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David Mackintosh

Ottawa, Canada

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Senior Sysadmin for a company providing both contract system administration services and internet hosted/hosting services.
  • Windows helpdesk 1996
  • Unix helpdesk/junior admin 1998
  • software configuration/build management 1999
  • senior unix/network admin 2001-present
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    Top Questions
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    71
    What's the default superuser username/password for postgres after a new install?
    serverfault.com

    67
    Can I scp a folder that has sub folders?
    serverfault.com

    50
    If you got hit by a bus, would your company be in trouble?
    serverfault.com

    49
    How can I ping a range of IP addresses simultaneously
    superuser.com

    40
    Showing total progress in rsync: is it possible?
    serverfault.com

    36
    DNS: Is it valid to have an "MX" record and no "A" record?
    serverfault.com

    36
    Active Directory: delete vs. disable departed employees
    serverfault.com

    34
    Is there any reason to use bash over zsh?
    serverfault.com

    32
    Is it better to use the 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x address range for a small business network?
    serverfault.com

    27
    How difficult is it to setup a mailserver?
    serverfault.com

    26
    Does LVM impact performance?
    unix.stackexchange.com

    24
    Advice on moving a machine room to a new location?
    serverfault.com

    20
    Hard drive fail - How to regain confidence on the drive or make some use of it
    serverfault.com

    20
    Windows7 - “The specified network password is not correct.” when the password is in fact correct
    serverfault.com

    19
    How Many Unix Groups Can A User Be A Member Of?
    superuser.com

    19
    grep all .java files in a directory for a particular string
    superuser.com

    19
    High Failure Rate of Large Drives?
    serverfault.com

    18
    What command prints a string as "big ascii text art" in bash?
    serverfault.com

    17
    Why am I still getting a password prompt with ssh with public key authentication?
    unix.stackexchange.com

    16
    Can't get detached screen to resume
    serverfault.com

    16
    How can I join two simple home networks together using an ethernet cable?
    superuser.com

    15
    Hundreds of failed ssh logins
    serverfault.com

    14
    Windows 7 Firewall services consuming all CPU
    superuser.com

    13
    Where's my Open-With gVim context menu option in Windows 7?
    superuser.com

    12
    Execute rsync command over ssh with an ssh agent via crontab
    serverfault.com

    12
    CentOS vs. Ubuntu
    serverfault.com

    12
    What is your approach to draw a representation of your network?
    serverfault.com

    11
    Why don't people upvote questions they answer?
    meta.stackexchange.com

    11
    What is the best graphical terminal/console for Linux?
    serverfault.com

    11
    RAID 0 performance gains?
    superuser.com

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