From: /m 

On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:52:30 -0700, Tony Williams  wrote:

>/m wrote:
>> At work we're going to be hiring a Linux Senior Admin.  My efforts in
>> enterprise Linux administration have been somewhat limited.   What sort
>> of questions should I ask during the interview, what experience should I
>> look for, how can I tell a merely very good admin from one that I would
>> trust with a server farm down the road, etc...?
>>
>> As always, thanks in advance.
>
>Show him a company hierarchy chart and ask him what groups and
>permissions he would set up. Ask about sudo and who gets which privileges.
>
>Ask about backup strategies - long term, short term and how they differ.
>
>Which kernel are you going to use; what are the reasons for updating,
>what are the reasons for not updating.
>
>Where do you store log files? (Clue: not on the machine that's running
>the executable - but how about NFS locking/latency?)
>
>Without knowing more about how your business uses Linux it's hard to
>give specific advice, but any admin worth hiring should be able to talk
>your ear off about all those things and more.


Thanks (and thanks to Geo also), you've given me some good areas to work
in.  I can have a good conversation based upon what's been presented here.

 /m

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