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Revision as of 09:30, 5 February 2015


Sysadmin Responsibilities

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

Responsibilities Wilson Eamon Vitalii James Bret
Install software on Debian (ACL)
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Install software on FreeBSD (servers)
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Make a CS user account
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Change users CS password
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Add DNS & DHCP entry
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Being able to edit wiki
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Make a CS wiki account
Add people to different groups (ldap)
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Modification and maintenance of Nagios
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
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Backups and restore (bacula)
Create and configure jails
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VMware

Sysadmin basic Training

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

Training Sections Wilson Eamon Vitalii James Bret
Wiki Editing
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Installing operating systems (Debian and FreeBSD), including single-user mode
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Installing packages
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*nix Filesystem layout
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Command line tools including I/O redirections and pipes
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TCP, UDP and ICMP packets, including 3-way handshake
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Ports
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DNS
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DHCP
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Network debugging tools (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, netstat)
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Simple shell scripting
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Jails
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Sysadmin 2014 to do list:

  • () Spam Filter (CP, JR)
  • () lockd install on electron (Jim)
  • () New proto


  • (I) check hydra with Charlie
  • (?) On ACLs login disappears after pressing cancel (Reported JR)


  • () new-proto from the outside world
  • Getting rid of Quark
  • ACL screensaver, leave only lightweight? (JR)
  • Removing mailman form quark
  • Mailman Heather (not all of them accepted the changes electron to cs.earlham.edu)
  • (W) Script for changing users password
  • (W) Script for changing and adding groups
  • (W) Brushing the add a user script
  • (W) Check machines chooser can choose from
  • (E) Script that will send an e-mail to all people
  • (E) Improve nagios settings
  • (W) Can we change Kristin Muterspaw CS username (from kmmuter11 to buzzlightyear)
    • Done
  • Wireshark should be run only be 410 students (Reported JR) (Fixed)
  • Re-imaging ENI machine (ACL21)
  • () DNS troubles (Reported CP)
  • (I) fab lab list (HL)
  • (I) Hassan, SSH Trouble to Electron (Hassan, JR)





Documentation:

Wilson:

  • DNS & DHCP (done)
  • Sage (done)
  • Add User (done)
  • Password change (done)
  • Firewall
  • Add/change group (done)


Eamon:

  • Cups
  • PSCP
  • PSSH (done)

Ivan

  • Cloning ACL box

Systems Administration Documentation



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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
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