From: Tim Boyer 

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:41:03 -0400, /m  wrote:

>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

Don't suppose you're located in northern Ohio? :)


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