[SLL] what do you do every time for new systems?

[Mark D. Foster]

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> What do you do every time (or frequently) when you install or login to a 
> new system (that you will continue to use as an admin)?
>
>   
See comments inline. Almost all systems I login into these days someone 
else setup, for better or worse.
> [snip]
> 3) Often I install sudo (if not there) and set it up.
>
>   
Ditto on sudo, can't live without.
> 4) If needed, I setup the email aliases database so root's emails go to 
> me (or somewhere appropriate). Run newaliases if needed.
>
> Make sure outbound email is enabled and test.
>   
Run mailq and see if things are clogged up. Check root's mailbox if no 
alias was set prior... the last few emails from cron can be quite revealing.
> 5) If needed and not already done, make sure that sshd service is enabled.
>   
Perhaps also ntpd here, with a look at ntpq -p if it already is.
I like to see output of ifconfig -a to ascertain the network connections.

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