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

[Kurt Buff]

On 3/22/08, Jeremy C. Reed <reed at reedmedia.net> 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)?
>

<snip>

I am the builder of FOSS systems at work, so I get to do pretty much
as I please.

I use FreeBSD by choice, and start out by installing a somewhat
minimal system - specifically I choose no MTA during the build, though
I install the ports system, and make sure I set up NTP and SSHD. I
then create my user account (making it a member of wheel), and SCP
over a couple of batch files that csup the current ports tree and
source, rebuild world, rebuild kernel, install kernel, etc., to get to
stable rather than the release version of the kernel, install the
latest postfix and a minimalist configuration for it - set a
smarthost, etc. This gets the box to a known state. I also install
portupgrade, to use for maintaining the system.

Then I start putting in the apps that the box is supposed to run.

I don't install bash or other shells - well, I had to on my latest
box, because the Sangoma card I'm installing requires bash for
installation of the Sangoma software, but I'm debating taking it off
again.

That's pretty much it.

Kurt