Red Hat Linux Administrator's Handbook

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Summary: Paves the way to Linux guru-dom
Review: This book not only tells you the things you can do to adminster your Red Hat Linux box (I actually use the book for Mandrake, based on Red Hat), but it tells you the things you SHOULD do. It also tells you about all the little utilities you can use instead of having to manually edit a bunch of scripts.

For instance, I learned how to use "ntsysv" to configure services, such as httpd, to run on start up. The book also devotes 25 of its 600 pages to user management, and another 100 to Apache administration, which are vital topics if you want to run Red Hat as a web server.

If you need just one book on Red Hat Linux admistration (NOT installation), at this price, and based on reviews I've seen on other such books on this site, this book is far and away the best value.