Please advise me. Post: 302359464

Sponsored Content

Operating Systems Linux Please advise me. Post 302359464 by Quality on Tuesday 6th of October 2009 04:06:31 PM

10-06-2009

Registered User

Please advise me.

Hello all,

I have a question, and would like some advice please. I am a windows guy by trade....5 years in the Marines is where I learnt a lot of what i know. I took a junior level sys admin job...learned a bit more...and now I do IT security. All of this happened in the last 8 years. So I'm 27 now, and started my computer career when I was 19 and started the Marines.

I consider myself a fast learner with computers, as everything I know is self taught. I recently got tasked with a project from my current boss to intergrate RHEL 5.3 into Active Directory. Before this project, I never saw linux in my life. Well to make a long story short, I figured it out. I used Samba and winbind to get it working, and I have it working great with windows server 2003.

My questions is, besides my experience with this getting that project working, I am a complete newbie with Unix/Linux and really want to get comfortable with it as I have windows....for the most part ( i dont know how to script and I could use some training with networking techniques)....and really dont know where to turn. I am thinking about getting a new netbook with ubuntu and just having at it....but while getting that might help, formal training or any training is what i need.

Can anyone help me out here...by the way...I''m not looking for the type of training that teaches you the GUI of UNIX\LINUX...I'm talking about terminal line, scripting, all the real hard-stuff...I need some basics first, but I know I can learn it quickly to move onto the harder stuff. I just don't know where to start with the experience I already have? If that makes sense?

Anyway, I think I've rambled enough to hopefully get across what I'm after. Thanks for everyone and anyone's time. I appreciate it.

Quality

View Public Profile for Quality

Find all posts by Quality

9 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Need your advise for which version ?

Hi ... I'm new when it comes to using a computer , I have in the last few years kind of learn Windows xp but I find that Microsoft is ripping people off with their operating system and I would very much like to try to learn Unix operating system , so far all I know about Linux/Unix its totally...

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I am one of the newbies, please advise

I am new to UNIX and Linux. I have some experiences with Windows server. I am thinking to start with those OS (Unix/Linux) and more specifically with the OS for the server. however, i have no idea which one would i start first, unix or linux? Because i also dont know how they are different. ...

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

your advise on mysql, please

My intention is to set up a mysql on unix. Could you provide some info, please, useful for realization of the plan (other than "read the documentation" that will be done anyway)? vaguely yours` sehrguey

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Advise on HP unix

Hi everyone I need help i want to learn Unix and do some certification on Unix Hp the reason why i choose Hp is because the company that i work for uses HP and interested in knowing a lt more about what i do i montor the unix server (disk space CPU usage memory utilization,proceeses job...

5. Solaris

Experts !!! Please advise

Hi, I work on sun Solaris. Am hosting few web services on my server which are accessed over the internet. Now to check whether the web service is responding or not, i first have to log in to the web service URL. If it doesn't respond there, i come back to my server box and restart the service...

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

advise some script to make the changes..!!

Hi Folks, got the solution..!!

7. Linux

Need Advise on various Linux Install

Hi all, First off, Happy New Year. Just recently bought a Gateway/Acer 16GB laptop that comes pre-installed with Windows8 and 500GB drive. I also bought a 1TB external drive. I need to install several Linux Distros on it, Ubuntu, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Fedora, SuSE, that's just for...

8. Homework & Coursework Questions

Advise on os.path in python

Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted! 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: I'm writing a python script to give me the number of files and directories in a given directory and I'm having...

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Would you like to advise a beginner !

Im new in unix, I learned some commands, I have a small idea in MS Dos Would you like to advise me where and how to start ?

LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

time-admin

time-admin(1)						      General Commands Manual						     time-admin(1)

NAME

       time-admin - Time Administration Tool

SYNOPSIS

       time-admin [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION

       time-admin is part of the GNOME system tools, a set of tools to easily access and manage system configuration.

       time-admin  allows you to set the time, date and timezone of your system, as well as setting any time server to synchronize your local time
       server.

OPTIONS

       time-admin accepts the standard GNOME and GTK options.

AUTHORS

       time-admin was written by Carlos Garnacho Parro <garnacho@tuxerver.net> and others.

       This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

SEE ALSO

       services-admin(1), shares-admin(1), network-admin(1), users-admin(1), gtk-options(7), gnome-options(7)

       The online documentation available through the program's Help menu.

GNOME
								    2007-05-08							     time-admin(1)