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= Advanced System Administration =
 
= Advanced System Administration =
  
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This is advanced stuff, and not always super well explained. <br>
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<font size="+2" color="red"><b>Don't even think of doing any of this unless you have sufficient time and are an expert.</b></font><br>
  
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Seriously.
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; [[E-mail]] and [[SpamAssassin]]  - The complete email chain.
 
; [[Making a very large disk]] - How to create a multi Terabyte partition
 
; [[Making a very large disk]] - How to create a multi Terabyte partition
 
; [[rdate server]]  - quick one on how to get a node to serve up time for rdate use.
 
; [[rdate server]]  - quick one on how to get a node to serve up time for rdate use.
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; [[Named]] - the DNS (and MX records, i.e. email records) server running on einstein.
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; [[Iptables]] - The firewall that runs on each system.
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; [[LDAP]] - "Lightweight" Directory Access Protocol - Keeps our users, automounts, and systems lists.
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; [[NFS]] - Network File System - allows other computers to see your disks.
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; [[Emergency RAID Recovery]] - A RAID has failed, now what?
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; [[certutil]] - SSL certs on roentgen
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; [[Sideways Migration from RH to Centos]] - This was for RH5 to Centos 5 on Taro
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; [[Network Debugging]] - Some tips and hints when network stuff (sshd, pbs/torque, etc) don't work as expected.

Latest revision as of 16:21, 25 December 2016

Advanced System Administration

This is advanced stuff, and not always super well explained.
Don't even think of doing any of this unless you have sufficient time and are an expert.

Seriously.

E-mail and SpamAssassin - The complete email chain.
Making a very large disk - How to create a multi Terabyte partition
rdate server - quick one on how to get a node to serve up time for rdate use.
Named - the DNS (and MX records, i.e. email records) server running on einstein.
Iptables - The firewall that runs on each system.
LDAP - "Lightweight" Directory Access Protocol - Keeps our users, automounts, and systems lists.
NFS - Network File System - allows other computers to see your disks.
Emergency RAID Recovery - A RAID has failed, now what?
certutil - SSL certs on roentgen
Sideways Migration from RH to Centos - This was for RH5 to Centos 5 on Taro
Network Debugging - Some tips and hints when network stuff (sshd, pbs/torque, etc) don't work as expected.