From: /m 

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:10:30 -0400, Tim Boyer  wrote:

>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? :)

Southwest Connecticut.

 /m

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