[Cialug] a question

[Don Ellis]

Another hint about using VirtualBox:
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.
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.

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.

--Don Ellis


On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 6:08 PM, chris <c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you everyone so much for the valuable information you have given me
> with my quest here.
>
> 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.
>
> Bash scripting. Some perl programming. I have seen how very helpful both of
> these are from and administration point of view.
>
> The general goings on of running a linux server for various tasks.
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 17:29, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 8:43 AM, chris <c.rheinherren at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for that mentor.
>>>
>>>
>> 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 "its where my passion seems to be
>> taking me?"
>>
>> --
>> Matthew Nuzum
>> newz2000 on freenode, skype, linkedin, identi.ca and twitter
>>
>> "Never stop learning" –Robert Nuzum (My dad)
>>
>
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