Book description
“As an author, editor, and publisher, I never paid much attention to the competition–except in a few cases. This is one of those cases. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is one of the few books we ever measured ourselves against.” –From the Foreword by Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media “This book is fun and functional as a desktop reference. If you use UNIX and Linux systems, you need this book in your short-reach library. It covers a bit of the systems’ history but doesn’t bloviate. It’s just straightfoward information delivered in colorful and memorable fashion.” –Jason A. Nunnelley
“This is a comprehensive guide to the care and feeding of UNIX and Linux systems. The authors present the facts along with seasoned advice and real-world examples. Their perspective on the variations among systems is valuable for anyone who runs a heterogeneous computing facility.” –Pat Parseghian
The twentieth anniversary edition of the world’s best-selling UNIX system administration book has been made even better by adding coverage of the leading Linux distributions: Ubuntu, openSUSE, and RHEL.
This book approaches system administration in a practical way and is an invaluable reference for both new administrators and experienced professionals. It details best practices for every facet of system administration, including storage management, network design and administration, email, web hosting, scripting, software configuration management, performance analysis, Windows interoperability, virtualization, DNS, security, management of IT service organizations, and much more. UNIX® and Linux® System Administration Handbook, Fourth Edition, reflects the current versions of these operating systems:
Ubuntu® Linux
openSUSE® Linux
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
Oracle America® Solaris™ (formerly Sun Solaris)
HP HP-UX®
IBM AIX®
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
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Section One: Basic Administration
- 1. Where to Start
- 2. Scripting and the Shell
- 3. Booting and Shutting Down
- 4. Access Control and Rootly Powers
- 5. Controlling Processes
- 6. The Filesystem
- 7. Adding New Users
- 8. Storage
- 9. Periodic Processes
- 10. Backups
- 11. Syslog and Log Files
- 12. Software Installation and Management
- 13. Drivers and the Kernel
- Section Two: Networking
- Section Three: Bunch O’ Stuff
- Index
- A Brief History of System Administration
- In Defense of Aix
- Colophon
- About the Contributors
- About the Authors
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Footnotes
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19
- Chapter 20
- Chapter 21
- Chapter 22
- Chapter 23
- Chapter 24
- Chapter 25
- Chapter 26
- Chapter 27
- Chapter 28
- Chapter 29
- Chapter 30
- Chapter 31
- Chapter 32
Product information
- Title: Unix® and Linux® System Administration Handbook, Fourth Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2010
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 9780132117364
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