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From: d_burr@starfleet.gov (Donald Burr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Need good system admin reference book
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 23:44:52 GMT
Organization: Starfleet Command
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References: <817142199.10508@org29.demon.co.uk> <30BBEA3F.479E@mcs.com>
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In article <30BBEA3F.479E@mcs.com>, Eli Lazich <elazich@mcs.com> wrote:
>Stuart M Pringle wrote:
>>
>> As a newbie UNIX administrator, I need a book to help me where MAN leaves
>off
>> or where I do not know enough to ask MAN the right questions.
>>
>> Any suggestions welcomed.
>>
>> Thanks in anticipation
>> Stuart
>O'Reilly & Assoc. puts out a book called Essential System Administration
>that's very good for a new admin type. Another good book is the 4.4 BSD
>System Manager's Manual and as I look at it it is also by O'Reilly.
>
>Eli
Might I also suggest "The UNIX System Administrator's Handbook", SECOND
EDITION (don't get the one with the yellow cover, it is first edition!).
It's a BIG book -- the second edition is over twice as big as the first.
And it covers a wide variety of topics related to system administration,
and it covers them well. It's very well written, easy for even a
beginer to understand, yet covers all topics (even wizard-ish ones)
very well. Lots of examples are included, AND the book has
a CD-ROM with more examples and useful software on it. It's expensive
(~$50 US), but well worth it. Trust me.
Title: The UNIX System Administrator's Handbook
Authors: Nemeth, Evi; Snyder, Garth; Seebass, Scott; and one other
guy whose name I don't remember offhand.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
ISBN: 0-13-151051-7
Price: ~$50 US
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