Hi All,
After reading the entire debate on the matter, I must say that agree and
disagree on some of the matters. I agree that a sysadmin should have a
good knowladge of the OS he's admining, either Linux, Solaris or what
ever. The problem with that is the fact that the amount of new/updated
code that leaks into these OS's is enormous, and as such, can't all be
read/obtained by one person all the time. I belive that understanding the
basics concepts being the Kernel of the OS, and understanding its
structure of operations would do a sys-admin great help.
Regarding books and the likes. I've always said that if you go by a day
without learning anything new, non regarding to the subject, is a day
wasted. Being a Sysadmin takes time and a lot of studying, sometimes even
some long, sleepless, very tense nights, when the Kernel doesn't seem to
behave like it should, or you simply can't configure that damn ISDN
adapter. So, you've read all the FAQs, and read all the material you could
find on the net, but still you couldn't find that little piece of info you
needed. So, with a bowed head you decide to go to a mailing list, and ask
your question. Only to find out, that some other Sysadmin already knows
the answer, and claims that it is written in the FAQ. Need I remind you,
some of the FAQs are written in such obscure english, that it would take 3
days only to understand what "lema hitkaven hameshorer".
Now, regarding the way people sometimes answer questions on the list. I
know that I don't often post, but I do read most of the stuff that goes
around here. I may not be the one to say this, but we had become a group
of "up nosed", "stuck up", "snobish" sysadmins. We regard questions as a
little fly that bugs us near the ear, and we need to stop that. Each
sysadmin has his/her strong points, and weak points. Each one of us have
other things that interest them, so we look more into those things.
For example, I know that some of the people on the list are strong at
fields of security, while others are strong at fields of web servers.
I see the list as a means to colaborate and learn from each other.
That is bases behind using Linux (I think), so lets start doing just that.
well, that's it. A peny for your thoughts people.
P.S.
Guy, thanks for the info, sendmail isn't one of my strong points. The
sendmail.cf file still has me baffled.
Best regards,
Nir Simionovich
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