[Sysadmin] got root?

[David A. Ulevitch]

There should be a head sysadmin, and no one should be logging in as 
roots.

All jobs should be logged on a wiki or in a ticket system.

You don't want people fscking things up.

Also, I'm very *anti* backports...avoid them at all costs...building a 
.deb from mysql 4.0 is rather simple and definitely the way to go.

I can provide help anywhere in this realm and recently graduated 
college to work on my company in california so I do have time...

-davidu

On Jun 18, 2004, at 6:12 PM, David Kaufman wrote:

> hey guys!
>
> as Elfur just posted on theForum, the servermatrix box is ready!
>
> now how should we handle root access?  i changed the root password 
> already
> since they emailed it to use insecurely :-)  but rather than 
> re-mailing the
> new root password around, i guess i should create user accounts, and
> configure sudo to let each administrator su to root, no?
>
> i usually generate temporary passwords for new users using this:
> http://gigawatt.com/pickpass.cgi and email it to them in 2 pieces.  
> whadya
> think, too paranoid?  should i just post the root pw to sysadmin list? 
> :-)
>
> there is also a support forum/control panel at the host/provider which 
> can
> have multiple logins -- its mostly just for creating and escalating 
> support
> tickets, but at some point we need to figure out who needs accounts in 
> there
> too.
>
> i'll forward the welcome emails with pertinent but non-sensitive info 
> here
> forthwith,
>
> this was the order info:
>
>
>       Server Configuration
>
>       Server: Super Celeron 2.4 GHz - Setup: $299.00 - Monthly Fee: 
> $59.00
>       Primary HDD: 80GB Hard Drive
>       Secondary HDD: None
>       RAM: 1024 MB RAM
>       Number of ips: 5 IP Addresses
>       Bandwidth: 1200 GB Bandwidth
>       Uplink Port Speed: 10 Mbps Uplink
>       Web Analytics: None
>       Database: None
>       Backup Service: None
>       Operating System: Debian (stable)
>       Server Management Plan: Silver
>       Floodguard: None
>       Control Panel: None
>       Firewall: None
>       Hostname: tempest.evolt.org
>
>
> i picked the hostname out of a hat (80's video game theme) but of 
> course we
> can change it if we'd like to,
>
> -dave
>
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> so, are we gonna get this vote on for
> the EvoltSysadmin mascot or what?
>
> !DSPAM:40d393d7251461703614540!
>
>
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