[wplug-board] WPLUG sysadmin issues

Patrick Wagstrom pwagstro at andrew.cmu.edu
Sun Oct 15 23:24:55 EDT 2006


Duncan,

At our recent board meeting we discussed how it was we wanted to handle
issues with the WPLUG server(s) and system administration.  Right now,
as I'm sure you know, we've got a whole internet committee, which leads
to the great phenomenon of diffusion of responsibility and leaving lots
of things not getting done.  On top of that, the current machine has a
dead disk as part of the software raid and is not easy to get to.

So my recollection from the board meeting is this (and cc'd to the board
so they can smack me up if I'm wrong):

1. We'd like to migrate most of our stuff from the old and busted box,
to the new hotness at wplug.ece.cmu.edu

2. After this is done we'll switch that machine to be wplug.org

However, we realize that you're busy, and don't want to make you do it.
Also, we realize that other folks are busy, and without a central
contact point, we could be in trouble.  So, the board has proposed the
following and wanted to pass it by you first.

Starting after your approval of this scheme, we'd like to advertise for
a system administrator for WPLUG.  This person will work long hours with
no thanks, but will be the point person for all issues.  However, this
means giving someone else root (or at least sudo) access on a box on the
ECE network.  We realize that it's not practical for that person to
always have physical access, so if you're willing, we'd be thankful if
you could be the backup for when physical access is needed after a weird
power loss, fire, flood, plague of locusts.

This, of course, would not bar you from being the sysadmin if you wanted
(we all know you're qualified), but would lift some of the burden from
you in hopes of creating a more equitable system.

Please let us know if this is acceptable.

Thanks!

--Patrick





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