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Conclusions

Systems Administration is an interesting, much needed and misunderstood profession. A Systems Administrator will deal with topics from all fields of computing and a few totally unrelated to computing. A Systems Administrator must be able to learn, problem solve and deal with people. The work a Systems Administrator performs will depend on the characteristics of their particular site.

85321 is designed to provide a practical introduction to Systems Administration using the Linux operating system as the platform. It is designed to provide the knowledge to fulfill most of the requirements of a Junior Systems Administrator as specified by SAGE (a professional body).

Most computer sites today will have the following components

  • a local area network, possibly with an Internet connection
  • client computers running a variety of operating systems
  • server computers providing file and print services to the clients
  • some form of network protocols used by the clients and servers to communicate

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AUTHOR: David Jones
Last modified: 24 Feb, 1996