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== Sysadmin to do list: ==
 
== Sysadmin to do list: ==
  
* Installing X for Jim - XDM not gdm
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* Installing X for Jim - XDM not gdm<br />
* Setting up an ACL machine in D128 for Galileo
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* Setting up an ACL machine in D128 for Galileo<br />
* John H. Windows software  
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* John H. Windows software <br />
* CS user simpler password change
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* CS user simpler password change<br />
* Sage
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* Sage<br />
* Getting rid of Quark  
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* Getting rid of Quark <br />
* Hostname change on ACLs (4 places)
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* Hostname change on ACLs (4 places)<br />
* Removing mailman form quark  
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* Removing mailman form quark <br />
* Mailman Heather (not all of them accepted the changes electron to cs.earlham.edu)  
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* Mailman Heather (not all of them accepted the changes electron to cs.earlham.edu) <br />
  
  

Revision as of 12:37, 25 February 2014


Sysadmin Responsibilities

This is the basic list of tasks that Earlham CS system administrators are in charge of.

Responsibilities Ben Collin Jordan Garrett
Install software on Debian (ACL)
Install software on FreeBSD (servers)
Make a CS user account
Change users CS password
Add DNS & DHCP entry
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Being able to edit wiki
Make a CS wiki account
Add people to different groups (ldap)
Modification and maintenance of Nagios
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DD a new ACL image
Set up a new ACL
Shut down / start up of the entire machine room
Creating and configuring mailing lists (electron)
Admin list moderating
Backups and restore (bacula)
Create and configure jails
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Sysadmin basic Training

This is the list of skills that our System Administrators are trained during their orientation.

Training Sections Ben Collin Jordan Garrett
Disk partitioning
Linux Filesystem layout
How DNS works
TCP, UDP and ICMP packets
Command line tools including IO, redirections and pipes
Installing operating systems (Debian and FreeBSD)
Network debugging tools (tcpdump, ping, tracerout)
Ports
Simple shell scripting

Sysadmin to do list:

  • Installing X for Jim - XDM not gdm
  • Setting up an ACL machine in D128 for Galileo
  • John H. Windows software
  • CS user simpler password change
  • Sage
  • Getting rid of Quark
  • Hostname change on ACLs (4 places)
  • Removing mailman form quark
  • Mailman Heather (not all of them accepted the changes electron to cs.earlham.edu)


Important Notes:

  • ALL of the admin CVS/SVN stuff has been centralized to trac.cs.earlham.edu/admin. You'll need to create a username/password for yourself by running (from quark):
htpasswd /usr/local/trac/adminontrac.htpasswd <username>
  • To check out the repository, run (from quark):
svn checkout file:///clients/users/svn/admin

Curent Sysadmins 2013:

SysAdmin Name Year Working time Progress notes
Wilson SO 100% link to notes
Demise SR 100% link to notes
Craig FR 100% link to notes
Zane SO 100% link to notes
Jordan SO 100% link to notes
Sonny JU 100% link to notes
Elena SR 40% link to notes
Kristin JU 40% link to notes
Aaron SR 20% link to notes
Michael SR 0% link to notes





Systems Administration Documentation