[lopsa-discuss] Please submit a paper to LISA '09

2009-03-20 Thread Adam Moskowitz
is perfect for those who are looking to submit for the first time or are unsure if their ideas really merit a full paper. But, you have to act NOW to take advantage of this service. Questions? Send 'em to me! Comments? Send them, too. Adam Moskowitz, SiCortex, Inc. LISA '09 P

[lopsa-discuss] LISA Workshops

2009-05-18 Thread Adam Moskowitz
[sent on behalf of the LISA workshop coordinator] The deadline for workshop proposals for LISA 2009 draws near. If you have ever said "Why don't we have a conference or workshop about ..." then this is your chance to make it happen. LISA workshops are limited-attendance (no more than 30 people)

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Interfacing With The Bean-Counters

2009-07-02 Thread Adam Moskowitz
On Thu, Jul 02, 2009 at 09:25:43PM -0400, Derek J. Balling wrote: > Re: [lopsa-discuss] Interfacing With The Bean-Counters ^ > Any thoughts, comments, suggestions, from folks who've been down this > road before? OK, here's one: Don't insult

Re: [lopsa-discuss] How to migrate 345GB of mail from one imap server to another

2009-08-18 Thread Adam Moskowitz
ntain vs. the Fire Hose: An Examination and Comparison of Two Large Mail Service Migrations." Yet another great reason to come to LISA! Adam Moskowitz Program Chair LISA '09 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/m

[lopsa-discuss] Parental control of email

2009-09-28 Thread Adam Moskowitz
A friend of mine needs to control the flow of email to/from his adopted daughter (who is now 12 years old). Specifically, he needs to be able to control mail between her and her birth parents -- partly because of problems being caused by the birth parents, and partly to comply with an "order" from

[lopsa-discuss] Please come to LISA '09!

2009-10-15 Thread Adam Moskowitz
ractically every sysadmin topic under the sun. There's no better place to give your career a boost! I look forward to seeing you in Baltimore! Adam Moskowitz Program Chair, LISA '09 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lops

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Version control system for small group

2010-05-06 Thread Adam Moskowitz
Trey asked: > Why do you say to use old-fashioned tools for storing binaries? In my> > experience, git does a fine job managing binaries. And Brian Mathis wrote: > Please don't start a "which VCS is better even though I know it's git" > war. I think that's unfair: Yves made a statement; Trey aske

Re: [lopsa-discuss] cfengine vs. puppet vs. chef

2010-05-22 Thread Adam Moskowitz
On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 09:45:20AM -0600, Yves Dorfsman wrote: > Has anybody done, or can point me to a *rational* comparison between those > guys, or even one including commercial products? There was a panel at LISA a few years ago that featured the creators of bcfg2, cfengine, LCFG, and puppet.

[lopsa-discuss] Manipulating EXT2 image files

2010-06-03 Thread Adam Moskowitz
I need to create and populate EXT2 image files; that is, files that contain an EXT2 image and could be mounted like so: mount -o loop ext2.img /mnt I know how to create the file (dd) and format it as an EXT2 image (mke2fs), but here's the catch: I need to be able to do the equivalent of mkdir

Re: [lopsa-discuss] What do you ask when hiring a network admin?

2010-08-29 Thread Adam Moskowitz
Esther Schindler wrote: > http://itexpertvoice.com/home/7-job-interview-questions-to-ask-a-network-administrator-candidate/ > > Lisa and I would sure love your feedback. Normally I'd reply off-list, but not this time . . . > In just seven questions you can narrow down the candidates for that net