From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Sep 25 5: 9:46 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.monmouth.com (mail.monmouth.com [209.191.58.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC12C37B424 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 05:09:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bg-tc-ppp1055.monmouth.com (bg-tc-ppp1055.monmouth.com [209.191.51.243]) by mail.monmouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA16002 for ; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:09:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from pechter@localhost) by bg-tc-ppp1055.monmouth.com (8.11.0/8.9.3) id e8PCFUj04887 for freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:15:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from pechter) From: Bill Pechter Message-Id: <200009251215.e8PCFUj04887@bg-tc-ppp1055.monmouth.com> Subject: Re: what do Unix admins do In-Reply-To: from freebsd-chat-digest at "Sep 24, 2000 08:29:26 pm" To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:15:30 -0400 (EDT) Reply-To: bpechter@shell.monmouth.com X-Phone-Number: 732-935-0629 X-OS-Type: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL66 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 20:28:28 -0700 (PDT) > From: Haikal Saadh > Subject: So what do (unix) sysadmins do anyway? > > 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? > Well, you install lots of more Unix boxes. Upgrade your FreeBSD stuff regularly to keep all the security holes closed and spend a lot of time fixing the pile of user Windows desktop problems the Windows deskside support guys can't figure out. Bill -- bpechter@monmouth.com | Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? | Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? | BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message