From djb at epx.cis.umn.edu Thu Jan 11 10:12:51 1996 From: djb at epx.cis.umn.edu (djb at epx.cis.umn.edu) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 96 12:12:51 -0600 Subject: TCSA Message-ID: <00130f5531f004804@epx.cis.umn.edu> Announcing the creation of the Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA), a SAGE local group. The purpose of TCSA is to advance the practice of system administration in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. TCSA is being established to provide a forum for meetings and presentations of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities and surrounding area. System administration is now coming into its own as a profession and local groups are being formed across the country to give system administrators a forum to discuss ideas and to hear talks on relevant issues. The Twin Cities is a nationally known technology center that has a large installed base of UNIX networks, therefore we feel a local group dedicated to the professional system administrator would be beneficial to the area. TCSA is an informal group that will meet on the third Thursday of every month. We will arrange to have a guest speaker at each meeting to discuss topics of interest. The first meeting of TCSA is Thursday, January 18, 7:00 pm in Conference Room #1 at Park Place West (Hwys 394 and 100). The speaker is Mike Karels, the Chief System Architect for Berkeley Software Design, Inc. Membership in TCSA is free, and joining is as easy as subscribing to the mailing list. Members of TCSA should be professionally interested in the practice of system administration. TCSA is run by a group of volunteers; there are no elected officers. To join TCSA, all you have to do is send an E-mail message to majordomo at tcsa.org with the words "subscribe tcsa" in the body. If you would like to help with the organizational aspects of TCSA, send an E-mail message to majordomo at tcsa.org with the words "subscribe tcsa-admin" in the body. For up to the minute information on TCSA, check out http://www.tcsa.org/ on the World Wide Web. Directions to Park Place West: Take I394 to the Louisiana Ave. exit. Go east on Wayzata Blvd. (the frontage road on the south side of I394) to the entrance between Fuddruckers and Bennigan's. Proceed through the parking lot to the Park Place West building. Conference Room #1 is in the basement. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us: Chris Halverson (612) 633-7909 Dave Bianchi (612) 644-7843 or send E-mail to info at tcsa.org. -- Dave Bianchi djb at epx.cis.umn.edu Home: 612-644-7843 Pencom Systems Administration djb at psa.pencom.com Pager: 612-880-8667 At: Digi International djb at dgii.com Digi: 612-943-1055x661 From boren at wrldyd.enet.dec.com Tue Feb 6 12:53:56 1996 From: boren at wrldyd.enet.dec.com (Ernie Boren SI/SAP Consultant 508-384-0414) Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 15:53:56 EST Subject: No subject Message-ID: <9602062050.AA15806@vanna.ljo.dec.com> help From ion at bnr.ca Thu Feb 15 14:17:00 1996 From: ion at bnr.ca (ion (i.) colonescu) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:17:00 -0500 Subject: Message-ID: <"14459 Thu Feb 15 17:18:11 1996"@bnr.ca> Hi, I received the following message. I suppose the intend was different. Ion Colonescu BNR Ottawa ion at bnr.ca In message "", 'boren at wrldyd.enet.dec.com' writes: >help > From ion at bnr.ca Thu Feb 15 14:17:00 1996 From: ion at bnr.ca (ion (i.) colonescu) Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 17:17:00 -0500 Subject: Message-ID: <"14459 Thu Feb 15 17:18:11 1996"@bnr.ca> Hi, I received the following message. I suppose the intend was different. Ion Colonescu BNR Ottawa ion at bnr.ca In message "", 'boren at wrldyd.enet.dec.com' writes: >help > From djb at epx.cis.umn.edu Fri Mar 8 11:53:48 1996 From: djb at epx.cis.umn.edu (djb at epx.cis.umn.edu) Date: Fri, 8 Mar 96 13:53:48 -0600 Subject: TCSA meeting Mar 21 Message-ID: <0013140904b007731@epx.cis.umn.edu> The TCSA group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators. The meetings are free and open to the public. TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. We will meet at Park Place West (Hwys 394 and 100) in the Euler Solutions Training Center on the third floor, room 309. NOTE CHANGE OF ROOM! Next Meeting: March 21, 1996: Backups, Backups, Backups! Bob Geisler - Software Moguls Bob Geisler is one of the designers of Sm-arch, a flexible, distributed backup