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System Administrator: A person who manages the computer systems in an organization. The responsibilities of a system administrator and network administrator often overlap; however, the system administrator is more geared to...; Full System Administrator Definition >>

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SysAdmin (zip): RIA-Media SysAdmin simplifies the administration of your network based on Active Directory by providing in a single tool all the necessary features for managing domains, servers, computers, and users. Version 2.0 build 2969 includes unspecified updates.; Tags: System Administrator, RIA-Media, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-02-19
Tray Users (zip): Tray Bar Unlock Users makes it more simple to unlock users and helps the system administrator when a user is locked out from the Active Directory Domain. It just became easier to unlock a locked out account. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: System Administrator, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Software downloads 2008-01-16
Chris Nowell Unix Security Analyzer (exe): This tool tests Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, and Linux against best practices. Some tests include explanations and background information. The Windows Configuration Security Analyzer comes with a shell script that system administrators can run on their servers to gather data for the Analyzer. Unlike other tools, the script is easy to...; Tags: System Administrator, Security Audit, Tool, Productivity, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware; Software downloads 2007-11-22
Assisted Firewall Policy Repair Using Examples and History: Using examples and history mapping, a system administrator can easily identify the two or three critical rules in a rule set that lead to a serious firewall error. Detecting these faults greatly reduces the amount of time an administrator must spend in careful examination of the policy and makes it...; Tags: System Administrator, College Of William & Mary, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking; White papers 2007-10-17
Sentinel NT (zip): System administrators can discover all Windows based Workstations, Printers and Ethernet Devices within a given ip range. No Remote client installation is required. Application allows discovering currently logged on user,Hardware, Software, Processes, Services, Printers, and Shared folders for unlimited client Workstations within each domain while providing the ability to ping...; Tags: System Administrator, Application, Microsoft Windows NT, Client Workstation, Workstations, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals; Software downloads 2007-10-09

NetTools: NetTools is an immense all-in-one network toolbox. A lot of sniffing and scanning network tools are present, but also other multipurpose tools (file, system) that could be used by system administrators. In this way many actions can be done easier and faster by various network and system administrators. It's cutting-edge...; Tags: Software, System Administrator, Network, Goal, Tool, NetTools, Networking; Software downloads 2007-10-08
Request Access (1-fx): Sometimes we encounter Firewall - Access denied for the Web site you requested, message while surfing from a corporate network. Unfortunately, firewalls sometimes rate a good valid site as blacklisted site. In that case we use to request our system administrator to whitelist that site. Request Access comes in handy...; Tags: System Administrator, Microsoft Access, Site, Firewalls, Microsoft Office, Databases, Networking, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2007-09-26
7 Things Every system administrator Should Know About OpenSSH: OpenSSH provides a powerful and flexible tool for system administrators, but like any powerful tool, without a proper understanding, its potential may be wasted or, worse, it may become a liability. This white paper provides a brief introduction to several techniques for getting the most out of this tool.; Tags: System Administrator, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Tool, OpenSSH, Productivity; White papers 2007-09-04
Text Log Monitor 2007 (exe): Text Log Monitor 2007 TLM provides Systems Administrators the ability to monitor and filter local or remote text log files as well as alert all in real-time. TLM also enables users to view, filter, and tail extremely large text files from within a Windows Graphical User Interface GUI. Filters can...; Tags: GUI, monitor, monitoring, Microsoft Windows, operating system, tool, software; Software downloads 2007-08-20
Inletex Easy Remote Control (ERC) (exe): Easy Remote Control ERC is one of the best programs for remote administration under Windows that allow you to work remotely on a computer using the regular graphic user interface GUI. Easy Remote Control is based on a wide experience of many System Administrators and was tested with them before...; Tags: System Administrator, Easy Remote Control, Remote Administration; Software downloads 2007-07-30
Desktop Lifecycle Management With System Center Essentials 2007: Properly managing an IT environment requires expertise and often takes significant amounts of time and effort. Systems administrators are responsible for providing their organizations with access to critical applications and services while ensuring that systems perform optimally and remain secure. Unfortunately, keeping pace with the frequency of changes in any...; Tags: IT Environment, System Administrator, Organization, Desktops, Hardware; White papers 2007-04-01
A Tutorial on Disk Defragmentation for Windows: Over the past decade, businesses worldwide have experienced a tremendous expansion of decentralized, distributed, and networked information processing. Much of this expansion is based on enterprise versions of Windows-based operating systems like Windows Server 2003. A processing paradigm where end users have computing power on the desktop, and reliance on...; Tags: System Administrator, Disk, Raxco Software, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware; White papers 2006-09-12
Sudoers (zip): Sudoers allows a local administrator to give certain LUAs (Least-Privileged User Account) the ability to run some or all applications as system administrator. Unlike Runas or any other similar products, Sudoers does not execute applications in the context of another administrator account. The user LUA currently logged-on to the computer...; Tags: System Administrator, Application, Sudoers; Software downloads 2006-05-31
Optimizing Your Server: Testing, Troubleshooting, and Disaster Recovery: This sample chapter from Upgrading and Repairing Servers covers tools that systems administrators can use to test and maintain optimal server performance. To get the most out of servers, systems administrators need to know how well they are operating, what is "normal" behavior and what to change...; Tags: System Administrator, Disaster Recovery, Servers, Hardware; Book chapters 2006-05-24
Fight spam with SpamAssassin: This sample chapter from Slamming Spam: A Guide for Systems Administrators offers practical, administrator-focused coverage of SpamAssassin as an anti-spam solution. Written specifically for in-the-trenches system administrators, Slamming Spam: A Guide for Systems Administrators skips over theoretical discussions of spam and how spammers work, instead directly targeting...; Tags: System Administrator, Anti-spam, SpamAssassin, Addison-Wesley, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing; Book chapters 2006-05-15
Mastering the Active Directory Schema: This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide describes the Active Directory data model and the way in which the rules of the schema enforce it. This sample chapter from Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide examines the Active...; Tags: System Administrator, Active Directory Schema, Addison-Wesley, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Book chapters 2006-05-15
ServiceMonitor: An application that is designed to monitor Microsoft Windows servers and workstations across a network. ServiceMonitor takes a new approach to monitoring services running on network computers. Instead of monitoring specific services, ServiceMonitor takes a snapshot of every running service and alerts your systems administrator to any changes. Not only...; Tags: System Administrator, Monitoring, Service, ServiceMonitor; Software downloads 2006-05-02
Enhance overall network security with the versatility of rsync: In the hands of a knowledgeable system administrator, rsync becomes a versatile and effective security tool. The rsync utility is, by design, a simple file copying tool. It has an advantage over other utilities, however, in that it uses a checksum comparison to determine what actually needs...; Tags: System Administrator, TechRepublic Inc., Network, Auditing, Network Security, Tool, Security Tool, Productivity, Security; Download resources 2006-03-15
When it comes to sys admin time management, don't trust your brain: For system administrators, the ability to follow through on a promise made to one your customers is vital to success. In this book chapter excerpt from Time Management for System Administrators, Thomas A. Limoncelli explains his technique for tracking requests called The Cycle System. When it comes...; Tags: System Administrator, Customer Request, Time Management, Productivity; Download resources 2005-12-14
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