BKUNSYAH.RVW   950616
 
"UNIX System Administration Handbook", Evi Nemeth/Garth Snyder/Scott
Seebass/Trent Hein, 1995, 0-13-151051-7
%A   Evi Nemeth evi@cs.colorado.edu sa-book@admin.com
%A   Garth Snyder garth@cs.colorado.edu sa-book@admin.com
%A   Scott Seebass scott@xinet.com sa-book@admin.com
%A   Trent Hein trent@xor.com sa-book@admin.com
%C   One Lake St., Upper Saddle River, NJ   07458
%D   1995
%G   0-13-151051-7
%I   Prentice Hall PTR
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%P   779
%T   "UNIX System Administration Handbook"
 
UNIX has several strikes against it as far as administration goes.  It has been
traditionally an experimental and developmental system, changing and growing
slowly but constantly over the past quarter-century.  Those who have used it
for most of that time have been more concerned with utility than management. 
No single vendor has had overall control, nor been forced to answer to business
administration needs.  The various strains of UNIX differ most widely at the
system level, precisely the spot where administrative most work is conducted.
 
The authors of this work have therefore taken on a massive and messy task.  And
succeeded admirably.  The content is thorough, the organization logical, and
the coverage comprehensive.  Part one covers the basics of the boot process,
root, the filesystem, processes, users, devices, backup, logs, and the kernel. 
Part two deals with networking, primarily related to TCP/IP.  The last part is
a miscellany of news, printing, disk management, maintenance, accounting,
performance, UUCP, daemons and policies.
 
Too often, one must choose between technical understanding and writing ability. 
That is not the case with this book.  The writing is logical and lucid, and the
explanations clear.  The technical material is sound, and spiced just enough
with irreverent comment to make it interesting without becoming offensive.
 
If you are being dragged into the system administration quagmire, here is your
lifeline.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKUNSYAH.RVW   950616

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