2012-02-08 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Outgoing automatic emails - WHAT?

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From: Johnny Solbu <so***u@solbu.net>
Message Hash: f1c0f2d8b6386b13419b20e2bc79d7841c1c0471167c5021e81ea0b895a4ff35
Message ID: <201202090224.57281.solbu@solbu.net>
Reply To: <4F32DBE4.5030301@gmail.com>
UTC Datetime: 2012-02-08 18:24:53 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:24:53 +0100

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On Wednesday 08 February 2012 21:32, Tim White wrote:
> When you are installing from 
> instructions, do people read the whole thing first, or just jump in? 
> Should it just be a big warning box at the top?

Many sysadmins who install and configure setups such as Grase is used to configure a few default setups before adding systems such as Grase, like configuring a working local network.

My friend installed Grase on a dedicated test server today, and at no point did it occur to him that he is Not supposed to configure the local network interface, untill I pointed this out to him on the phone.
He is the kind of admin that is used to configuring systems on autopilot, so to speak. and the first thing is to cconfigure the network.

And I think a lot of sysadmins are like that. They have a routine that they always follow when configuring new systems or new services.
Which is why an instruction on what NOT to configure to get it working, and why, is important.

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