How do you become a Linux system administrator?

since there is no college for Linux system administrators and no real learning path for Linux system administrators? Most Linux system administrators (SAs) entered the field by mistake. No seriously. Just ask one. Some SAs adopted Linux in their Unix SA functions only slightly, with interest and acceptance increasing in the late 1990s. As Linux became the standard for data centers and the various "variations" of Unix became less popular, those who enjoyed it had to switch to Linux administrators.

For new Linux administrators, many work with their interests as home enthusiasts, gamers or secret administrators of university servers. That's how it happened to me. When I first saw Linux in 1995, I was caught. In January 1996 I founded the local Linux User Group (LUG) here in Tulsa, Oklahoma, much to the disappointment of the Unix Special Interest Group (Unix SIG).

My beginnings with Linux were rocky. I got to know Linux for the first time in a magazine where I bought a 2-CD set (yes, this WorldCom) in early 1995 when I was working at WorldCom. I installed a group FTP / download server for my colleagues in the desktop support group. A few weeks later, one of the "gurus" from another group said to me: "We don't allow Lye-nix on our network." Obviously, I wasn't convinced that what was allowed and what wasn't was important. So I kept the server but installed Samba on it and changed the daemon header information so that it looks like my little system is on a Windows server.

After I left the desktop support group, I switched to managing the Windows domain. I installed a Red Hat Linux 4.0 system, which I also hid under my desk from prying eyes. I also installed Samba on it to fool the network checks and my annoying foreman who once asked me, "What is this Linux server doing?" My answer was: "He doesn't do anything for us, but he does a lot for me. I use it for research purposes." I kept the Red Hat Linux system until I switched to another group. Linux was not yet allowed on the network. I still didn't care. Yes, I was provocative and terrible, but I wouldn't have struggled with Windows 3.11 and Windows 95, while the rest of the world would have chosen Linux.

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