+++ Abhi [linux-india] <07/05/02 15:26 +0900>:
> It is all dependent on the sysadmin's skills rather than a particular
> flavour. Instead of encourgaing new/inexperienced sysadmins to go for a
> flavour that will make it easier for them to do their job(and thus depriving
> them on an incentive to ever start looking below the hood) we ought to be
> telling them to upgrade their skills rather.
Agreed 100%. Also a reason to do away with X, and linuxconf / webmin sort of
tools on servers, or indeed in a default install of any distro.
> Fire and Forget, is never an option for a sysadmin. :)
Well... but you would agree that using openbsd instead of win nt gives you a
longer time between shots. At least some distros know enough to avoid root
holes in their base install for quite long periods of time.
Having a security oriented distro just makes your job easier. No sane admin
wants to waste time applying patches more than absolutely necessary. Here,
having a basically hardened and secured distro (such as openbsd, or
slackware) rather than an open by default distro is a simple way to minimize
time and trouble.
-srs
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <----> mallet <at> efn dot org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
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LOST #002 -**< Sub : System Information >**-
On a running machine, most of the system info used by the
kernel is stored as text files in /proc directory. Try out :-
e.g. cat /proc/cpuinfo ... for basic info on CPU
$ls /proc .... to see what else is there.
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