Getting Involved

Why do you want to be a member of the GNOME sysadmin team?

  • You help your favorite desktop out
  • You get to learn new technologies
  • Resume padding (You have the opportunity to write things like "Designed and implemented user database for worldwide network of 500 developers"). Lots of action verb potential.
  • Small amounts of glory.
  • You think system administration is fun.

What does being a member of the GNOME sysadmin team mean?

  • You get a subscription to the private gnome-sysadmin@gnome.org mailing list.
  • You get access to the private gnome-sysadmin web pages.
  • You are eligible to volunteer for such exciting tasks as cleaning spam out of the request tracker.

What are the responsibilities of being a member of the GNOME sysadmin team?

  • If you volunteer to work on something, and things change and you don't have time, let us know.
  • Document what you do
  • Ask first, rather than later in case of uncertainty.

What sort of stuff needs doing in gnome-sysadmin?

  • Handling account requests
  • Version upgrades to systems like Bugzilla and Mailman.
  • Implementation of new systems (LDAP user directory, better CVS mirroring system, ssh based CVS access are some of the current projects.)
  • General system maintenance (errata, old account cleanup, etc.)

What sort of skills are useful?

  • Knowledge of MySQL/Apache/CVS/OpenLDAP/bugzilla/mailman/LXR/etc.
  • Knowledge of shell/perl/python/etc.
  • Willingness to document and communicate.