Personnel Support Activity, San Diego

To provide pay and personnel services to the Southern San Diego, Colorado, and New Mexico areas

Personnel Support Activity, San Diego uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:

  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)

• Network file server:

  • Samba server for a network of PCs.

• Print server:

  • Print spooler using samba (PC clients)

• Modem communications:

  • Server answers the phone, provides PPP, SLIP or term logins.

• Internet client software - mail

  • Pine.
  • Other mail clients.

• Electronic mail server:

  • POP-3 server.
  • IMAP server.
  • SMTP server (sendmail, others).
  • SMTP mail router.

• Network services provided to local users:

  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Runs one or more database servers.
  • Other services.

• Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:

  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Runs one or more database servers.

• Software development tools:

  • C and/or C++
  • Java
  • Perl

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