====== Your System Administration Journals ======

  * Reasons for administration journaling
    * See [[http://rockhopper.monmouth.edu/cs/jchung/cs471/cs_471_-_general_sysadmin_principles|Some General SysAdmin Principles]] - Documentation.
  * What goes in the journal?
    * The code of useful aliases, shell functions or [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eMpcba0hXZoKeeXIKFDuP6oDyDdOg5-nll9DJwx6eV0/edit#bookmark=id.81xlv0mkki8y|scripts]] that you've written to manage your systems.
    * Project task descriptions
      * Include relevant portions of system config files or entire config file, e.g., /etc/sudoers.
        * Acts as a backup of important config files.
      * Your aim in documenting completed complex admin tasks is //repeatability//.
        * Write the documentation so that you and others will be able to replicate the task.
    * Something new you learned from completing a project or from just experimenting on your machine(s)
    * Pitfalls you encountered that you found a solution for (even if you just Googled for it).
      * Include helpful URLs found through Googling.
    * Let's pretend that I'm your boss and that I read your journal periodically to assess your performance.
        * Might want to spellcheck it once in a while.
          * Use aspell or ispell. 
  * What doesn't go in the journal?
    * Class notes (unless they pertain to what you're journaling about)
    * Passwords