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I'm reading through yet another book on Unix admin'ing and it occurs to me once again that there are simply way too many things that you could be learning about with Unix for a newbie and you don't...

See, now that's a great answer. You spend a fair amount of time reviewing log files. That's great input.

Do you also review for hacking attempts or generally just to make sure things are working...

I hear ya. I'm in the same boat.....

I'm just a little perplexed. Every where I ask this sort of question, it's like I farted in a cocktail party: everyone just clams up. People can speak for...

I hear ya. I'm not limiting myself to just 10. I figured between the 10 tasks that 'x' number of admins come up with, I might discover a task I hadn't thought of or just to kind of get a feel for...

Yes, I have lots of books, thank you. That's why I'm asking real people here for their real personal thoughts.

For you Unix sysadmins: what are you 10 most common duties/responsibilities as sysadmins and what would you suggest a newbie sysadmin do to learn them?

For instance, say adding/deleting users is...