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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Information about Unix System Administration Post 302303031 by pludi on Wednesday 1st of April 2009 04:35:36 PM
Old 04-01-2009
You CAN have steady hours as an Unix Sysadmin:
  1. While you're still being trained on the job (no one expects you to fix anything since you're not fully trained)
  2. As soon as your PFY/apprentice is trained well enough to handle 95% of your job
The next best thing that I can think of would be Operating, eg. doing the day-to-day maintenance chores.

And I have to agree with wempy: we're pretty much underestimated and sometimes even seen as targets for "smartsizing", up until the point where Murphy strikes. But getting a system back up from the (almost) dead is a great feeling.
 

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ypstart(1M)						  System Administration Commands					       ypstart(1M)

NAME
ypstart, ypstop - Start and stop NIS services SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstart /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstop DESCRIPTION
The ypstart command is used to start the Network Information Service (NIS). After the host has been configured using the ypinit(1M) com- mand, ypstart automatically determines the NIS status of the machine and starts the appropriate daemons. The ypstop command is used to stop the Network Information Service (NIS). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWypu | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
ypinit(1M), attributes(5) System Administration Guide: Basic Administration NOTES
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two services remains the same; only the name has changed. The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications PLC, and must not be used without permission. SunOS 5.10 24 Oct 1996 ypstart(1M)
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