I learned about initrd yesterday, including how to properly create one should I blow it up. It is essentially a gzip’d cpio archive of important kernel modules / files, very neat. We also learned about PAM, NIS, & LDAP.
After training we purchased space pens and visited Cabelas. We had dinner at Olive Garden.
New command: mkinitrd
Last night included Trader Joe’s & Famous Dave’s BBQ.
Today we learned about ACLs, quotas, software RAID, LVM, SELinux, & kickstart. I’m excited about new SELinux knowledge as everything I’ve been exposed to up to this point has been “SELinux breaks things, and no one knows how to fix it.”
Tonight we went to Northern Brewer [Josh Myles purchased a brew kit], then had dinner at a Thai restaurant.
After driving around / visiting places for food, etc. we’ve come to the realization that each establishment in Minneapolis describes their business in great detail.
Example: Mackenzie - An American bar with a scotch flavor.
Almost every establishment is like this, it’s crazy.
Day one of training is over - I learned a new command: ip
Josh Olson is a UNIX / Linux System Administrator at Michigan Technological University.