Ten Commandments Of System Administration

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The articles having discussed the guideline of system administration can be referenced as below:

The 10 commandments:
I. Thou shalt make regular and complete backups (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 246&tid=91)

II. Thou shalt establish absolute trust in thy servers (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 46&tid=152)

III. Thou shalt be the first to know when something goes down (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 209&tid=91)

IV. Thou shalt keep server logs on everything (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 203&tid=91)

V. Thou shalt document complete and effective policies and procedures (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 55&tid=152)

VI. Thou shalt know what cable goes where (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 206&tid=91)

VII. Thou shalt use encryption for insecure services (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 201&tid=91)

VIII. Thou shalt not lose system logs when a server dies (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 258&tid=91)

IX. Thou shalt know the openings into your servers (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 39&tid=152)

X. Thou shalt not waste time doing repetitive and mundane tasks (http://software.newsforge.com/article.p ... 152&tid=91)