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Summary: Not The right Number of Pages
Review: I like this book very much. It almost cover everything from all Unix Platforms to Linux. The only thing I do not like is, it misguided about the total number of pages. Which 854 not 1200 as mentioned on this site.
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Summary: This book is the Unix Admin's Bible
Review: I bought this book at the suggestion of a friend back in 1994... it has been the most relavent book I have ever read on unix sysadmin tasks- I have been doing unix sysadmin on just about every flavor of unix for almost 10 years- this is the absolute best. I am sure the newer revisions are just as good! BUT THIS BOOK!
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Summary: A book to check out from the library :)
Review: This book is *ok*. Check it out from the library, Then *Buy* "Essential System Administration ISBN: 1565921275 ". It's an O'Reilly book and offers a lot more detail. I also recomend "learning the Unix Operating System" as a *simple* starter book rather than the book listed at this site.
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Summary: By my side since 1997...
Review: I have this book when I just started working and throughout my career as an InternetEngineer-SoftwareEngineer-ProfessionalServicesConsultant..this book is always by my side... it contains lots of info. that really helps in my work as an application developer... It will also prove useful to pple starting off as a system administrator... Presentation is concise and straight to the point. Telling you what needs to be done and for what. Glancing over my books, I notice that this is my only Unix related book that I ever own and it has served me well all these years and for years to come...
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Summary: Great book, but not the best place to start
Review: When I first got started hacking away at UNIX-type operating systems, a friend recommended this book to me. I loved it. I devoured it. HOWEVER, I was already a serious computer geek and I also had his help understanding the concepts within this book. While not the book for beginners, this book has enough interest tidbits to perk almost anyone's interest. The nice thing about this book is that, even 3 years later, I can still pick a new tidbit here or there from it. I can't wait for the 3rd edition to come out.
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Summary: Buy Now!
Review: This is the best book of its kind, it is really targeted at people who already are familiar with UNIX and is best for the beginner to intermediate system administrator, but it has a lot of useful stuff that even UNIX "experts" (if there is such a thing) forget.
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Summary: A Good Computer Book !
Review: Arguably, the best tutorial and reference dedicated to Unix Administration. Really helped me, a Unix Junior person, understand sysadmin - related concepts and use them well. I have praise for the authors' ability to do what no many others can, namely, explain, make things clear to others. I have been teaching exact sciences for many years now, and my opinion is that this is a textbook you can learn from. True, it is not in the low price range, but I believe this to be one of the few computer books worth investing into, because, if you are a professional working in the field, you will undoubtedly use it as a reference, perhaps next to textbooks, such as Kernighan and Ritchie's "C Programming Language" and Bruce Eckel's "Thinking in Java", for many years to come. Check out the upcoming March 2000 new edition.
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Summary: This Book is THE book
Review: I can't think of any other UNIX book that teaches better than the UNIX System Administration Handbook. This book tells you everything about how to administer a UNIX box. The authors do a great job in explaining all the required steps to take care the /?/*/nix box in every aspect that an administrator can imagine. The only thing I can think of to improve in the next edition is to cover security slightly more. Securing a system against outside intruders become quite an issue for administrators at E-commerce site. Otherwise, this books is all the administrators need to run a site.
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Summary: Great book.
Review: Yeah, it hasn't been updated in 5 years. Yeah, it doesn't so much as mention (much less cover) Linux. And no, it is not a general user's guide. But it is that rare thing: a classic technical book with exceptional clarity and an uncanny tendency to explain exactly what you need on the page it falls open on. And in most regards it's better than the O'Reilly title in its genre. If you're a system administrator (or training to be one) working with a commercial Unix, or with more than one kind of Unix, (and no, that doesn't mean a user), this book is a must-have, even as old as it is and even at the obscene price.
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Summary: questionable content
Review: I don't know why this book received such high ratings. As someone with little unix knowledge, but an earnest desire to learn, I found the book lacking in details, superficial, and generally useless. This book will not teach you how to become a systems administrator. It's probably an amusing book to read if you're already experienced in systems administration, but then what's the point?
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