As physical infrastructure has changed over the years, management and configuration mechanisms have evolved as well. In the old days, large machines were managed by hand in many cases, by expert administrators who understood their configuration intimately. Then, as smaller machines were integrated into the enterprise, management-by-hand became … [Read more...]
Use Autoconfig for common system administrator tasks
Use Autoconfig for common system administrator tasks Autoconfig is a wonderful tool that may be extended and customized to meet a variety of needs. One mundane task I don’t deal with anymore is scripting certain basic operating system scripts. For example: Rotating logs Cleaning out old trace files Init scripts … are all examples of cron … [Read more...]