| OverviewNow covers Red Hat Linux! Written by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott
Seebass, and Trent R. Hein with Adam Boggs, Rob Braun, Ned McClain,
Dan Crawl, Lynda McGinley, and Todd Miller
"This is not a nice, neat book for a nice, clean world. It's a
nasty book for a nasty world. This is a book for the rest of
us."
–Eric Allman and Marshall Kirk McKusick
"I am pleased to welcome Linux to the UNIX System Administration
Handbook!"
–Linus Torvalds, Transmeta
"This book is most welcome!"
–Dennis Ritchie, AT&T Bell Laboratories
This new edition of the world's most
comprehensive guide to UNIX system administration is an ideal
tutorial for those new to administration and an invaluable
reference for experienced professionals. The third edition has been
expanded to include "direct from the frontlines" coverage of Red
Hat Linux. UNIX System Administration Handbook describes
every aspect of system administration–from basic topics to
UNIX esoterica–and provides explicit coverage of four popular
UNIX systems: This book stresses a practical approach to
system administration. It's packed with war stories and pragmatic
advice, not just theory and watered-down restatements of the
manuals. Difficult subjects such as sendmail, kernel building, and
DNS configuration are tackled head-on. Examples are provided for
all four versions of UNIX and are drawn from real-life
systems–warts and all.
"This book is where I turn first when I have system
administration questions. It is truly a wonderful resource and
always within reach of my terminal."
–W. Richard Stevens, author of numerous books on UNIX and
TCP/IP
"This is a comprehensive guide to the care and feeding of UNIX
systems. The authors present the facts along with seasoned advice
and numerous real-world examples. Their perspective on the
variations among systems is valuable for anyone who runs a
heterogeneous computing facility."
–Pat Parseghian, Transmeta
"We noticed your book on the staff recommendations shelf at our
local bookstore: 'Very clear, a masterful interpretation of the
subject.' We were most impressed, until we noticed that the same
staff member had also recommended Aunt Bea's Mayberry
Cookbook."
–Shannon Bloomstran, history teacher
Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionAn ideal tutorial for those new to administration and an invaluable reference for experienced professionals. Stresses a practical approach to systems and administration, from basic topics to UNIX esoterica. Now covering Red Hat Linux. Previous edition not cited. Softcover. | Amazon.com ReviewThe third edition of Unix System Administration Handbook stands as a fantastic Unix book, perhaps one that's destined for legend. It's arguably the best general Unix book around. Don't delay in getting it, and don't spend too much time flinching at the price; it's worth it. If you work with Unix--in any of its flavors--you'll use this book, and frequently. How, then, to begin the song of praises for the book? Let's start with its comprehensiveness. The authors--a whole passel of them, but miraculously consistent in style--deal with every subject that's central to the Unix universe. Their diligence extends even to detailed coverage of subjects (like the Domain Name System (DNS)) that many authorial squads omit. System administrators need to understand it all--it's good to see everything covered in one book. Of course, you still will need more focused texts for really complicated situations, but the coverage here will carry you a long way. Although you probably will want to read this book cover to cover eventually, you might first look at the index, which typically will guide you to a couple of sections. First, an overview of the subject that interests you will explain what the service or feature is meant to do, what it isn't meant to do, and how (in fairly general terms) it does its job. You'll find four sections--one each on the relevant configuration facts of the four emphasized Unix variants. These sections aren't presented as explicit sequences of steps (which invariably leave the reader asking, "But, what if... " anyway), but as narratives that are interspersed with commands and configuration file listings. The approach works well, and it's made even better by the syntax summaries and conceptual diagrams that pop up now and then. --David Wall Topics covered: Administration of Unix systems, with specific reference to Solaris 2.7, HP-UX 11.00, Red Hat Linux 6.2, and FreeBSD 3.4. Administration is a broad subject, and the authors touch on most of its aspects, including user and file operations (basic and advanced), hardware configuration, and kernel tweaking. Networking coverage includes basic connectivity, routing, server software, DNS, and security. |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 98 reviews. UNIX , 2009-03-10 Reviewer rating: This book is good for the UNIX people. I received it in a very good condition. | Doubleplus good!, 2007-12-11 Reviewer rating: For me, the greatness of this book resides in the cross platform explanations of how various system tasks differ from one OS architecture to another. Beyond BSD vs. SysV, I find the deeper I go the more different they all become. This book really helps cut through the confusion.
| Disappointed, 2007-07-06 Reviewer rating: I got the book for help in administering to AIX systems. I discovered after I bought the book that the authors did not even cover AIX but preferred SUN, HP, and Linux. The authors also did not do their research to verify facts written down in their pages. I was disappointed and found another book more usefull. | Must have Unix admin book, 2007-06-14 Reviewer rating: Great book, has been since the first edition. | I hate to give 5 stars to any book - but it's deserved!, 2006-04-24 Reviewer rating: This book is fun and functional as a desktop reference. If you use Unix systems, you need this book in your short reach library. It covers a bit about the history of the systems, but doesn't bloviate. It's just straightfoward information delivered in colorful and memorable fasion. The book covers System V, Unix, BSD, Linux, all the basics. |
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