Chapter 11. System Administration: Core Concepts

The job of a system administrator is to keep one or more systems useful and convenient for users. On a Linux system, the administrator and user may both be you, with you and a single computer only a few feet apart. Or the system administrator may be halfway around the world, supporting a network of systems, with you simply one of thousands of users. A system administrator can be ...

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