UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I'd say about 90% of what i do.... (labtech on unix at my school) and we have about 300-400 users on when i work..... anywhoo, it divided into smaller groups, so we each have our own number of boxes we take care of....... and id say about 90% of what i do is really stupid..... once in a while i gotta do something serious, but more often that not its "how do i copy text" or "how come i cant run msn messanger... i downloaded it four times!" so basically, admining takes patience........ hang in there and avoid calling the users idiots, dumbasses, or "the guy who undid the idot proff software" :P

Your environs set the tone of the daily tasks.

I've done sys admin in different departments of one corporation so that my duties were altered depending on user needs and/or system setup.

i found it most effective in figuring out my daily/weekly/monthly tasks by creating my own UNIX sys admin manual. Each time a new task came up (due to user needs or system requirements) i added it to the manual.

But i was constantly referring to sys admin books. Here's a site that houses the Sys Admin Guild's bookshelf: http://sageweb.sage.org/resources/bookshelf/general.htm

Keeping an accurate log of my daily tasks has been one of the best methods for helping me acquire a working knowledge base for future tasks.

Hope that helps!