Another hint about using VirtualBox:<div>Install a special user (perhaps vboxuser) for VBox, then do all VBox work in that account. VBox works halfway as a server, halfway not, which is different from the service configurations I'm accustomed to seeing.</div>
<div>It would be nice to create the VMs on a separate partition, rather than the default settings (hidden directory in user's home). Pretty common GUI for setting preferences there.</div><div><br></div><div>Installing VBox in your Linux host, then installing VMs in it will be good practice configuring systems, and you can try different configurations quickly with little penalty.</div>
<div><br></div><div>--Don Ellis</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:08 PM, chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.rheinherren@gmail.com">c.rheinherren@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Thank you everyone so much for the valuable information you have given me with my quest here.<br>
<br>A better understanding of the command line in Linux. I have installed applications from source on my home computer but I always just take the default settings. So if it installs to my home directory that is where it goes, if it goes someplace else then that is where it goes. I would like to see in action and then do in action of installing software to where it makes more sense to some of my "purist" friends like to /opt or other directories. Setting up individual users for those apps with individual permissions so in the case of a security breach the whole box isnt compromised, just that application.<br>
<br>Bash scripting. Some perl programming. I have seen how very helpful both of these are from and administration point of view.<br><br>The general goings on of running a linux server for various tasks.<br><br>I just always enjoyed work more being in a tech support position rather than anything else. And since I made the choice to switch from Windows to Linux, I have just been amazed at what Linux can do and want to learn more of it. <br>
<br> <br></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 17:29, Matthew Nuzum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:newz@bearfruit.org" target="_blank">newz@bearfruit.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM, chris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:c.rheinherren@gmail.com" target="_blank">c.rheinherren@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<font size="2"><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I'm looking for that mentor.<br><br></font></font><div><div></div><div></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div>When you said you wanted to be a sysadmin, what did you have in mind? If someone here wants to mentor you they're going to want to know what you are trying to learn. What made you think "<span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse">its where my passion seems to be taking me?"</span><div>
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<br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, <a href="http://identi.ca" target="_blank">identi.ca</a> and twitter<br><br>"Never stop learning" –Robert Nuzum (My dad)<br>
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