By O'Reilly Media, Inc.
August 1998
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DescriptionHewlett-Packard Education and O'Reilly & Associates have teamed up to produce the perfect toolbox for you, The Complete Windows NT & UNIX System Administration Pack. It consists of two O'Reilly bestsellers -- Essential System Administration, which has a UNIX focus, and Essential Windows NT System Administration -- plus ten Hewlett-Packard Job Aids, pocket-sized booklets containing the most important up-to-date information needed for your job. Available only directly from O'Reilly. Evaluation copies not available.
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The best of O'Reilly's UNIX and NT system administration material in ten hip-pocket sized guides, bundled with the two best field manuals for UNIX and NT administration.
Are you a UNIX system administrator who also has to administer Windows NT systems? Or are you already working in a mixed Windows NT and UNIX environment? Do you want to get ahead of the wave of new developments in system and network administration?
Hewlett-Packard Education and O'Reilly & Associates have teamed up to produce the perfect toolbox for you, The Complete Windows NT & UNIX System Administration Pack. It consists of two O'Reilly bestsellers -- Essential System Administration, which has a UNIX focus, and Essential Windows NT System Administration -- and ten Hewlett-Packard Job Aids:
- Windows NT & UNIX Integration. Information on Windows NT installation, user and group administration, security, file systems, network integration, service and daemon administration, email, and remote access, all presented from a UNIX perspective.
- Windows NT Desktop Reference. Summarizes all of the NT commands and includes an overview of Windows NT's scripting language.
- Windows NT Tips & Tricks. Shortcuts, useful hints, and proven techniques that have been gathered by the most experienced Windows NT system administrators.
- Cryptography from a UNIX Perspective. An overview of the history of cryptography and the algorithms in common use today, with examples of several encryption programs available for UNIX and a discussion of legal issues related to cryptography.
- Monitoring & Optimizing Server Performance. Features useful information on monitoring tools, the tuning process, analyzing and optimizing CPU and disk I/O performance, network performance, and capacity planning.
- Windows NT Registry Nuts & Bolts. A history of the Registry and its benefits, as well as an overview of how the Registry is structured.
- Network Security. Critical information about user authentication, application security, security monitoring, access control encryption, firewalls, and what our security gurus call "words to the wise."
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). Concrete information on how DHCP works, why it is needed, and how to plan for DHCP. You will learn how to install the DHCP Server service and manage DHCP with DHCP Manager.
- Understanding the Domain Name System (DNS). An insider's view of what DNS is and why it is needed. Learn all about mapping addresses and name resolution.
- Using the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS). A professional's view on how WINS works, why it is needed, and how to install the WINS server service.
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Media reviews "I just got in the mail from HP the job aid An Overview of Windows NT and UNIX Integration from a UNIX Perspective. Never have I seen a book stir so much excitement. At least three people thought it was written for them. So my copy is floating around the department somewhere ..." --Ed Krol, Author of The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog
"This is an extensive and superb collection for any and every UNIX or Windows NT administrator. It contains an enormous amount of insight and knowledge, presented in a unique and extraordinary manner." --System Administration Magazine
"Thank you for sending me a copy of An Overview of NT & UNIX Integration from a UNIX Perspective, which I read with great pleasure. I found it to be a clear, coherent introduction to getting UNIX and NT to work with each other. Your guide was as welcome as it was unexpected -- like getting a Christmas present two months late." --Fred Butzen, Co-author of The Linux Database and The Linux Network
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