RE: Administrator's Journal

["Kurt" <kurtbuff () spro net>]

That's certainly doable.

I'm in the process of designing (in my head, nothing concrete yet) a
web-based system. It would list each device that the sysadmin is
responsible for, and a number of categories for kinds of maintenance,
with free-form entry fields and would log all of this to a SQL database
for reporting. This would be my ideal, actually.

Kurt

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Khurt Williams [mailto:khurtwilliams () verizon net]
| Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 04:03
| To: kurtbuff () spro net
| Cc: 'Jeff'; security-basics () securityfocus com
| Subject: Re: Administrator's Journal
|
|
| Would a web logging system suck as MoveableType or WordPress
| not provide
| the required functionality?
| http://moveabletype.org/
| http://wordpress.org
| Of the two I prefer WordPress for ease of setup (about 5-10 minutes).
|
| Kurt wrote:
|
| >Am currently reading Aeleen Frisch's Essential System Administration.
| >
| >She recommends 'plod', which runs on *nix/FreeBSD.
| >
| >It's possible that it would compile under cygwin, but I've
| not tried it,
| >nor am I aware of a native win32 equivalent.
| >
| >-----Original Message-----
| >From: Jeff [mailto:Jeff@Not_A_Real_Address.com]
| >Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 08:52
| >To: security-basics () securityfocus com
| >Subject: Administrator's Journal
| >
| >
| >Not certain where else to send this ... but am open to suggestions.
| >
| >In the past I have kept paper journals about everything that has
| >been done to a specific machine; date setup, software installed,
| >passwords for iLO etc., OS patches installed, app patches installed,
| >configuration changes.
| >
| >If nothing else, it's been tedious and as a result, often incomplete.
| >It is very easy to "tweak and run". Later, while trying to remember
| >why you, (or worse, was it you or someone else) made the change, you
| >vow again to document better.
| >
| >Is anyone aware of "Administrator's Journal" software? I would love
| >to be able to document on a much better scale the who, what, where,
| >when and how of install/changes, including the ability to add
| >attachments like the pdf of how to install the application change
| >or a link to a web page that documents what was done.
| >
| >Thanks,
| >
| >Jeff
| >
| >
| >
| >
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