Just a small checklist on the things I like to do when installing and configuring a new Linux server. YMMV.

Install tools

apt-get install joe mc sl # sl is very important

Provision hard disk

joe /etc/fstab # add new...

Problem

Common storage of documents is important to many businesses, and yet it easily, after a couple of years, turns into a big collection of stale information and old documents that no one remembers any longer what it was for and...

Things to remember when implementing logging:

Golden rule:

**Log files need to be reviewed on a continual basis. Make it easy for people to do so. Although it's tricky, consider the full flow of log dissemination from source to operations management -...