product. He is going to discuss the challenges of designing a product that addresses the problems associated with backups. Dan Mack - University of Minnesota, Computer Science Department Dan Mack is a systems administrator for the Computer Science Department. He will discuss the concept and experiences of the Amanda backup system. Amanda is a freely available backup product. Tentative Schedule: April 18, 1996: X.500 and MailHub May 16, 1996: Security and Firewalls For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ Directions to Park Place West: Take I394 to the Louisiana Ave. exit. Go east on Wayzata Blvd. (the frontage road on the south side of I394) to the entrance between Fuddruckers and Bennigan's. Proceed through the parking lot to the Park Place West building. The Euler Training Center is on the third floor, room 309. For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Chris Halverson (612) 633-7909 Dave Bianchi (612) 644-7843 -- Dave Bianchi djb at epx.cis.umn.edu Home: 612-644-7843 Pencom Systems Administration djb at psa.pencom.com Pager: 612-880-8667 At: Digi International djb at dgii.com Digi: 612-912-3222 From djb at epx.cis.umn.edu Thu Apr 4 22:52:17 1996 From: djb at epx.cis.umn.edu (djb at epx.cis.umn.edu) Date: Fri, 5 Apr 96 00:52:17 -0600 Subject: TCSA meeting Apr 18 Message-ID: <0013164c320008046@epx.cis.umn.edu> The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. We will meet at Park Place West (Hwys 394 and 100) in the Euler Solutions Training Center on the third floor, room 309. Next Meeting: April 18, 1996: X.500 and MailHub Software Engineer - Control Data Systems, Inc. One of the Software Engineers for MailHub, CDSI's X.500 and mail gateway product will provide an overview of X.500 and their MailHub product. Frank Grewe - University of Minnesota, Academic Distributed Computing Svc. Frank Grewe is the Manager responsible for the X.500 services provided by the University of Minnesota. He will discuss how the UofMn uses X.500 and MailHub. Tentative Schedule: May 16, 1996: Security and Firewalls June 20, 1996: Network Management with SNMP We need your help. We need a speaker for the June talk on SNMP. If you have any leads, please send E-mail to djb at epx.cis.umn.edu. For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ Directions to Park Place West: Take I394 to the Louisiana Ave. exit. Go east on Wayzata Blvd. (the frontage road on the south side of I394) to the entrance between Fuddruckers and Bennigan's. Proceed through the parking lot to the Park Place West building. The Euler Training Center is on the third floor, room 309. For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Chris Halverson (612) 633-7909 Dave Bianchi (612) 644-7843 -- Dave Bianchi djb at epx.cis.umn.edu Home: 612-644-7843 Pencom Systems Administration djb at psa.pencom.com Pager: 612-880-8667 At: Digi International djb at dgii.com Digi: 612-912-3222 From toni Wed May 29 16:29:45 1996 From: toni (Toni Veglia) Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 16:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Call for Proposals to Chair LISA '97 Message-ID: <199605292329.QAA23151@usenix.ORG> Request for Proposals to Chair the 11th USENIX Systems Administration Conference (LISA '97) The USENIX Association and its Special Technical Group SAGE, the System Administrators Guild, are seeking proposals from people interested in chairing the Eleventh LISA conference, to be held October 26-31, 1997 in San Diego, California. We are seeking an energetic person with the following qualifications: * Knowledge of timely and appropriate topics in the field * Ability to solicit excellent speakers to submit papers, as well as inviting appropriate keynote and panel members. * Excellent administrative and planning skills * Experience in the administration of large installations * Good public speaking skills * Excellent reputation in the field. * Attendance at previous LISA conferences (and involvement in a previous program committee is helpful). * Time to invest to insure success of the conference * Ability to work together with USENIX staff, volunteers, and invited talk coordinators Proposals should be brief (1 page) and should include the following: * Statement of Purpose (e.g., why have another one, how to improve it) * Form of submissions (e.g., abstracts, extended abstracts and/or full papers?) * Format (e.g., 3 days of technical sessions, panel sessions, etc.) * List of topics to be addressed (as in the call for papers) * Any special features, such as plans for improving the quality of the papers, ideas for additional track, theme, etc. * List of potential program committee members and/or a co-chair (Note that while most USENIX conferences have had an individual program chair, proposals requesting a co-chair are welcome.) * Biography and references Proposal due date: June 24, 1996 The program chair is not responsible for the conference's Invited Talks Track, Tutorials, BOFs, vendor exhibition, and conference site selection/ logistics. The chair is expected to work especially closely with the coordinators for the tutorial and invited talks program. Please address all inquiries and proposals to the Association's Executive Director, Ellie Young . Proposals will be evaluated and selection of a chair made by a subcommittee composed of USENIX and SAGE board members. From cjs at mrj.com Fri Oct 11 13:02:06 1996 From: cjs at mrj.com (Carolyn J. Sienkiewicz) Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:02:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: dc.sage meeting announcement Message-ID: The October 1996 meeting of DC.SAGE and the Washington DC Linux user group will take place on Wednesday, 16 October 7pm, at the Lippsett auditorium on the grounds of NIH (see directions below). The speaker will be Brad Knowles, comp.mail.sendmail FAQ Maintainer and his topic is: Sendmail Overview for Experienced Unix Administrators BIG PICTURE: to Frederick to Baltimore & NYC \ \ I-270 / / \ \ / / Gaithersburg \ I-95 \ Rockville / / | | / / \ ==I-495 beltway=/ / // \\ // \\ || Washington || || DC || Fairfax || || // \\ // ================= NIH AND VICINITY Rockville Pike I-270 spur (Rte 355) \ \__________|____|_________________ \ / I-495 Beltway / /---------|----|----------------- Wisconsin Ave | | | | | | | | Cedar Lane ========= | Bldg. 10 is the huge NIH hospital | | | complex. There is some parking West Dr.->| | | just to the north of it, off West Dr. | | | as well as in the underground garage. Bldg 10 | | Lippsett auditorium is located on the | | left side of the main entrance hall. South Drive === | | | M Medical Center (Red Metro Line) From toni Mon Nov 11 18:31:08 1996 From: toni (Toni Veglia) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 18:31:08 -0800 (PST) Subject: Request for Proposals for SAGE Booklets Message-ID: <199611120231.SAA04928@usenix.ORG> Request for Proposals SAGE is seeking proposals from authors for four separate booklets as part of its "Short Topics in System Administration" series. The four booklets, described in more detail below, encompass legal issues, education, hiring, and site audits. These new booklets will complement the following existing booklets in the SAGE series: 1. Job Descriptions for System Administrators 2. A Guide for Developing Computing Policy Documents 3. Systems Security: A Management Perspective (scheduled completion Dec 96) Legal Traps and Pitfalls for System Administrators -------------------------------------------------- This document will provide an overview of some known (as of the date of publication) legal problem areas that directly affect system administrators. It should serve both to raise the level of caution on the part of system administrators and managers and to spur further discussion between the legal community and the system administration community. This document will not be a comprehensive treatment of the law in any particular jurisdiction. Some topics to be addressed include: Censorship Fighting computer crime without being caught by "rights" laws in reverse Privacy issues Ownership of data files, email, etc., on the machine and network Copyright issues Hiring and firing Responsibility to adhere to the code of ethics Relative duty owed to users and employers Educating and Training System Administrators -------------------------------------------- This document will be a guide for educators developing curricula, managers developing staff training, and system administrators interested in furthering their own education. The booklet should cover both technical and nontechnical areas of education. This document is not intended to be a step-by-step manual for implementation of educational programs in general, nor is it expected to document an educational certification process. It should be a guide regarding skill requirements specific to system administration. Emphasis should be on imparting actual knowledge and