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Date:      Fri, 06 Dec 2002 19:38:11 +0100
From:      Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de>
To:        "BigBrother (BigB3)" <bigbrother@bonbon.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Administering a large number of freebsd machines
Message-ID:  <3DF0EE93.1070505@liwing.de>
References:  <20021206201457.H10707-100000@bigb3server.bbcluster.gr>

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BigBrother (BigB3) wrote:
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> (I sent this email to freebsd-security but it never appeared on the
> list, nor it returned back-very strange for freebsd-security;does freebsd
> security has any problem?)
> 

The question below is not security related. Maybe that's why you didn't 
get an answer.


> I have a small question. When I was administering one freebsd box the
> things were quite easily. I could easily read the emails that were sent to
> root, the logcheck reports and the tripwire reports.

You can also easily sent the messages to a central mail account and read 
them at once.

> After administering one box, I was made responsible for other freebsd
> boxes...The fact is that now the email reports have been
> multiplied. Also making all the neccesary upgrades, monitoring and other
> everyday things has been made very time consuming.
 >
> My question is...Is there any usefull guide or book of how you can
> administer efficiently large number of freebsd boxes in term of security,
> upgrades and software deployment? My job is not being a full day system
> administrator and thus I have to be involved as low time i administering
> the boxes as possible.

Did you read the FreeBSD handbook and the book "The complete FreeBSD"? 
If not, it's a good start. You can find many things at 
http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html and http://www.freebsdmall.com/ - but I 
do not really understand what are you searching for, so a quick check by 
you may help you to decide :-)

> Thank you very much in advance for any usefull tip!

No thanks and good luck,
Jens

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