Tasks for Jr was (Re: [BSDcert] Jr Power Ranger?)
Haulmark, Chris wrote:
I think most of use are heading down this path, although there does seem to be some tendency toward making jr a virtual expert. I remember the first time I setup an firewall with ipfw and automatic dialup backup. I certainly don't think jr should be able to do that on day one, but rather grow into it. I also most definitely wouldn't want jr to grow walking through my kernel making uh, err improvements...:D But writing backup scripts in sh, or tcsh, to automate tar jobs definitely.What I am hoping is that this JR cert would help benefit those people who wants to hire a college kid (fresh breed with no absolute professional experience) that just acquired this JR certification and would be comfortable letting him work on an entry level. Senior Admins could be around to do more complex operations or execute a project by using the JR Admins do the grunting work.
Without some OS specific proficiency modifier I'm not sure I want jr installing a system from scratch on day one, but given a recently installed OS I would expect that the individual would be able to get it up and running on the LAN. Turn on/off services in inetd, add the appropriate users etc..
Thinking along this line maybe we can define the tasks required and decide which are jr and which require some more sr expertise?
Using pw to create a new user, and passwd to set the uh err well password.
Using vi to edit the conf files to assign the host name, ip address, default router address, and adding the new user to group wheel.
Standard remote management telnet, ssh, what about tipping into the serial port? Looking at my NOC I'd say that's really a sr task my jr's haven't even heard of tip to be honest and unless I show them how to use I doubt that the will try.
I realize that this may be OS specific but one of the first tasks I always teach after the system is up on FreeBSD anyway is to install cvsup-without-gui from the ports. This is followed by making them edit the cvsup file to access our local mirror and update the entire system.
So what do you expect jr to do day one, ok within the first two weeks or so?
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