problem-solving skills in practical environments. Some topics that should be addressed are: Fundamental prerequisites Mandatory and elective subject lists to satisfy the equivalent of a bachelors degree in system administration Paths and flow of basic education and specializations Course suggestions, including objectives, descriptions, and topic lists Methodologies for building problem-solving skills Hands-on approaches Considerations in building a training lab Accompanying textbooks How to teach or foster the requisite nontechnical skills Case studies of currently used models and their successes and failures: both commercial and education industries Continuing education Hiring Policies and Practices and Interview Strategies -------------------------------------------- This document will serve as a guide for system administrators, managers, and human resources personnel regarding the need for developing good interviewing practices to prevent poor hiring decisions and the trade-offs between seeking inexperienced and experienced administrators. It is meant to complement the existing SAGE booklet, Job Descriptions for System Administators. This document is not intended to be a manual for conducting interviews, but rather an issues-oriented guide for hiring decisions and the interview process. Some topics that should be addressed are: Trade-offs between low-cost, inexperienced people and high-cost experience Training model trade-offs: "growing your own" vs. hiring fully trained Internal vs. external hiring Effective job advertising Selecting and preparing an interviewing team Interviewing strategies Assessing actual knowledge and competence Assessing ethical and interpersonal compatibility Expected and typical benefits to candidates during the hiring process What is expected of a candidate What is expected of a new employer What is expected of a new hire Common pitfalls and their risks Fair and ethical practices Site Audits ----------- This document will serve as a guide for system administrators regarding the need for an initial and a periodic audit of system and network status. This document is not intended to be a checklist, but should cover reasons and areas to be investigated. Some topics that should be addressed include: Existence of a complete and viable set of policy documents Security model in place and effectiveness of implementing policy Hardware inventory and configuration documentation Licensed software control procedures Documented procedures for policy-based tasks such as backups and account management Accurate network diagram Effective problem/job/request tracking system Maintenance agreements Case studies or illustrative anecdotes are encouraged. Each booklet should be 20-50 pages in length. The author(s) will be compensated. Proposals should contain names, curriculum vitaes, and contact information for all authors, a representative writing sample not to exceed 500 words, a draft outline for the booklet, and an estimate of how long it will take to deliver the manuscript. Proposals should be in either text, html, or a URL reference. The author will not be expected to copyedit, design, typeset, or print the booklet. An agreement regarding copyright and compensation will be executed with USENIX upon approval and acceptance of a proposal by the SAGE Board of Directors. Please address all inquiries and proposals on or before February 1, 1997 to the USENIX Executive Director, Ellie Young . From kim at mit.edu Fri Dec 20 08:45:27 1996 From: kim at mit.edu (Kim) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:45:27 EST Subject: Election Results Message-ID: <199612201645.QAA14017@pemaquid.MIT.EDU> The results of the election for three director seats on the SAGE Board of Directors for the 1997-1998 term are as follows: Directors: Elected for 1997 & 1998, two-year term Pat Wilson 468 Hal Miller 425 Amy Kreiling 409 ---------------------------- Not Elected: Idajean Fisher 227 Xev Gittler 155 Kevin Kelleher 97 Total Ballots Cast = 645 (1 ballot disqualified) Four directors (Barb Dijker, Paul Evans, Tim Gassaway and Helen Harrison) will return to the SAGE Board of Directors for 1997. These Board members will complete their two-year term at the end of 1997. The SAGE Board of Directors will choose its own officers at its January 6, 1997 board meeting. A SAGE community meeting hosted by the SAGE Meeting Board of Directors will be held January 7 from 8-9 p.m. at the USENIX Technical Conference in Anaheim, CA.