>I also think that testing a sysadmin and not allowing any references -
>no books, no man pages, etc - is unrealistic. I have never known a
>(good) admin who doesn't keep references handy.

During my last big interview, they asked me what I would do in XYZ Solaris situation I'd never seen before.

"Grab the man pages for that component and start reading, then yell over the top of the cube to get coworker input. I may not KNOW it, but it can obviously be learned, or no one would ever do it."

Ard
if you can't use Google, you shouldn't be an admin, IMHO...

Ard Sumhenner
Ronin Research, Silicon Valley, CA