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The Ten Commandments of system administration

From:  news4kayode@btopenworld.com
Date:  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:27:02 +0100
Newsgroups:  grc.linkfarm

 The Ten Commandments of system administration

    I. Thou shalt make regular and complete backups
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/15/2130246

   II. Thou shalt establish absolute trust in thy servers
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/25/1926246

  III. Thou shalt be the first to know when something goes down
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/02/1426209

   IV. Thou shalt keep server logs on everything
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/09/198203

    V. Thou shalt document complete and effective policies and procedures
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/13/1851255

   VI. Thou shalt know what cable goes where
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/05/20/1446206

  VII. Thou shalt use encryption for insecure services
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/01/1631201

 VIII. Thou shalt not lose system logs when a server dies
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/03/2032258

   IX. Thou shalt know the openings into your servers
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/13/2034239

    X. Thou shalt not waste time doing repetitive and mundane tasks
       http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/06/20/1438209

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