| Linux System Administration |
Authors: James T. Dennis
ISBN: 1562059343
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
Date Published: August 1999
Format: Paperback, 450 pages
Amazon.com Price: $23.99
Description: Far too often system administrators expend all of their time and energy in endless fire fighting. Often the networks and systems they manage become a fragile quilt of temporary patches and workarounds. For example, have you had trouble send -Provides system administrators with expert advice on managing their Linux systems on a daily basis;the only offering from MCP at this level -In-depth coverage delves into the issues of integrating Linux into corporate heterogeneous network environments -Authoritative coverage of system administration concepts to help administrators make their systems stronger before problems occur. |
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| Linux Companion for System Administrators |
Authors: Jochen Hein
ISBN: 0201360446
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
Date Published: November 1998
Format: Paperback, 572 pages
Cover Price: $39.95
Amazon.com Price: $27.97
Description: Linux Companion for System Administrators is a book for anyone who wants to get more out of their Linux box. It provides guidance for adapting the system to meet personal requirements and offers advice on getting real practical value from the various tools available. Focusing on the use of LINUX in a private or corporate environment, this book will help the experienced UNIX user attain a more efficient level of system administration. This book goes beyond general system administration, providing detailed coverage of networking with Linux. With the emphasis on the integration of Linux into heterogeneous networks and its employment as a file, DNS or BOOTP server, this book illustrates just why Linux is being employed more and more widely as an Intranet server. Topics include: a general overview of a Linux system what is where, how to get help, where to find documentation common features of the most widely used distributions of Linux basic system configuration: booting, kernel compilation user configuration, and networking with Linux. |
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| Linux System Administratration |
Authors: Anne Carasik
ISBN: 0764570080
Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide
Date Published: November 1998
Format: Paperback, 451 pages
Cover Price: $39.99
Amazon.com Price: $31.99
Description: Tackling system administration while integrating good security practices, this book includes the newest version of Slackware 3.5, released in July 1998. The CD-ROM also contains a host of other system administration and security tools like SAMBA, MySWL, backup software, and Linuxconf. |
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| The Linux Network |
Authors: Fred Butzen, Christopher Hilton
ISBN: 155828589X
Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide
Date Published: July 1998
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
Cover Price: $39.99
Amazon.com Price: $31.99
Description: The Linux Network is a primer for using Linux as the server for a workgroup or small office/home office LAN. Topics include using Linux for E-mail, Discussion groups News, WWW, and Win95/NT file and print services plus setting up infrastructure applications like DNS and using Linux as a dial up internet router. The audience is the relative beginner who wishes to use Linux as a server or the server on a LAN. The books starts by getting the reader "up to speed" on the basics of TCP/IP networking followed by setting up and tuning Intra/Internet applications in a project based manner. The book concludes with a short discussion of security and some tips and pointers for further information. |
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| Linux Network Administrator's Guide |
Authors: Olaf Kirch
ISBN: 1565920872
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
Date Published: January 1995
Format: Paperback, 370 pages
Cover Price: $24.95
Amazon.com Price: $19.96
Description: One of the most successful books to come from the Linux Documentation Project is the Linux Network Administrator's Guide. It touches on all the essential networking software included with Linux, plus some hardware considerations. Topics include serial connections, UUCP, routing and DNS, mail and News, SLIP and PPP, NFS, and NIS. |
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| Linux Network Toolkit |
Authors: Paul G. Sery
ISBN: 0764531468
Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide Inc.
Date Published: April 1998
Format: Paperback, 500 pages
Cover Price: $49.99
Amazon.com Price: $39.99
Description: Linux Network Toolkit comes with a Red Hat 5.0 CD-ROM. In additon, the author provides his own firewall and other scripts. The book is oriented towards getting Windows 95 machines connected to a Linux server on a local network, the local network to the Internet and then managing the enterprise. Samba is used as the glue that ties the local network together to allow the Windows machines to access the Linux server's file and printer services. The Linux programs PPP, diald, IPFWADM and IP masquarading are used to safetly and securely connect the local network to the Internet.
