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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Complete Newbie looking for advice Post 302520100 by Neo on Thursday 5th of May 2011 07:55:19 PM
Old 05-05-2011
I think it is better to build something on your own first. Having experience in the shell is nice; but building a great web site, for example, will give you a lot of experience. You could also build other net services.

IMHO, certifications are nearly worthless. I would hire a guy much quicker if he can actually make things happen versus being "certified". In fact, a number of guys who run software development companies will always give first priority to people who have made demonstrated contributions to open source projects before any other candidate.

Think about it.

Who would you prefer to have on your staff? Someone with a wall of certifications, or someone who was a member of a open source project that made significant contributions in a virtual team environment?

PS: ... and I would nearly promise you that the successful contributors to open source projects have no certifications; they are too busy actually writing code.
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shishi_tkt_may_postdate_p

shishi_tkt_may_postdate_p(3)					      shishi					      shishi_tkt_may_postdate_p(3)

NAME

       shishi_tkt_may_postdate_p - API function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <shishi.h>

       int shishi_tkt_may_postdate_p(Shishi_tkt * tkt);

ARGUMENTS

       Shishi_tkt * tkt
		   input variable with ticket info.

DESCRIPTION

       Determine if ticket may be used to grant postdated tickets.

       The  MAY-POSTDATE  flag	in a ticket is normally only interpreted by the ticket-granting service. It can be ignored by application servers.
       This flag MUST be set in a ticket-granting ticket in order to issue a postdated ticket based on	the  presented	ticket.  It  is  reset	by
       default;  it  MAY  be  requested  by  a client by setting the ALLOW- POSTDATE option in the KRB_AS_REQ message.	This flag does not allow a
       client to obtain a postdated ticket-granting ticket; postdated ticket-granting tickets can only by obtained by requesting the postdating in
       the  KRB_AS_REQ message. The life (endtime-starttime) of a postdated ticket will be the remaining life of the ticket-granting ticket at the
       time of the request, unless the RENEWABLE option is also  set,  in  which  case	it  can  be  the  full	life  (endtime-starttime)  of  the
       ticket-granting ticket. The KDC MAY limit how far in the future a ticket may be postdated.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns non-0 iff may-postdate flag is set in ticket.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-shishi@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Simon Josefsson.
       Copying	and  distribution  of  this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
       notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for shishi is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and shishi programs are properly installed at your  site,
       the command

	      info shishi

       should give you access to the complete manual.

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