Funny comments in code or config files...
Was working on some infiniband configs, and I saw this in the openib init script: ** # This function is a horrible hack to work around BIOS authors that should be shot. ** Specifically, certain BIOSes...
View ArticleNetwork Printers Installation
I am getting 2 new network Printer / Copier systems in next week. The problem is that I want to get my users attached to these printers with little work from my department. We are not on a domain. Does...
View ArticleWhat are you learning now?
Being a Sysadmin is a job you never fully learn because it's always changing. What are new technology, application, software, or new knowledge acquisition are you working on? I'll start. My projects...
View ArticleI think this might be a growing pattern: successfully navigated a Chinese...
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View ArticleStarted a new job today as the primary point of contact for a managed IT...
We use ConnectWise as our ticket tracking software which is slightly overwhelming in itself. Eventually I will be tasked with answering phones and creating tickets manually from said phone calls, in...
View Articlea different IP address for each request
Can someone explain what are the consequences of assigning a different IP address for each request. Requests could be HTTP, IMAP, etc... I want to explain to our network guys why this is an awful...
View ArticleWho manages the Sysadminpedia? A bunch of it's "Recent changes" are spam.
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View ArticleOMSA Confusion
All of my servers are Dell, so I've begun to install OMSA on my servers, but maybe I'm missing the point here... How can this help me beyond going into each servers web interface to see the stored...
View ArticleAnnouncing Mozilla Enterprise User Working Group
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View ArticleManagment wants me (not the offical IT guy) to deploy Google Chrome on ~20...
I work at a small school, whose sole IT employee (freelance) manages a number of institutions, so I'm generally tasked with general IT maintenance jobs. The higher-ups want me to install Google Chome...
View ArticleWhat do you usually log from your firewall?
THe question is pretty simple. Do you log every connection, or just successful connections, or nothing at all and just rely on your Servers logs? I'm unsure about what best practice is. Perhaps only...
View Article"Process Explorer" version 15 is out: compliments Task Manager
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View ArticleIs there a tool out there to determine the calling machine that's locking an...
I've used EventCombMT and searched for event ID's: 529 644 675 676 681 4740 No luck. All the other tools that I've seen (Account Lockout Status, Dovestones, AD Account Lockout Manager, etc) they're...
View ArticleCyberArk's System Administrator Appreciation Day Contest
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View ArticleBackup Exec advice
We have about 25 servers and use backup exec. We have LOTS of backup jobs failing in backup exec... Like half or more. I think a lot are related to files being moved around but there is probably a...
View ArticleAnyone use WSUS Offline Update in their workplace?
We're in the process of rolling out Windows 7 to our branch offices. We are using an image that had some updates slipstreamed into it using sysprep. Right now, we're having to download about 24 updates...
View ArticleGetting into the System/Network Administration Field
Hi there, First is there a difference in a System Admin from a Network Admin? Anyway, I am very interested in becoming a systems administrator, but how do I go about doing it? What college/major do I...
View ArticleCable Management Hell (at Home!)
I couldn't really find a particular subreddit to post this in, so I figure if anything this subreddit would have the most people that could help me out. I'm moving into a new apartment, and want to do...
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