Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

How Can I Be A Sys-Admin On The Road?

Posted by Cliff on from the working-on-the-go dept.

Peter Cooper asks: "I'm a server administrator who also has to visit clients, meaning I'm often out of the office. As a 'one man outfit', this means my servers are at risk during this time. I was planning to get a cellphone that can receive e-mail, and a PDA which can connect through the cellphone, so that I can SSH from anywhere in the country, but the amount of phones, PDAs, and connectivity options, are very confusing. Do other admins have recommendations for phones, PDAs, or other systems so I can be an admin on the road? I'm in the UK, but suggestions for elsewhere are also welcomed, as others may find them useful."

2 of 56 comments (clear)

  1. A decent combination by krist0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have a Sony Ericsson p900, i got myself the putty ssh client (it says its for the p800, but its basically the same thing) as well as a vnc client (remember from slashdot a while ago....oh well)...

    I am to lazy to google for the links, but its a pretty spiffy package.

    Failing that, you could always get yourself a tungsten c, it has a keyboard, making ssh sessions easier, however you have to connect via wifi or ir....wifi isnt always available and ir needs LOS to a phone to work, can be cumbersome.

    but the p900, gprs, ssh works a charm.

    --
    all you are, is all you are, i'm so sorry for you.
  2. You can go to far... by MarkusQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can go a long way with this sort of thing...some might say too far.

    When I was out to dinner with a group of friends a few years back one of them (who was a sysadmin for a medium sized company) interrrupted herself in mid sentence, pulled out her pager, looked at it, laughed, pulled out her PDA, made a few cryptic graffitesque gestures, said "Ha!", and pulled out her cell phone.

    The conversation went something like this:

    "Wally, why are you using Sara's computer?"

    "Then you should have used one of the other machines in the sales department. You know the graphics people have asked the sales people not to use their machines without asking."

    "That's right. And while I've got you on the line, do you happen to recall the company policy about browsing to inapropriate web sites?"

    "Well, you know you shouldn't open attachments like that. Especially when you're using someone else's computer."

    "Allright then. One last thing Wally: don't fuck with me."

    Then she hung up and continued with what she'd been saying.

    -- MarkusQ