,
give him a week to gain knowledge by himself (cuts the list to about 25%) and
answer the rest of them)
So how about: "Make me a decent www server where people can upload using ftp,
but keep security in mind using a firewall or something" or "Create a
fileserver using samba for 50 clients and mind the permissions" ?
Give hime 2 weeks to accomplish this and let him write down the things which
caused him trouble. Mind the starting points in the questions.
To bad this takes way to much time ... ;-)
Gr,
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Axel Scheepers
UNIX System Administrator
email: axel@axel.truedestiny.net
ascheepers@vianetworks.nl
http://axel.truedestiny.net/~axel
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