ttenenho@umabco.UUCP (Todd Carl Tenenholz) (01/03/90)
Can anybody reccomend some good books on administering a BSD installation? I have a new position involving Silicon Graphics Workstations, and I am expected to configure and maintain them, as well as connect them over Ethernet using NFS and NCSA Telnet. I know something of Unix, but a book that starts from scratch is probably in order. Thanks in advance Todd Tenenholz, Research Associate Univ. of Md. Molecular Graphics Facility umabco!ttenenho@cvl.umd.edu
rajkumar@plains.UUCP (A. Joseph Rajkumar) (01/03/90)
In article <860@umabco.UUCP> ttenenho@umabco.UUCP (Todd Carl Tenenholz) writes: >some good books on administering a BSD installation? I would be interested in the above information also. Thanks Joseph Rajkumar email: rajkumar@plains.nodak.edu
msc@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (michael.s.cross) (01/04/90)
The book listed below does a pretty good job of explaining the differences between the types of UNIX(R) systems and administering them. It's also on the light or humorous side which is a definate plus. title: UNIX System Administration Handbook author: Nemeth, Evi, Snyder, Garth and Seebass publisher: Prentice Hall ISBN: 0-13-933441-6 estimated price: 45.00 Mike -- Michael S. Cross (msc@ihc.att.com) (312)-982-2018 AT&T Bell Laboratories, 5555 Touhy Ave., Skokie, IL 60077 ________________________To Live is to risk Dying______________________________
ntm1169@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil (Mott Given) (01/04/90)
From article <860@umabco.UUCP>, by ttenenho@umabco.UUCP (Todd Carl Tenenholz): > > Can anybody reccomend some good books on administering a BSD > installation? ------------------------------------------------------------------- From "root," (P.O. Box 220, Rescue, CA 95672) a newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2 This article was prepared by Jim Joyce who runs Jim Joyce's UNIX Bookstore, 139 Noe St., San Francisco, CA 94117, Phone 415-626-7581. The original article contained a notice "Permission to reprint this article in its entirety is granted so long as author's name, affiliation, address, and phone number are included. "A Reading List for System Administrators" Prerequisites Some knowledge of UNIX utilities. The Plan. This list addresses beginning and intermediate-level UNIX system administra- tors for System V, and is a minimal recommendation for a self-study plan. At this time there is no good guide to BSD UNIX system administration. For more complete coverage, each book in the core reading list should be read in its entirety, as well as the books in the Recommended List. CORE READING LIST Introductory UNIX System Administration Stephan Kochchan and Patrick Wood, "Exploring the UNIX System," Chapter 12, "Administrating Your System" David Fiedler and Bruce H. Hunter, "UNIX System Administration." Cover to cover. Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson, "The UNIX C Shell Field Guide." Chapter 9, "Customizing the C Shell," to know what to put in the model files for .login, .cshrc, and .logout. Intermediate UNIX System Administration. John Strang, "Reading and Writing Termcap Entries." A Nutshell book. Not as good as Doug Merritt's legendary "termcap Reference Manual," but easier to obtain a copy. There is no guide to terminfo yet. Grace Todino, Rev. by Tim O'Reilly & Dale Dougherty, "Using UUCP and Usenet." A Nutshell book. Good information. Grace Todino, Rev. by Tim O'Reilly & Dale Dougherty, "Managing UUCP and Usenet." Covers Version 2 UUCP and HoneyDanBer. Russell G. Sage, "Tricks of the UNIX Masters." Chapter 3, "File Maintenance." Janet Egan and Thomas Teixera, "Writing a UNIX Device Driver." AT&T, "UNIX System V Release Notes." The Software Notes describe glitches and bugs. Eric Foxley. "UNIX for Super-Users." Patrick H. Wood and Stephen G. Kochan, "UNIX System Security." RECOMMENDED LIST AT&T Bell Laboratories, "UNIX System Readings and Applications," Vols. I and II. Reprints of the "Bell System Technical Journals" devoted to UNIX. Frank Burke, "UNIX System Administration." This book is not so much technical as it is oriented toward running a center. Douglas Comer, "Internetworking with TCP/IP." The best, one-book treatment of the topic. Myril Shaw & Susan Shaw, "UNIX Internals." Adequate overview for administra- tors. The Waite Group, "UNIX Papers." Pick and choose the articles carefully. -- Mott Given @ Defense Logistics Agency ,DSAC-TMP, P.O. Box 1605, Bldg. 27 Section 1, Systems Automation Center, Columbus, OH 43216-5002 INTERNET: mgiven@dsac.dla.mil UUCP: ...osu-cis!dsac!mgiven Phone: 614-238-9431 AUTOVON: 850-9431 FAX: 614-238-3214