Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Page chapter 1 Chapter 1. Network Industry Trends (https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/network-programmability-and/9781491931240/ch01.html) |
is there a misspelled word near the end of this sentence: |
viorel haiciu | Feb 21, 2020 | |
Page 50 3rd paragraph |
"Similarly, if you wanted to allow users in the file’s group to |
MANOJ KUMAR | Feb 09, 2021 | |
Page 50 4th paragraph |
"You may also see these permissions listed as a string of characters, like rxwr-xr-x . |
MANOJ KUMAR | Feb 09, 2021 | |
PDF, ePub | Page 51 Chapter 2 - Heading "Debian, Ubuntu, and Other Derivatives" |
The third paragraph states: |
Syed Faraz Ali | Nov 16, 2018 |
Printed | Page 52 Paragraph 4, in the example 755 |
755=rwxr-xr-w |
Emilio Oropeza Zurita | Dec 11, 2019 |
Printed | Page 52 4th paragraph (explaining string representations of permissions) |
The section explains permissions of files and directories on linux systems. |
Manuel Stausberg | Mar 04, 2020 |
Printed | Page 55 general note block |
The general note regarding the shebang states that scripts starting with an exclamation mark only. I think it should be hash and exclamation mark: #! |
Patrick Gerhartz | Apr 01, 2018 |
PDF, ePub | Page 62 Chapter 2 - Heading "Changing permissions" |
In the sentence "Similarly, if you wanted to allow users in the file’s group to read the file but not write or execute it, you’d assign the |
Syed Faraz Ali | Nov 19, 2018 |
Printed | Page 82 1st and 3rd paragraphs |
The reference to the Figures 3.7 and 3.8 on page 82 is incorrect. |
Anonymous | Apr 08, 2019 |
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version | Page 88 Output from running python interpreter |
In section "Using the Python Interactive Interpreter", the example in page 89 uses print() syntax but the output from running python interpreter is 2.7.6 which does not support print() unless import future. |
Yoong hor meng | Sep 03, 2018 |
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version | Page 91 Table 4-1 |
The example for tuple is wrong. The IP address should be quoted using single or double quotes. |
Hor Meng Yoong | Sep 03, 2018 |
Printed, PDF, ePub, Mobi, , Other Digital Version | Page 91 Example for set |
Example for set is wrong. It should be |
Yoong Hor Meng | Sep 03, 2018 |
Printed | Page 143 code segment |
The example code prints incorrect data as args[0] is the script name. |
Anonymous | Sep 02, 2018 |
Printed | Page 176 Paragraph before second code sample |
"A YANG leaf-list statement is represented in XML and JSON as a single element [...]". The code sample immediately following this shows two "stand-alone" elements. So the statement seems to only be true for JSON, not for XML. This is an interesting difference in data representation (conventions) between XML and JSON, I think. |
Simon Leinen | Apr 06, 2021 |
Printed | Page 206 3rd Paragraph, 2nd Sentence |
Sentence reads "If you are using an HTTP-based API that always uses the same URL and does not allow you to access a specific resource by a URL change, the API is a RESTful HTTP-based API." |
Andrew Mason | Dec 03, 2018 |
Printed | Page 206 Page 206 3rd Paragraph, 2nd Sentence |
I agree with what Andrew Mason states : |
Giorgio Tosi | Jan 30, 2019 |
Printed | Page 414 first example, first line |
missing --out option |
Tom McCreary | Oct 11, 2019 |
Printed | Page 498 1st paragraph |
Sentence begins, “The value of this short circuit decreases over time …” |
Brannen Taylor | Aug 01, 2021 |