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Title: UNIX System Administration Handbook (3rd Edition) by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein ISBN: 0-13-020601-6 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $68.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.58 (90 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Encyclopedic book ...
Comment: I first bought this book in 1995, 2nd edition, and it enabled me to succeed at my new job writing software to generate CGI scripts to administer embedded unix boxes. I just had to spend 2 hrs a night for 3 months to read and learn whats in this book. This is no overnight read, but once you've learned what's inside, you are a GOD of system adminstration. There is no equivalent O'Reilly series book - by comparison, all the O'Reilly books are watered down 3x and subsets of this book.
The chapter that introduces the Internet is the best I've ever seen, over my 20 years career writing IP software. The information on how to manage disk drives is excellent. I bought the 3rd edition and gave my 2nd edition to the most promising syst admin at my previous employer. This book was recommended to me by the past president of Berkeley Software Design, Inc. as the best one available. This person is also past president and current executive chairman of SAGE - the systems administrator's guild.
If there is a tragic flaw in this book, it's probably that its weak on reference on where to go for even more information. Otherwise, this is _the_ _encyclopedia_ of systems administration.
Rating: 5
Summary: 5 stars for use
Comment: I must confess, I read this book as a novel. My wife thinks I am nuts. Exctied over a SysaAdmin book? This one was not only good USEFUL technical information, but it was easy to read.
What makes this book so useful is that it is filled with information that I can use. It explained some differences with Linux/Solaris/FreeBSD that I needed to see side by side since I support all these. I found the info on kernel tuning, interface tuning and such to be most helpful. I have been supporting various flavors of UNIX for 6 years and this book is the best. I consider this the UNIX Bible.
Especially helpful was the recommendation of a well stocked Company Wine Cellar to cure "System Administrator's Syndrome". I am having difficulty getting this funded however.
In all seriousness, this book belongs on every UNIX admins desk. If you are looking for something to help you setup KDE on Red Hat, this book is not for you. It is for people who admin *ix servers.
Rating: 5
Summary: This Will Be Your System Administration BIBLE!
Comment: Buying this book new is a bit pricey. I bought a used copy and it was worth every penny. If you can't find it used, then spend the full price to buy it new. I can't imagine administering my FreeBSD server without this book. I had tried a couple other books that weren't nearly has useful as this one.
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Title: Essential System Administration, Third Edition by AElig;leen Frisch ISBN: 0596003439 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Linux Administration Handbook by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein ISBN: 0130084662 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 25 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Unix Power Tools, Third Edition by Shelley Powers, Jerry Peek, Tim O'Reilly, Mike Loukides ISBN: 0596003307 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: Unix Shell Programming, Third Edition by Stephen Kochan, Patrick Wood ISBN: 0672324903 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 27 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Learning Perl, Third Edition by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix ISBN: 0596001320 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 15 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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