--- title: New sysadmin lecture | daily.dev description: A brief onboarding guide for new production sysadmins covering core responsibilities: respecting user privacy, thinking before acting, practicing changes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/new-sysadmin-lecture-jimbaltfy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: New sysadmin lecture | daily.dev og:description: A brief onboarding guide for new production sysadmins covering core responsibilities: respecting user privacy, thinking before acting, practicing changes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/new-sysadmin-lecture-jimbaltfy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JIMBALTfy.png og:image:alt: New sysadmin lecture og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # New sysadmin lecture **[Drew DeVault](https://daily.dev/sources/drewdevault)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief onboarding guide for new production sysadmins covering core responsibilities: respecting user privacy, thinking before acting, practicing changes locally, running SQL queries in transactions, and avoiding irreversible actions. Also covers spear phishing awareness, explaining how bad actors may impersonate colleagues or users to exploit admin access, and advising verification steps like NickServ identification, DKIM-signed emails, and PGP challenges. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Privilege Hygiene: Least Privilege Best Practices Guide](https://daily.dev/posts/privilege-hygiene-least-privilege-best-practices-guide-pegfoizoi) · Huntress Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Secure your Linux server in minutes: The baseline security checklist](https://daily.dev/posts/secure-your-linux-server-in-minutes-the-baseline-security-checklist-wn5ifltwt) · All Things Open · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your AI Agent Will Do Something Terrible. 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