RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-16 Thread Stephen Lee
-Original Message- you forgot to list the answers :) Waleed Having been a past sys admin, it was difficult to resist the temptation to respond to the initial post. But, since at least one person appears to have taken it as an indication of what kind of sys admin a candidate

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-16 Thread Matthew Zito
Yeah, wellummm...yeah, okay - that was dumb of me. Here they are: 1) What is an inode? Answer: An inode is an on-disk data structure that contains information about a file. Useful things it includes are size, modification time, and number of links that point to it (among other things)

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-16 Thread Matthew Zito
Well, the purpose of the original post was to list a set of questions that, while admittedly academic in that they involve facts, cross 1) a broad cross-section of what a sysadmin might be asked to do and 2) range from easy to difficult. The point is not to know the answer to every question,

Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread M.Godlewski
I've been asked to interview a system admin candidate for our Solaris shop. I've search Google and altavista, but haven't come up with any after 1999 interview questions. Does anyone have a list of interview question or a link to some? tia M Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier.

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread Scott . Shafer
- From: M.Godlewski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin I've been asked to interview a system admin candidate for our Solaris shop. I've search Google

Re: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread Gabriel Aragon
I've been in the same situation, I had to interview the company's sysadmin, though I am not one. Here you have a few points to start your list. Regards Gabriel The candidate must provide knolwedge about (how to's): 1. Start and stop a solaris system, including several levels of boot (1,2,3,

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread Matthew Zito
, TX 210.581.6217 -Original Message- From: M.Godlewski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin I've been asked to interview a system

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread M.Godlewski
/beer required tokeep in your God's (DBA's) good graces?etc...Scott ShaferSan Antonio, TX210.581.6217 -Original Message- From: M.Godlewski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread Scott . Shafer
- From: M.Godlewski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:30 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin I've been asked to interview a system admin candidate for our Solaris

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread M.Godlewski
: RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin question #1: Do you realize that your DBA is a God, and you will obey his/her edicts without question? question #2: Are you aware of the daily offering of food/beer required to keep in your God's (DBA's) good graces? etc... Scott Shafer

RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin

2003-07-15 Thread Khedr, Waleed
] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin question #1: Do you realize that your DBA is a God, and you will obey his/her edicts without question