This manual is a study guide for the Solaris System Administrator Certification Exam - Part 1. Each topic will be covered in enough detail so that the reader is equipped to complete the exam. By studying and understanding the material presented in this manual, the reader will be equipped to take Part 1 of the certification exam. Certification Process Introduction to System Administration System Concepts Startup/Shutdown The Common Desktop Environment Kernel and Autoconfiguration Administering Disks File Systems Navigating File Systems File Commands Logical Volume Manager Metacharacters and Redirection vi Editor Package Administration Software Installation ¤ Setting up the System Miscellaneous System Configuration Networks The Automounter NIS AdminTool Security User Security Monitoring System Activity Print Service Print Commands Adding Terminals and Modems Mail Utilities Backups Shell Features Automated System Administration On the Web Troubleshooting.

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This book does NOT fully prepare you for the exam. - 2000-07-06
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I, and four other experienced Solaris admins read this book, took the test, and failed. All five of us. This book does NOT fully prepare you for the exam. Not alone anyways. We then obtained a java tutor (can't recall the name right now) and passed with high scores.

This book does come with a sample exam, and I did pass it multiple times, as did my colleagues. This book, as well as Calkins' Admin II book, is just not thorough & detailed enough.

I got me a pass... - 2001-02-24
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First time I took the exam I winged it and failed, bought this book then passed. The subject matter doesn't hold up by itself, it is a good starting point to head onto Answerbooks & man pages. The sample questions were very useful, it tells you the correct answer when you get one wrong (something you really don't get from a Sylvan test). The big problem with the questions were what was missing - no questions on either lp or CDE, both heavily focussed on in my tests (10-15 questions.

Practically Useless - 2000-05-29
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If you're an experienced Solaris administrator, you really don't need this book to pass the examination. The information presented at this book is just far too basic. If you're new to Solaris, you need much more than this to pass the examination. Buy another one. I just don't understand why this book gets 4 to 5 stars.

A great way to prepare! - 2000-05-08
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A very good book through which to prepare. The chapters are laid out as per syllabus, concise but precise and well-explained. However, there are printing errors and in rare cases author points out difficult facts without going into an explanation. However, the basic materials are all very well contained. I would suggest reading Curt Freeland's book as a terrific supplement to understand some points made. The CD contains exam material which I found to be vry simple. Real exam has a lot of fill-in-the-blanks which were sadly missing in the CD. Do not base on the samples in the CD to pass. Good work by author. His recommended site www.learnsolaris.com is also very good.

It does the Job - 2000-09-16
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I passed the exam using this book. It provides a nice study guide to cover all subjects for the test. I used this along with the man pages. The provided CD is defective, but the Publisher was more than happy to replace it! The CD exam provided is weak and too easy. However, the style of the exam mimicked the exam format and tricks. It prepared me for the real exam that was sometimes hard to understand exactly what the correct answer they are looking for. There are so many ways to do something in Unix. The book has some nice study tables (they could of done more of these) and provided some syntax/commands not used too often which are on the exam. I also recommend the book for a novice just learning Solaris.

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