Re: Floppy Linuxes, Kickstart

From: Systems Administrator (sysadmin@sunet.com.au)
Date: 09/28/01 

Message-ID: <095c01c147ac$0fcc7890$1800000a@BCC.bccnet.com.au>
From: "Systems Administrator" <sysadmin@sunet.com.au>
To: "Eric Jon Rostetter" <eric.rostetter@physics.utexas.edu>, <focus-linux@securityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: Floppy Linuxes, Kickstart
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:28:06 +1000

You wrote:

> Quoting Systems Administrator <sysadmin@sunet.com.au>:
>
> > I'm working at an ISP, and some of their systems are a
> > bit of a mess on the inside.
>
> Sounds familiar :)

    Question: is there some page that lists a bunch of things which are good
Systems Administration practise? Such as:
- security
     - having a logging server
     - Having IDS
- having a package manager
- documenting *everything*, both in a log book, and systems doco
- Ensuring you know where to find help
- Having an emergency kit
- Having an auto-setup disk

    Is there any place that lists all these kinds of things? I know them
because I like good organisation, and have kept an eye out for such things
(in spite of only having been a sysadmin for 4 months :) ), whereas those
previously in my job just had no idea about these things (especially doco).

Systems Administrator

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