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== Admins pages ==
 
* [[Sysadmin:Vitalli|Vitalli]]
 
* [[Sysadmin:James|James]]
 
* [[Sysadmin:Bret|Bret]]
 
* [[Sysadmin:Eamon|Eamon]]
 
* [[Sysadmin:Wislon|Wilson]]
 
 
== Sysadmin Responsibilities ==
 
This is the basic list of tasks that Earlham CS system administrators are in charge of.
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! Responsibilities !! Wilson !! Eamon !! Vitalii !! James !! Bret
 
|-
 
| Install software on Debian (ACL) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Install software on FreeBSD (servers) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Being able to edit wiki || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
|Virtual Machine || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Make a CS user account || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 
|-
 
| Change users CS password || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 
|-
 
| Add DNS & DHCP entry || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 
|-
 
| Make a CS wiki account || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Add people to different groups (ldap) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 
|-
 
| Modification and maintenance of Nagios || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| DD a new ACL image || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Set up a new ACL || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Shut down / start up of the entire machine room || ||  || || ||
 
|-
 
| Creating and configuring mailing lists (electron) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Admin list moderating || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  || || ||
 
|-
 
| Backups and restore (bacula) || ||  || || ||
 
|-
 
| Create and configure jails  || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || || ||
 
|-
 
| VMware ||  || || || ||
 
|}
 
 
== Sysadmin basic Training ==
 
This is the list of skills that our System Administrators are trained during their orientation.
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! Training Sections !! Wilson !! Eamon !! Vitalii !! James !! Bret
 
|-
 
| | || 
 
|-
 
| Wiki Editing || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Installing operating systems (Debian and FreeBSD), including single-user mode || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Installing packages || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| *nix Filesystem layout || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 
|-
 
| Command line tools including I/O redirections and pipes ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 
|-
 
| TCP,  UDP and ICMP packets, including 3-way handshake || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 
|-
 
| Ports ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 
|-
 
| DNS || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 
|-
 
| DHCP  || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 
|-
 
| Network debugging tools (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, netstat) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 
|-
 
| Simple shell scripting || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 
|-
 
| Jails || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || || ||
 
|}
 
 
== Sysadmin 2014 to do list: ==
 
 
* gnuplot-x11 & gnuplot-doc on all ACL machines (JR)
 
* svn & cvs & documentations on tauon (JR)
 
 
 
* () Spam Filter (CP, JR)
 
* (?) On ACLs login disappears after pressing cancel (Reported JR)
 
* ACL screensaver, leave only lightweight? (JR)
 
* (I) check hydra with Charlie
 
* Removing mailman form quark <br />
 
* Mailman Heather (not all of them accepted the changes electron to cs.earlham.edu) <br />
 
 
* (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)  <br />
 
 
 
** What is on quark svn, cvs, cs.earlham.edu <br />
 
 
 
** Done
 
* Wireshark should be run only be 410 students (Reported JR) (Fixed)
 
* Re-imaging ENI machine (ACL21) <br />
 
* () 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 ==
 
== Systems Administration Documentation ==
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</div>
 
</div>
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
== Admins pages ==
 +
* [[Sysadmin:Vitalli|Vitalli]]
 +
* [[Sysadmin:James|James]]
 +
* [[Sysadmin:Bret|Bret]]
 +
* [[Sysadmin:Eamon|Eamon]]
 +
* [[Sysadmin:Wislon|Wilson]]
 +
 +
== Sysadmin Responsibilities ==
 +
This is the basic list of tasks that Earlham CS system administrators are in charge of.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|-
 +
! Responsibilities !! Wilson !! Eamon !! Vitalii !! James !! Bret
 +
|-
 +
| Install software on Debian (ACL) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Install software on FreeBSD (servers) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Being able to edit wiki || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
|Virtual Machine || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Make a CS user account || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Change users CS password || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Add DNS & DHCP entry || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Make a CS wiki account || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Add people to different groups (ldap) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>  || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Modification and maintenance of Nagios || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| DD a new ACL image || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Set up a new ACL || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Shut down / start up of the entire machine room || ||  || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Creating and configuring mailing lists (electron) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Admin list moderating || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Backups and restore (bacula) || ||  || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Create and configure jails  || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| VMware ||  || || || ||
 +
|}
 +
 +
== Sysadmin basic Training ==
 +
This is the list of skills that our System Administrators are trained during their orientation.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|-
 +
! Training Sections !! Wilson !! Eamon !! Vitalii !! James !! Bret
 +
|-
 +
| | || 
 +
|-
 +
| Wiki Editing || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Installing operating systems (Debian and FreeBSD), including single-user mode || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Installing packages || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| *nix Filesystem layout || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div>
 +
|-
 +
| Command line tools including I/O redirections and pipes ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| TCP,  UDP and ICMP packets, including 3-way handshake || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Ports ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| DNS || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| DHCP  || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Network debugging tools (tcpdump, ping, traceroute, netstat) || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Simple shell scripting || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> ||  <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || ||
 +
|-
 +
| Jails || <div style="text-align: center;"> [[File:StarIconBronze.png|20px]] </div> || || || ||
 +
|}
 +
 +
== Sysadmin 2014 to do list: ==
 +
 +
* gnuplot-x11 & gnuplot-doc on all ACL machines (JR)
 +
* svn & cvs & documentations on tauon (JR)
 +
 +
 +
* () Spam Filter (CP, JR)
 +
* (?) On ACLs login disappears after pressing cancel (Reported JR)
 +
* ACL screensaver, leave only lightweight? (JR)
 +
* (I) check hydra with Charlie
 +
* Removing mailman form quark <br />
 +
* Mailman Heather (not all of them accepted the changes electron to cs.earlham.edu) <br />
 +
 +
* (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)  <br />
 +
 +
 +
** What is on quark svn, cvs, cs.earlham.edu <br />
 +
 +
 +
** Done
 +
* Wireshark should be run only be 410 students (Reported JR) (Fixed)
 +
* Re-imaging ENI machine (ACL21) <br />
 +
* () 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
 +
 +
  
 
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=== Old ===

Revision as of 09:17, 18 August 2015

Machines and Brief Descriptions

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Users
SSH
NET
(vm1)
LDAP server
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(vm2)
Mailman
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(vm3)
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Modules
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Systems Administration Documentation



Admins pages

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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Being able to edit wiki
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Virtual Machine
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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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Make a CS wiki account
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Add people to different groups (ldap)
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Modification and maintenance of Nagios
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DD a new ACL image
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Set up a new ACL
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Shut down / start up of the entire machine room
Creating and configuring mailing lists (electron)
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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:

  • gnuplot-x11 & gnuplot-doc on all ACL machines (JR)
  • svn & cvs & documentations on tauon (JR)


  • () Spam Filter (CP, JR)
  • (?) On ACLs login disappears after pressing cancel (Reported JR)
  • ACL screensaver, leave only lightweight? (JR)
  • (I) check hydra with Charlie
  • 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)


    • What is on quark svn, cvs, cs.earlham.edu


    • 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


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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