View Full Version : My First SysAdmin Job!
RacinRN
12-01-2004, 08:52 PM
Yeahhhh, the baby is growing up. I am setting up a network for a local business. OMG! Seriously, you should see the PC's this place has. They are like IBM's PS2's! And they are running WindowsME! I said "listen, if I'm gonna run this network and set up this stuff, we gotta get some updated hardware and crap". I was proud of my professionalism. I didn't cuss or anything. I just said "this **** has gotta go, we are living in the f'ing 21st century here. I didn't even know this **** existed anymore, it should be in a museum!" And then I told them "I'm a prima donna and I am totally L33T so let's go shopping for some new crap".
My Cisco teacher would be SO proud of me. I'll keep you updated as to how long I keep this job. I just told the director to give me the company credit card and I would take care of ALL of his hardware needs. :)
Aren't you guys proud of me?
Anaconda
12-01-2004, 09:17 PM
Hey congratulations.. jsut resist the temptation to use that credit card on yourself :P
BTW: Glad to see you back online.
Nice to hear the good job you're doing, keep it up! ;)
Zero Tolerance
12-02-2004, 07:58 AM
Now wait till you get umpteen calls a day from users that cant even turn the damn things on!
You will get used to asking..."Have you rebooted the machine yet?" which of course in effect cures 99.9% of all problems!
LMAO :D
RacinRN
12-06-2004, 10:05 PM
Hey, thanks. It's already proving to be a bit of a challenge. But it's a small start and I am SO not ready to take on a bigger job right now. I still have a lot to learn in this field, it's honestly not as easy as I thought. It's just frusterating not having updated hardware and software, so I have to learn to deal with the hand that is dealt to me. I just can't understand why the guy who set the network up before me did some of the stuff that he did. Especially with setting up the hardware...and all the cables were tangled and a mess and not labeled and there were life sized dust bunnies all over the place! I love it though. :)
Zero Tolerance
12-08-2004, 08:03 AM
How many workstations are you administering? I have just under 200 here with OS's ranging from 9x to XP as well as 2 win2kPro servers an IBM Optical Library Imaging system and an AIX box.
I, a couple months back, had to redo our switchroom. Whoever set our infrastructure up just stacked the router and switches on a table. Soooooooooo I unhooked everything and installed it all back into a nice 6' network cabinet. On the backbone we run a CISCO router and 4 stacks with a CISCO microwave repeater system for our office across town. Then of course we have 2 T1's that connect our other 2 locations to us.
Anyway....I know what ya mean when you say you are a bit overwhelmed. But trust me...this kind of work is pie really once you get used to it!
Goodluck!
PS...And I dont even have a networking degree. My degree is in Programming!..so if I can do it...anyone can! LMAO :D
Also...beware of running IIs ftp servers with Anon login...just a hint of advice for ya! Can you say HACKED!
Originally posted by Zero Tolerance
Also...beware of running IIs ftp servers with Anon login...just a hint of advice for ya! Can you say HACKED!
Yes. Very bad idea. Also, Microsoft recently released an update for IIS that doesn't allow you to use the Admin account for FTP purposes. We experienced it when trying to publish our site to a remote Windows 2003 Server machine. What had always worked suddenly no longer did. A separate user account needed to be created for FTP purposes.
Anaconda
12-15-2004, 02:30 PM
A separate user account needed to be created for FTP purposes.
Which is not a bad thing. you NEVER want to give admin access to a machine remotely unless absolutely necessary. Especially if using unsecure protocols like FTP.
JoeCool
12-15-2004, 05:05 PM
congratulations RN gonna have to change from RacinRN to RacinAdmin ;)
Originally posted by Anaconda
Which is not a bad thing. you NEVER want to give admin access to a machine remotely unless absolutely necessary. Especially if using unsecure protocols like FTP.
I agree. It just seems a little strange that the infamous and all-powerful admin account is restricted from FTP-ing!
Anaconda
12-20-2004, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by Bond
I agree. It just seems a little strange that the infamous and all-powerful admin account is restricted from FTP-ing!
Admin can FTP out, however you NEVER want to have admin access when FTP'ing into a machine. That is you never want the FTP server to accept connections with a username of admin. Remeber that when logged in under FTP you have all the rights and privelages granted to the username you are logged in as.
I understand. But FTP is only one protocol. Does Telnet have this restriction on 2003? What about Remote Desktop? I know for a fact it doesn't.
The FTP service can be disabled just as RD or Telnet can if there are concerns about someone unknowingly using the admin account. I just found it curious that they have restricted the admin account alltogether for just FTP. Hackers can easily still use admin access with other protocols/services. Sure the FTP service may be more likely to be enabled on a server than the others, but it doesn't change the fact that hackers can and will have just as much fun using other methods.
Those programs exchange passwords unencrypted. That's why I'd say.
Zero Tolerance
12-23-2004, 11:06 PM
Originally posted by noppid
Those programs exchange passwords unencrypted. That's why I'd say.
Only on IIS
RacinRN
12-25-2004, 10:14 AM
congratulations RN gonna have to change from RacinRN to RacinAdmin ;)
HEHE...well, I'm a RN first then an Admin and if I pass my CCNA then RacinRNAdminCCNA. OMG! That will NEVER fit on my license plate! What am I going to do?????
ZT...There are 35 workstations at the place I work. That is nothing compared to the number you have to admin, but it's a start for me. Especially since everything is such a mess. And I still work my other job and do school, so anymore and I would be psycho.
Oh, wait, I am psycho. Just ignore that previous comment.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Zero Tolerance
12-26-2004, 05:38 PM
ZT...There are 35 workstations at the place I work. That is nothing compared to the number you have to admin, but it's a start for me. Especially since everything is such a mess. And I still work my other job and do school, so anymore and I would be psycho.
Oh, wait, I am psycho. Just ignore that previous comment.
Happy Holidays everyone!
Well 35 is just enough to make ya crazy given the right circumstances...especially if you get a nasty worm infestation that requires you to remove all the workstations from the LAN and disenfect!..LOL
Anyway...glad you are getting your hands dirty in the IT field...its a fun job and the biggest difference between sysadmin and RN is the latter has to bury their mistakes...where us admins can go back the next day and fix it again!
LOL :D
Merry Christmas!
pgwrink
04-24-2005, 06:06 PM
Congrats racin I am in second phase of cisco networking class you give me hope. BTW a real neat site for networking http://www.firewall.cx/index.php
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