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An ideal tutorial for those new to administration and an invaluable reference for experienced professionals. Stresses a practical approach to systems and administration, from basic topics to UNIX esoterica. Now covering Red Hat Linux. Previous edition not cited. Softcover.
The third edition of Unix System Administration Handbook stands as a fantastic Unix book, perhaps one that's destined for legend. It's arguably the best general Unix book around. Don't delay in getting it, and don't spend too much time flinching at the price; it's worth it. If you work with Unix--in any of its flavors--you'll use this book, and frequently.

How, then, to begin the song of praises for the book? Let's start with its comprehensiveness. The authors--a whole passel of them, but miraculously consistent in style--deal with every subject that's central to the Unix universe. Their diligence extends even to detailed coverage of subjects (like the Domain Name System (DNS)) that many authorial squads omit. System administrators need to understand it all--it's good to see everything covered in one book. Of course, you still will need more focused texts for really complicated situations, but the coverage here will carry you a long way.

Although you probably will want to read this book cover to cover eventually, you might first look at the index, which typically will guide you to a couple of sections. First, an overview of the subject that interests you will explain what the service or feature is meant to do, what it isn't meant to do, and how (in fairly general terms) it does its job. You'll find four sections--one each on the relevant configuration facts of the four emphasized Unix variants. These sections aren't presented as explicit sequences of steps (which invariably leave the reader asking, "But, what if... " anyway), but as narratives that are interspersed with commands and configuration file listings. The approach works well, and it's made even better by the syntax summaries and conceptual diagrams that pop up now and then. --David Wall

Topics covered: Administration of Unix systems, with specific reference to Solaris 2.7, HP-UX 11.00, Red Hat Linux 6.2, and FreeBSD 3.4. Administration is a broad subject, and the authors touch on most of its aspects, including user and file operations (basic and advanced), hardware configuration, and kernel tweaking. Networking coverage includes basic connectivity, routing, server software, DNS, and security.

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 "Unix System Admin used book purchased" 2010-06-12
By Edgar Lanz (Salt Lake City, USA)
I received the book within a few days and even though the book is used it was in perfect conditions.


 "It's a very Good book" 2010-02-22
By Thailog (TJ, MX)
I really liked this book because it contains a lot of information on different flavors of unix, like HP-UX, SUN, FreeBSD, linux.

It's pretty detailed on most topics covered, probably the only thing that's missing is shell scripting.

I would recommend this book as a general reference to Unix Administration.


 "UNIX" 2009-03-10
By Prajwal Bajracharya (New York, NY USA)
This book is good for the UNIX people. I received it in a very good condition.


 "Doubleplus good!" 2007-12-11
By Thatcher Dryden Jr. (Dryco)
For me, the greatness of this book resides in the cross platform explanations of how various system tasks differ from one OS architecture to another. Beyond BSD vs. SysV, I find the deeper I go the more different they all become. This book really helps cut through the confusion.



 "Disappointed" 2007-07-06
By David Larimer (Chicago, IL USA)
I got the book for help in administering to AIX systems. I discovered after I bought the book that the authors did not even cover AIX but preferred SUN, HP, and Linux. The authors also did not do their research to verify facts written down in their pages. I was disappointed and found another book more usefull.


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