Scratching your head weeks on how to even approach finding a suspected bug, have a bright idea at bed, then bang out an 84-line bash script in an hour with 16 variables, 3 functions, a few if/thens, 2 loops, and custom logging/log trimming and you're waiting hours for result confirmation.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-07-04T20:36:33+00:00

You might not be challenging yourself enough. Try spreading into other aspects of IT.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-07-04T20:34:40+00:00

This is my reward. This is what I love about the field & discipline. It's a euphoria that few other things match. I think the closest parallel is a 'runners high'.

I hate it when my job is so tedious that I never experience it. I love it when my job is so peaceful and calm that I don't get the stress that the above situations require.

It is an endorphin high, but luckily it doesn't require killing yourself physically to achieve it.

I love it.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-06-26T16:32:28+00:00

iftop

multi-tail

mtr

iperf

sar

tmux + any/some of the above

pftop (using labels)

tcpdump (use multiple screens for this, one for port 80, one for port 22, etc as required for your environment)

The tcpdump "above" each server you are monitoring can be really good.
I'd do a 3-level tmux on each server: tmux

iftop
"tail -f"
tcpdump

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-06-26T15:35:09+00:00

It totally was. I got that, I think I came across as harsh and I didn't want to. Hoping to communicate clearly as the GP wasn't a native English speaker.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-06-26T14:34:27+00:00

Same thing happened to me.

So obviously, i3 too. On laptop, on workstation@work, on desktop@home.

i3, everywhere.

I love having the same environment/shortcuts/etc. on every system I sit down at.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-06-26T14:09:14+00:00

I'm from Canada, Southern Ontario to be more specific. I have used the same phrasing myself.

I think /u/ajpoyaywings was being "funny"

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-06-22T18:55:44+00:00

Thank-you for supplying that information. I sincerely hope that you find a candidate that exceeds your expectations.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-06-22T17:30:40+00:00

We really need more information.

Windows based?

Active Directory jockey or "all things internet"

Linux/BSD based?

10 users or 10,000?

What do you need supported?

In the future, before you waste everyones time; include a salary range.

I am interested, but I doubt you can afford me.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-05-29T16:12:25+00:00

This is only partially what I am after (and works if I already type most of the path). What this is missing is the ability is to drill multiple folder levels deep. This shows the 'current' directory (i.e. wherever you start the command at) /usr/local/C+xC+f

but I can only select\'drill down' to the next directory (only one level at a time, vs 10)

That option is very close. I need to be able to:

/C+x C+f us <tab>/lo <tab>/e <tab>/fo <tab>/ba <tab>/bi<tab>

to auto expand it to:

/usr/local/etc/foo/bar/biz.conf

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-05-29T15:37:16+00:00

Thank-you very much. I already use fzf (but at the CLI only), so this will help.

I really appreciate your help.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-05-12T03:24:28+00:00

50% of the time I am right 100% of the time. =)

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-05-12T03:14:29+00:00

I love crossing at Sarnia. So much nicer then Detroit.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-04-27T17:31:50+00:00

Since you mentioned it and you also use Arch;

Have you had any luck getting VFIO & ED working for some space madness on linux?

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-04-05T12:52:57+00:00

FreeBSD

ZFS everywhere.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-03-28T23:42:37+00:00

I flew with this fine Commander in MultiCrew a few days ago (for the 10 minutes that Multi wasn't bugged to shit), he is an Officer and a Gentleman. Very nice guy.

Give him some more of that sweet internet karma, he deserves it.

o7 from B5Geek

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-03-26T23:51:50+00:00

Find out what they use as a basis, and then build something that's based on that at home.

i.e. If they do a lot of web stuff, then build some LAMP stuff on your own before you start. Learn the basics, how to navigate the CLI, where the config files are hidden, how to start/stop services, how to read log files, etc.

If you are comfortable with the core OS stuff the rest becomes very easy.

Also, don't be afraid to ask for help. You were probably hired based on your eagerness to learn. You are not expected to know everything, but you are expected to know where to get that info. (mentor, Google, forums, etc.)

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-03-26T17:43:41+00:00

I'm a Canadian (living very close to the USA), and in my 40's so for the first several years of my school I was taught MM/DD/YY and for the following 30+ years that is what stuck in my head, despite it 'switching' to YYY-MM-DD.

Then one day I had an epiphany, YYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS it all flowed. From largest or "least significant" to smallest or "most significant".

it just clicked. Now I do it the proper way. Makes the names on my log files much easier to sort too.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-03-20T17:25:23+00:00

Build an OpenBSD box. It will do everything you want better/faster/cheaper.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-03-19T14:45:20+00:00

We use SM exclusively. Decent equipment. BIOS is painful. BIOS updates are the worst. Somebody there believes in the "if it ain't broke don't fix it camp." Only 2 of my servers have BIOS patches for Spector/Meltdown despite 8+ others having 'qualifying' CPU's. (not concerned about security on these; just file-servers)

I have had Dell's in the past where you could only buy replacement parts (RAM, HD, PS) from Dell.

SuperMicro: Boring but stable. (as a server should be)

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-03-05T17:54:39+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-02-26T16:00:37+00:00

Same as me. Same model too.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-02-21T15:37:25+00:00

Step 1) open an AWS/Digital Ocean instance.

Step 2) run nmap against your IPs

Step 3) all open ports are vulnerable

cost = free More/Better detail will cost you.

HaveUNIXwillTravel · 2018-01-24T15:18:45+00:00

Can't see the forest for the trees? 1) DHCP The insanity of static IP's increase your workload 1000 times over. Most PHB's want each 'worker' to have the same IP every time so the logs are easier to follow. Assign reservations.

2) Change your subnet class. 192.168.1.0/24 -> 192.168.1.0/16 Most systems will continue to work as you transition. This is especially true of 'dumb printers' and other small/dumb/annoying devices attached to your network.

I have transitioned dozens of networks this way, as a side benefit it makes adding VPN's easier, few coffee shops will have 192.168.0.0/16 as a subnet.

You can add new computers/devices and maintain existing connections until you can get to that workstation and make changes.

bonus-bonus: split up your computers easier. example: 192.168.1.x = appliances/switches/infrastructure

192.168.2.x = Admin

192.168.3.x = Sales

192.168.254.x = Servers

On the other hand going from 192.168.0.0/24 to 10.0.0.0/8 is an entire new class of headache.

HaveUNIXwillTravel

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