Here is a brain teaser for r/sysadmin: How do you deploy Firefox w/ a set of...
CEO/CTO/CIO just gave me the thumbs up to deploy Firefox (or Chrome) across the whole network. I prefer to have a MSI format, GPO capabilities and to have plugins automagically installed and configured...
View ArticleTo join AD, or not to join AD: that is the question
I am not a Windows guy. In fact I'm an anti-windows guy. Mac desktop and Linux laptop. Should I join my users computers to the domain? I'm not excited to join the computers to the domain. Should I be?...
View ArticleO'Reilly School of Tech resists the "cloud"
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View ArticleBest Checksum/CRC GUI Utility?
I'm having a co-worker copy down data from our NAS and backing it up to local drives. I told him to use TeraCopy or RichCopy/RoboCopy -- both of which provide CRC checking. For whatever reason, the...
View ArticleCable markers/tags
hi there r/sysadmin, I'm looking for something to mark/tag cables. It doesn't have to be reusable, but it has to look nice/professional enough to place in a data-center. I've tried using stickers, but...
View ArticleStolen laptop/mobile device tracking software recommendations.
I need to implement a new security policy after a device we manage was stolen. I have looked at Prey, but I'm wondering if there are other suggestions that you guys might have. Looking for passive...
View ArticleEmail not received blame game.
So I have a user who is emailing a client and they are saying they are not getting her mails. I have sent the client an email and they got it. Anyone have any ideas on how to handle this rather then us...
View Articleopen source bandwidth monitoring solution?
Currently I have 3 locations with watchguard firewalls. Watchguard provides a bandwidth meter, but does little to nothing in the way of letting me know who or what is using that bandwidth. Anyone know...
View ArticleHelp with Nagios
Hey guys, Nagios noob here. I want to setup a simple ping monitor to start out with on 150+ firewall devices. What would be the simplest way to do this? Looking for a bulk import and example config....
View ArticleCame back from two weeks off to find opendns not filtering ANYTHING. Logged...
I have 5 networks that used it. Everything is setup and SHOULD be running, however no sites are being filtered at all. Misspelled dns queries still resolve to opendns pages. So it is working and...
View ArticleApache .htaccess redirect while assigning custom referer
Hi Reddit, I am having a hard time figuring this one out, so I thought I would ask my second brain. The crowd. On my website, I want to have a wildcard URL ([1] http://somesite.com/r/.*) and redirect...
View ArticleSamba, Windows, and deletion immune content
Hi all, I have recently inherited sysadmin duties for the small company where I work (~10 employees.) With this, I have also inherited all of the quirks and problems of the systems in their current...
View ArticleWhat's the best way you've disposed of retired equipment?
usually stuff that is completely useless just gets sent off to be recycled when our town has it's annual electronics recycling event.. but one year, during our holiday party festivities, we set up a...
View ArticleThe best web application vulnerability scanner?
I'm the lead sysadmin for a shop that builds web applications for clients. I'm looking for something automated that will catch basic vulnerabilities, preferably something that I can have the devs or QA...
View ArticleA wishlist for a tracking/monitoring system
The solution my company uses has been and is a pain in the tuckus; end users can not enter in tickets, the control panel has a steep learning curve and we just do not like it. Here is the wishlist I...
View ArticleGood qos router
Hi, need new router that will let me easly setup qos rules for internet traffic (10/10mbit dedicated). Link used by 30 people mainly for general internet services but also for sip and rdp. currently...
View ArticleWhere to locate a NAS used as a backup device
This is a lighter question that I've been thinking about for a while and thought I'd ask about it. We currently have a NAS that we backup to nightly that is located on the same rack as the server. It's...
View ArticleVirtualization Workloads
Can anyone tell me your experiences with different workloads on your virtual systems? I keep hearing you shouldn't virtualize exchange, you can't virtualize a database system, etc.. Can anyone share...
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