On 9/2/06, Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Keith Phipps wrote:
>Right now my biggest resources have to be google and the O'Reilly
> book "Essential Sys. Admin." but I'd like to have a reference guide more
> suited to only the FreeBSD platform. Any recommendations on this as well?
tember 02, 2006 2:57 AM
Subject: Sparkling Brand New FreeBSD Admin
> Good Day,
>
> My name is Keith and I"ve just been promoted to our Unix SysAdmin at
> work. I'll be working with a team of guys in the Ops department but the
> majority are Windows Admins. I'm not
Keith Phipps writes:
Good Day,
My name is Keith and I"ve just been promoted to our Unix SysAdmin at
work. I'll be working with a team of guys in the Ops department but the
majority are Windows Admins. I'm not completely lost when it comes to
using *nix, I use it as my Desktop and know Sla
Keith Phipps wrote:
My questions really come down to this; I'll be working with 4.x and
6.1 boxes. Are there any global issues with them I should be concerned
about, something you guys as admins have to deal with regularly. The
boss also said something that confused me, said I'd need to mak
Keith, welcome to the party!!!
1 - getting a solid handle on using installing/config/upgrading ports
is key...
2 - the harder step is being able to "rebuild world" and possibly
make changes to the "kernel" config.
3 - differences in config files and management between 4.x and 6.1 is
a bit wi
Keith Phipps wrote:
>My questions really come down to this; I'll be working with 4.x and
> 6.1 boxes. Are there any global issues with them I should be concerned
> about, something you guys as admins have to deal with regularly.
I spend far more time on third party apps than the base system.
Good Day,
My name is Keith and I"ve just been promoted to our Unix SysAdmin at
work. I'll be working with a team of guys in the Ops department but the
majority are Windows Admins. I'm not completely lost when it comes to
using *nix, I use it as my Desktop and know Slackware and Ubuntu fairl