4th edition. Prentice Hall, 2010. - 1344 p. ISBN: 0131480057
The twentieth anniversary edition of the world’s best-selling Unix system administration book has been made even more invaluable by adding coverage of the leading Linux distributions: Ubuntu, RHEL, and openSUSE. System administrators looking to efficiently solve technical problems and maximize reliability and performance in production environments can now turn to Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook, Fourth Edition, which has been systematically updated to reflect today’s most important enterprise Linux and Unix distributions and most valuable administrative tools.
Basic AdministrationWhere to Start
Scripting and the
Booting and Shutting Down
Access Control and Rootly
Controlling Processes
The Filesystem
Adding New Users
Storage
Periodic Processes
Backups
Syslog and Log Files
Software Installation and Management
Drivers and the Kernel
NetworkingTCP/IP Networking
Routing
Network Hardware
DNS: The Domain Name System
The Network File System
Sharing System Files
Electronic Mail
Network Management and Debugging
Security
Web Hosting
Bunch O’ StuffVirtualization
The X Window System
Printing
Data Center Basics
Green IT
Performance Analysis
Cooperating with Windows
Serial Devices and
Management, Policy, and Politics
A Brief History of System Administration
In Defense of AIX
Colophon
About the Contributors