10.24.07
Know the basics, please
I’ve been part of the crew interviewing candidates for Linux sys admin positions at the company. I’m surprised and alarmed at the number of applicants that can’t answer Basic Linux 101 questions. Things like
- what is an inode?
- what is a mount point?
- what is the lost+found directory?
These are general *nix questions. They aren’t specific to a particular brand of UNIX or Linux distribution. If you don’t know these very basic things, you shouldn’t be applying for a sys admin job.
http://ran488.myopenid.com/ said,
November 27, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Easy, an inode plugs into an ipod headphone jack, mount point is where you plug the usb cable into the dock connector, and lost+found directory is where all the 80’s hair metal is kept on the ipod.