Sams Teach Yourself UNIX System Administration in 24 Hours

Description

Teaches the fundamentals to administer any one of four key UNIX-based systems: Red Hat Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and Apple's Mac OS. Guaranteed UNIX system administration competency in just 24 one-hour lessons. Highlights differences among the different UNIXes and explains to the reader how to avoid potential problems. Once finished with this book, readers will be able to log in to any UNIX system and use standard UNIX tools to learn about the state of that system, diagnose basic problems, and maintain the system. In the wake of the highly successful Sams Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours, this book focuses on the additional UNIX commands that an advanced user or beginning system administrator needs to know in order to administer and maintain a UNIX system. The book includes coverage of the key UNIX variations: Red Hat Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and Apple's Mac OS X environment. The book will not be a comprehensive solution to all problems facing new system administrators, but instead is a tutorial introduction to the process of learning about and maintaining a running UNIX server. Dave Taylor is an expert on a broad array of computer and networking technology, with over twenty years of industry experience. The creator of The Internet Mall and iTrack, he has also worked at HP's Palo Alto Research Labs and helped publish SunWorld magazine. He's written the best-selling Sams Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours and Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages from Hungry Minds. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (UCSD), a Master's in Educational Computing (Purdue), and he is halfway through an MBA program.

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Other Editions

• Sams Teach Yourself UNIX System Administration in 24 HoursPaperbackSams2002-07-11
• Sams Teach Yourself UNIX System Administration in 24 HoursElectronic resourcePearson Education2004-01-01