On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:53:32 +0400 OpenBSD Geek <open...@e-solutions.re> wrote:
> Is there someone who can give me OpenBSD Administration course online > (practice using ssh) ? That will cover BSDP Objectives. > > Thanks While this may not be the direct answer you were looking for, I hope it will provide a better path towards becoming more familiar with OpenBSD administration. First off, being a systems administrator often entails that you will have to deal with an issue on your own, and there won't be an instructor there to guide you through the resolution. Sure, you might be able to post to a mailing list or forum, but there's no guarantee that you will get the answer in a timely fashion. With this in mind, I believe it better to look over the very extensive collection of man pages and faqs provided by the OpenBSD developers. After an installation, you are asked to check your mail (using the mail command). In there is a message showing explaining the next steps you should take, including a reference to the afterboot man page. I believe this to be one of the most useful man pages I've read. If you need a bit more of a beginner approach, the help command takes a step back a bit and gives you some more advice on where to look. Read man pages. Get to know man pages. They are written by very knowledgeable people (I hope someone doesn't point out a random exception here) and are going to contain solid information that such courses are going to teach you, for free. Something seem confusing? Take a look over this document first: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html The tips there may help you realize the answer yourself. If not, it will hopefully assist you in formulating a question that more people will be likely to answer. Another solution is to Google around a bit. If you are searching on information for specific software, I recommend first trying "OpenBSD [name of software]" to make sure you are working with the correct OpenBSD way of handling things. Otherwise you might get Linux related information leading to install procedures not relevant to OpenBSD (/etc/init.d scripts for example. The next step would be to check the OpenBSD Resources section of the website ( http://www.openbsd.org/ ). In particular, the FAQs are a good source of "next step" topics that are a good supplement to the manual pages. Hopefully if you read enough man pages, the amount of new information to learn will start to dwindle. In conclusion, I hope this provides you with a better alternative to the course format you're looking for. This style of learning will help turn you into a more flexible systems administrator, which is a very good quality to have. - Onteria
