by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein
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“As this book shows, Linux systems are just as functional, secure, and reliable as their proprietary counterparts. Thanks to the ongoing efforts of thousands of Linux developers, Linux is more ready than ever for deployment at the frontlines of the real world. The authors of this book know that terrain well, and I am happy to leave you in their most capable hands.”
—Linus Torvalds “The most successful sysadmin book of all time—because it works!”
—Rik Farrow, editor of ;login: “This book clearly explains current technology with the perspective of decades of experience in large-scale system administration. Unique and highly recommended.”
—Jonathan Corbet, cofounder, LWN.net “Nemeth et al. is the overall winner for Linux administration: it’s intelligent, full of insights, and looks at the implementation of concepts.”
—Peter Salus, editorial director, Matrix.net Since 2001, Linux Administration Handbook has been the definitive resource for every Linux® system administrator who must efficiently solve technical problems and maximize the reliability and performance of a production environment. Now, the authors have systematically updated this classic guide to address today’s most important Linux distributions and most powerful new administrative tools. The authors spell out detailed best practices for every facet of system administration, including storage management, network design and administration, web hosting, software configuration management, performance analysis, Windows interoperability, and much more. Sysadmins will especially appreciate the thorough and up-to-date discussions of such difficult topics such as DNS, LDAP, security, and the management of IT service organizations. Linux® Administration Handbook, Second Edition, reflects the current versions of these leading distributions: - Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
- FedoraTM Core
- SUSE® Linux Enterprise
- Debian® GNU/Linux
- Ubuntu® Linux
Sharing their war stories and hard-won insights, the authors capture the behavior of Linux systems in the real world, not just in ideal environments. They explain complex tasks in detail and illustrate these tasks with examples drawn from their extensive hands-on experience.
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 Excellent for the Linux newbie, 2008-11-18
I stumbled across this book on a library shelf when I was about to install Linux on my home machine for the first time since I'd had Debian (pre-fancy-new-installer) on my laptop in college. (The wireless on that *&@$ thing never worked. Eventually I reformatted it, having learned nothing. But I digress.)
Despite its title, it's less geared towards the professional sysadmin (who will already know most of the useful stuff it mentions) and more geared towards the hobbyist administering his own computer and/or home network. This made it excellent for me. It may be excellent for you too, if you
(1) Have at least a little command-line experience in another OS.
(2) Are unfamiliar with the day-to-day operations of a Linux system and want to get your bearings *before* being airdropped into your own Linux environment.
(3) Work best with a system when you have a firm conceptual understanding of it.
I say this last because after you read LAH, you will still need some practice and manpage reading to be able to use the standard Linux utilities well, but you should "get" Linux, how it works and how it differs from your current operating system. If you're already well-acquainted with this, LAH will probably add only a little to your knowledge (though it'll still be a joy to read).
To have the complete picture, you should also try to get a book specific to your distribution so that you can learn its package management system. For Debian, I recommend Krafft's The Debian System: Concepts and Techniques, which has unparalleled coverage of dpkg. For other distros, you're on your own, but find a relevant online forum and you'll probably get some good suggestions. (If you don't know what a package management system is or what it's for: that's why you need to read LAH first.)
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Linux Handbook, 2008-04-06
You can't go wrong having this book. It has already helped me solve a couple of problems I was having with Ubuntu Linux. I am not an administrator but a home user and this book has already come in handy. It's not a bad addition to any Linux library.
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Great Linux Admin Book, 2008-04-06
It is a great handbook. It covers all the major Linux flavors on the market. The book is easy to follow with ton of information. I recommend it.
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Excelent book, 2008-03-25
This book is a good handbook. I am using it as part of a course of Operating Systems and C++ programing. It cover very good the main aspects that an student need to know about Linux Administrations, and is a good start point to search in a deep for specific documentation about any particular Linux topic. Similar than the Unix administration Handbook, this book explain the main aspects in the most popular Linux flavors.
The authors have a complete and consistent way to cover each topic in the different chapters.
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A great reference, 2008-01-22
This book is extremely well written and packed full of useful tidbits. It is not a collection of "HOWTOS", but rather an informative guide to Linux administration. It provides easy to understand explanations of the various aspects of the job. This is a must have book for any entry level to junior Linux sysadmin.
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