Mr. Sery wrote this book in the way that he likes to learn. Detailed instructions are given throughout the book for all his examples. For instance, he goes step-by-step through the Red Hat installation process, the Windows 95 network configuration, his PPP connection to his Internet Service Provider, his IP filtering firewall, etc. Numerous examples are also given for configuring Samba and the Red Hat Package RPM manager. He also describes how Red Hat and Linux are organized and how he administers systems at my work. Special thanks to the author for sending this description directly to Linux2000 Online. |
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| Linux System Administration Handbook, CD Rom Edition |
Authors: Carey Collet, Mark Komarinski
ISBN: 0136805965
Publisher: Prentice Hall Computer Books
Date Published: May 1998
Format: Paperback, 450 pages
Cover Price: $39.95
Amazon.com Price: $31.96
Description: This professional guide focuses on administering a multi-user, commercial Linux system in a networked environment. The book includes a CD-ROM that contains a complete Linux distribution. |
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| Linux for User & System Administrators |
Authors: Mark Komarinski
ISBN: 0132318385
Publisher: Prentice Hall Computer Books
Date Published: August 1996
Format: Paperback, 191 pages
Cover Price: $24.95
Amazon.com Price: $19.96
Description: Linux is a flavor of UNIX that is freely available and becoming very popular with programmers, power users and software developers. This basic guide to using and administering Linux offers DOS and Windows a helping hand in getting started. |
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| Essential System Administration |
Authors: Aeleen Frisch
ISBN: 1565921275
Publisher: O'ReillyYear: 1995
Format: Paperback, 788 pages
Cover Price: $34.95
Amazon.com Price: $27.96
Description: Essential System Administration introduces readers to the care and feeding of UNIX systems in a real-world, heterogeneous environment. It provides a compact, manageable treatment of the tasks and issues that everyone responsible for a UNIX system faces. |
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| Managing NFS and NIS |
Authors: Hal Stern
ISBN: 0937175757
Publisher: O'ReillyYear: 1991
Format: Paperback, 436 pages
Cover Price: $27.95
Amazon.com Price: $22.36
Description:For system administrators who need to set up or manage a network file system installation. This is the only practical book devoted entirely to NFS Network Filesystem and NIS Network Information System;a must-have for anyone interested in UNIX networking. |
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| System Performance Tuning |
Authors: Mike Loukides
ISBN: 0937175609
Publisher: O'Reilly
Year: 1991
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Cover Price: $29.95
Amazon.com Price: $23.96
Description: This book answers one of the most fundamental questions you can ask about your computer: How can I get it to do more work without buying more hardware? Some performance problems do require you to buy a bigger or faster computer, but many can be solved simply by making better use of the resources you already have. |
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| termcap & terminfo |
Authors: John Strang, Linda Mui, Tim O'Reilly
ISBN: 0937175226
Publisher: O'Reilly
Year: 1991
Format: Paperback, 270 pages
Cover Price: $21.95
Amazon.com Price: $17.56
Description: While termcap and terminfo are no longer as important as they once were, due to the growth of the X terminal market and increased standardization among ASCH terminals, handling different terminal types can still be a headache for system administrators. This book documents hundreds of capabilities and syntax for termcap and terminfo, writing and debugging terminal descriptions, and terminal initialization. |
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| UNIX in a Nutshell: System V v 2.0 |
Authors: Daniel Gilly
ISBN: 1565920015
Publisher: O'Reilly
Year: 1995
Format: Paperback, 444 pages
Cover Price: $24.95
Amazon.com Price: $14.97
Description: Not a scaled-down quick-reference of common commands, UNIX in a Nutshell is a complete reference containing all commands and options, along with gen erous descriptions and examples that put the commands in context. For all but the thorniest UNIX problems, this one reference should be all the documentation needed. Covers System V Releases 3 and 4 and Solaris 2.0. |
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| Volume 8: X Window System Administrator's Guide |
Authors: Linda Mui, Eric Pearce
ISBN: 0937175838
Publisher: O'Reilly
Year: 1992
Format: Paperback, 372 pages
Cover Price: $29.95
Amazon.com Price: $23.96
Description: This book is the first and only book devoted to the issues of system administration for X and X-based networks, written not just for UNIX system administrators but for anyone faced with the job of administering X including those running X on stand-alone workstations. |
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| When You Can't Find Your UNIX System Adminstrator |
Authors: Linda Mui
ISBN: 1565921046
Publisher: O'Reilly
Year: 1995
Format: Paperback, 156 pages
Cover Price: $17.95
Amazon.com Price: $14.36
Description: This is the only book to look at common UNIX system administator problems from the user perspective. It provides troubleshooting tips, a questionnaire on which users can record the spec-specific information they need, and explains the diagnostic process. A quick reference card summarizes what to try first, second, and third for commonly-encountered problems. |
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| The Linux Network (The M&t Books Slackware Series) |
Authors: Fred Butzen, Christopher Hilton
ISBN: 155828589X
Publisher: IDG Books Worldwide
Year: 1998
Format: Paperback, 416 pages
Cover Price: $39.99
Amazon.com Price: $31.99
Description: Packed with detailed instructions and real-world examples, The LINUX Network will get your network up and running in no time. The book starts with an in-depth examination of the nuts and bolts of networking, including hardware, software, and protocols. You then delve into topics like installing a modem and an Ethernet card, configuring your LINUX network, connecting to the Internet, setting up a PC as a gateway to the Internet, securing your LINUX network, and more... |
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