Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya -- all worth repeating...so am repeating... and adding... and learn google and/or your favorite search engines, ML, Faqs for previously answered issues/bugs/patches/howtos,etc and "tighten the server" to minimze them from getting into the box and do some "safe" backup of user data and n

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Bruce Sass
On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Matthew Garman wrote: > - set up X > - configure and use network devices: ethernet, serial analog modem, > etc. > - install and use a printer > - download a program's source code, compile it, and install it on your > system (i.e., do *no

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Matthew Garman
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 07:47:44AM -0500, Chris Parker wrote: > Student here from a micro$oft school of thought and sick of it. What > do I need to read...study to gain the honor of a unix admin.? Is > athere any good online classes or tutorials that i should check into? Install a free Unix-lik

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Alan Shutko
Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, seriously, what I described before is a BSc (CS) form a decent uni plus > 10 years practical experience. Is that so wrong? "In order to be an admin, you must be one for 10 years." Perhaps true, but not useful. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Peter Jay Salzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > begin: Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote For Peter and suchlike: :);):-);-)8*) > this is sheer and utter nonsense. you said "admin", not "programmer", right? In order to get various FPieces Of Software work in a heterogeneous network

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:16:44PM -0700, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: ... > 6. you DON'T need to read ESR's cathedral to become a unix admin. that the >HECK does this have to do with admining? given that he's a brainwashed microsfty:), he better understand how free / open software gets developed

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread David L. Craig
Chris Parker wrote: > > > Student here from a micro$oft school of thought and sick of it. What > > do I need to read...study to gain the honor of a unix admin.? Is > > athere any good online classes or tutorials that i should check into? > > Also what would be a good route to take for a beginner

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Peter Jay Salzman
begin: Dimitri Maziuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quote > * Chris Parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > > Student here from a micro$oft school of thought and sick of it. What > > do I need to read...study to gain the honor of a unix admin.? Is > > athere any good online classes or tutorials that i s

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Dimitri Maziuk
* Chris Parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly: > Student here from a micro$oft school of thought and sick of it. What > do I need to read...study to gain the honor of a unix admin.? Is > athere any good online classes or tutorials that i should check into? > Also what would be a good route to

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Robert L. Yelvington
on 6/29/01 5:47 AM, Chris Parker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Student here from a micro$oft school of thought and sick of it. What > do I need to read...study to gain the honor of a unix admin.? Is > athere any good online classes or tutorials that i should check into? > Also what would be a go

Re: Unix administrator

2001-06-29 Thread Miguel Griffa
At 07:47 a.m. 29/06/01 -0500, Chris Parker wrote: Student here from a micro$oft school of thought and sick of it. What do I need to read...study to gain the honor of a unix admin.? mmm... this is just a guess, maybe be able to repeat by hard any line of any given file of the linux kernel sour