Essential System Administration | 
 enlarge | Author: Aelig;leen Frisch
Publisher: O'Reilly
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Pages: 788
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7 x 1.5
ISBN: 1565921275
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.43
UPC: 636920921271
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Publication Date: January 15, 1995
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Product Description
Essential System Administration takes an in-depth look at the fundamentals of Unix system administration in a real-world, heterogeneous environment. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced administrator, you'll quickly be able to apply its principles and advice to your everyday problems. The book approaches Unix system administration from the perspective of your job -- the routine tasks and troubleshooting that make up your day. Whether you're dealing with frustrated users, convincing an uncomprehending management that you need new hardware, rebuilding the kernel, or simply adding new users, you'll find help in this book. You'll also learn about back up and restore and how to set up printers, secure your system, and perform many other system administration tasks. But the book is not for full-time system administrators alone. Linux users and others who administer their own systems will benefit from its practical, hands-on approach. This second edition has been updated for all major Unix platforms, including SunOS 4.1, Solaris 2.4, AIX 4.1, Linux 1.1, Digital Unix, OSF/1, SCO Unix Version 3, HP/UX Versions 9 and 10, and IRIX Version 6. The entire book has been thoroughly reviewed and tested on all of the platforms covered. In addition, networking, electronic mail, security, and kernel configuration topics have been expanded substantially. Topics covered include: - Starting up and shutting down your system
- Adding new users
- Managing processes
- System security
- Organizing and planning file systems
- Planning and performing backups
- Setting up pointers
- TCP/IP networking
- Setting up email
- Adding terminals and disk drives
- Setting up and using the accounting system
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 Good Book... September 29, 2008
Good Book if you have to live in a multiple OS environment. If you don't get the solution at least you know what to do next.
There is a confused creature by the name of "Old Book Worm" who has been throwing light into some of my reviews. I wonder whether he/she is a street-person? Seems to me that he/she is frustrated, divorced, semi-educated (with deplorable knowledge of history), overweight and, I am afraid, is a mad old coot. Looks he/she is a member of Aryan Brotherhood or Motherhood or whatever of the same ilk and portfolio. Had his/her reviews been hilarious or made fun of me I wouldn't have bothered to reply, but this is a replay of intense racism that is supposed to have waned in USA. Wonder if this creature had been a part of a conspiracy to murder Obama. Really, Amazon should review into the kind of riff-raff they would allow to express their stupidities in a public forum. Pathetic!
 A little dated.... July 17, 2008
The first thing to understand is that my 3 star rating isn't for the book itself, but for the edition. This book is well written and contains many good principles, but the material is dated and could use some touching up. For example, the network monitoring section still covers NetSaint.
I bought and read this book prior to starting my first job as a system administrator. I learned a bit, but as I wasn't a rank beginner, it wasn't really all that much. Besides the fact that the material is dated, I found the multi-vendor approach to be somewhat detrimental. As I was going to work for a Debian-based shop, the material for the commercial versions of Unix did me no good, resulting in what is essentially, wasted space.
For someone who is brand new to unix and is going to be thrown to the wolves as a system administrator, this book would be worth reading, and given that target audience, this is an excellent book. But if you're already somewhat familiar with the concepts of running and managing a unix based system, your time and money are better spent on other products
 Great Overview May 8, 2007
Used this book as a starter for Unix, already armed with basic knowledge and concepts this book helped me better understand the inner workings of UNIX.
Handy for the mixed-platform sysadmin January 24, 2007
I spend most of my time administering linux systems, but also the occasional Solaris machine. Having this book is great for times like when I just can't remember the equivalent Solaris command for examining a print queue. It's not the kind of book you're going to read from cover to cover, and I may never look at 600 of its 1100+ pages, but I still consider it a required book on my shelf, and I refer to it a 2-3 times a month. The information in it is consistently clear and accurate.
I recently bought this as a gift for a college graduate who was embarking on a sysadmin career, and it was very well-received.
Good writer. Easy to understand. November 17, 2006
Good writer. Easy to understand. Good examples. I also like the examples in Larry L. Smith's "Rosetta Stone Series for Programmers and Script-Writers" (3 books: Bash Shell, Korn Shell, and Perl). The examples in Randal K. Michael's "Mastering UNIX Shell Scripting" are also helpful for serious UNIX-LINUX users.
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