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UNIX System Administration Handbook (Bk\CD ROM), 2/E
Evi Nemeth, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Garth Snyder, Seattle, Washington
Scott Seebass, Xinet
Trent Hein, Boulder, Colorado

ISBN-10: 0131510517
ISBN-13:  9780131510517

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  1995
Format:  Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 780 pp
Published:  01/03/1995


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Description

This book covers every aspect of system administration from basic topics to UNIX - and provides explicit guidelines for dealing with the six most popular versions of the UNIX operating system.


Features

  • provides a wealth of pragmatic advice.
  • includes detailed information about the six most popular variants of UNIX: Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, SunOS, OSF/1 and BSDI.
  • illustrates a broad range of approaches to system administration.
  • examples in this book are taken directly from real- world systems and situations.
  • also includes a CD-ROM.


Table of Contents

I. BASIC ADMINISTRATION.

 1. Where to Start.

 2. Booting and Shutting Down.

 3. Rootly Powers.

 4. The Filesystem.

 5. Controlling Processes.

 6. Adding New Users.

 7. Devices and Drivers.

 8. Serial Devices.

 9. Adding a Disk.

10. Periodic Processes.

11. Backups.

12. Syslog and Log Files.

13. Configuring the Kernel.

II. NETWORKING.

14. TCP/IP and Routing.

15. Network Hardware.

16. The Domain Name System.

17. The Network File System.

18. Sharing System Files.

19. SLIP and PPP.

20. The Internet.

21. Electronic Mail.

22. Network Management.

23. Security.

III. BUNCH O'STUFF.

24. Usenet News.

25. Printing and Imaging.

26. Disk Space Management.

27. Hardware Maintenance.

28. Accounting.

29. Performance Analysis.

30. UUCP.

31. Daemons.

32. Policy and Politics.

About the CD-ROM.

Colophon.

Index.


Next Edition(s)

  • UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4/E
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  • UNIX System Administration Handbook, 3/E
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    ISBN-10: 0130206016  |  ISBN-13: 9780130206015
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