RE: Administrator's Journal

[Jeff <Jeff@Not_A_Real_Address.com>]

Randy Williams wrote:

> I have often heard of Admin's using webpages, weblogs or the like
> to maintain documentation.  As long as the item used is secure and
> restricted access then anything that fits the company model will
> work wonderfully.
>
> The beauty of some of these technologies is that they are searchable,
> indexable and very flexiable.
>
> You really could use anything you wanted, that fit your needs.
>
> Sorry for being evasive, but the solution to this is as adaptable
> as you are.

Not evasive, just frank. And that's appreciated.

I suppose that I could "roll my own" or shoehorn it into some existing 
php-based app and apache. But, that is what I am trying to avoid if 
possible. If it already exists, why re-invent the wheel?

Kurt wrote:

> Am currently reading Aeleen Frisch's Essential System Administration.
>
> She recommends 'plod', which runs on *nix/FreeBSD.

Got the book and never thought to look at it. (doh!) Quick google and 
found some freebsd-questions list messages that describe it pretty well. 
I'll check it out.

Jeff


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