BKWYCFUA.RVW   950523
 
"When You Can't Find Your UNIX System Administrator", Linda Mui, 1995, 1-
56592-104-6, U$19.95
%A   Linda Mui
%C   103 Morris Street, Suite A, Sebastopol, CA   95472
%D   1995
%G   1-56592-104-6
%I   O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
%O   U$19.95 800-998-9938 707-829-0515 fax: 707-829-0104 nuts@ora.com
%P   139
%S   What You Need to Know
%T   "When You Can't Find Your UNIX System Administrator"
 
The first thing the preface says is that the book is not for administrators. 
This is, of course, incorrect.  The book *is* for system administrators--not to
read, but to beg, cajole or browbeat the users to read, so that the said
administrators can actually get some system work done.
 
This book might also be described as the second volume in the "Learning the
UNIX Operating System" (cf. BKLRNUNX.RVW) trilogy.  After you know the basics,
you need enough system information to start solving, or exploring, problems for
yourself.  There are chapters on general approaches to troubleshooting, logging
on, programs, file sharing and security, printing, system resources (disk space
and processing time), and other users.  Some of the material may be too
advanced for the average user, but nothing in the book should allow users to
make fatal or permanent changes.
 
As all sysadmins know, there is a depressingly large group of users who do
*not* want to solve their own problems.  People from this class of user assume
that it is the responsibility of someone (anyone) else to clean up their
messes.  However, for those UNIX users who are working at a basic level and
want to (a) solve problems, or get better help faster, (b) take a bit more
control of their own computing, or (c) just learn the next level of UNIX, this
is your book.
 
copyright Robert M. Slade, 1995   BKWYCFUA.RVW   950523

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ROBERTS@decus.ca, RSlade@sfu.ca, Rob Slade at 1:153/733 RSlade@cyberstore.ca
      If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate
Author "Robert Slade's Guide to Computer Viruses" 0-387-94311-0/3-540-94311-0

(To forestall those who don't get the joke, no, there is no third book in the
"trilogy".)