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Expert	Average Ratings	Expertise
Robert McIntosh U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.91 Clarity of Response 9.96 Timeliness 9.89 Politeness 9.96 Total Questions 228	Installation, Administration, typical tcp/ip services (sendmail, apache, qmail, tomcat, hylafax, etc.), Linux as desktop
mkitwrk U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 10.0 Clarity of Response 10.0 Timeliness 9.94 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 123	Expert: Creating and managing *nix database/application servers for use with dl4/unibasic/mysql/apache/thoroughbred applications, espcially in medical environments. Strengths: scripting, backup and disaster recovery, routing, samba/smbfs/cifs, LPRng, CUPS, telnet/ssh/sftp, vsftp, rsync, new system preparation, system duplication, database design, system conversions (AIX/SCO-OS5/Linux) Familiar With: apache/apache-ssl, mysql, php, c, awk, sed, gnome, nfs
Matt Blecha U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.79 Clarity of Response 9.89 Timeliness 9.82 Politeness 9.96 Total Questions 313	I can answer questions pertaining to most Linux daemons, Apache, Sendmail, SpamAssassin, vsftpd, Asterisk and others. I do not deal with Qmail, Postfix, or other MTAs, and have minimal experience with Procmail. I am very in depth with Samba and Linux/Windows integration and Asterisk based PBX systems. I also have considerable experience in both PHP and MySQL (installation, administration, and programming of both.) I am also considerably familiar with kernel systems, and networking stacks.
nix Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.78 Clarity of Response 9.75 Timeliness 9.77 Politeness 9.85 Total Questions 3217	UNIX, programing, C, C++, awk, shell scripts, Web, HTTP, Apache, firewall, AltaVista firewall, E-Mail, sendmail, IMAP4 POP3, DNS, NTP, system administration, TCP/IP, security
Mara Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.84 Clarity of Response 9.80 Timeliness 9.79 Politeness 9.95 Total Questions 1319	installation, configuration, X Windows, problem solving
Vivien Fidence KATABARWA Rwanda Available View Profile Ask A Question	Knowledgeability N/A Clarity of Response N/A Timeliness N/A Politeness N/A Total Questions 1	Questions regarding Shell Scripting,AIX Administration,C & C++ programming, Informix & DB2 Administration.
Bill Isaacs U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 10.0 Clarity of Response 9.63 Timeliness 9.94 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 59	I can answer questions as to the nature of open source unix (linux), where it came from, how it works, how to find key information for troubleshooting your system, how to install dual-boot OS's, how to obtain and install linux applications which replace Microsoft applications, how to parse log files, how to write simple shell, awk and sed scripts to accomplish useful tasks, and a host of other linux questions. I can answer questions about Apache, DNS and SMTP. I can walk a layperson through the steps necessary to compile downloaded source code, and when this is actually necessary. Also, I can answer questions about wireless networking with linux, and basic concepts of TCP/IP. I cannot answer questions about C or C , or for that matter any compileable language.
Suchitra Joshi U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.80 Clarity of Response 9.73 Timeliness 9.80 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 109	I can answer questions related to Basic Unix commands, shell scripts, sed, awk, job scheduling & vi editor.
Ken D'Ambrosio U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.25 Clarity of Response 10.0 Timeliness 10.0 Politeness 10.0 Total Questions 15	I can answer the substantial majority of Linux questions, though ones particular to a distribution with which I'm unfamiliar may be more difficult. I can answer most UNIX questions, though again, ones dealing with the particulars of non-Linux UNIX flavors may be outside my body of knowledge (e.g., how do I set up a printer using the GUI under AIX?)

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Recent Answers

2010-02-06 request timed out:

Hmmm... pings should never "just stop." That's a bit confusing. Can you send me a dump of what happens? Could it just be going really slowly, and you don't wait long enough? There are many things that

2010-02-01 Hp Mini 1035Nr:

Hi Jose, Since you installed MIE by mistake instead of Windows XP, I'm going to judge that you'd just like to get Windows XP back and have only a passing desire to learn how to create a USB boot disk

2010-01-29 bash scripting:

Hi. A slight mixup, I'm afraid. You should add a line to your script bdayadd.sh, like this (I imagine you have some sort of a loop for querying for all names): #!/bin/bash done=no while [ ! done

2010-01-27 Linux or Solaris:

Hi Saleem. Contrary to your opinion, venturing into Windows administration might not be a bad idea, from purely technical point of view. It is a broad field and would complement you present knowledge

2010-01-27 Linux or Solaris:

Hi Saleem, I think both Linux and Solaris have equal opportunities in administration area. As far as OS is concerned, Solaris is better than Linux. But Linux has more info on Web as compared to Solaris