wkt@rodos2.cs.adfa.oz.au (Warren Toomey) (04/03/91)
As a new reader of comp.unix.admin, I'd like to ask if anybody has
the following:
- a list of Frequently Asked Questions in comp.unix.admin
- a list of ftp sites where some/all of comp.unix.admin
is archived
- a list of book titles that people recommend, with ISBN
- a list of public-domain (or otherwise) software that
is useful in administrating Unix machines, with details of
how to obtain the software.
My interest lies in administrating, maintaining & keeping secure BSD4.x
boxes with Usenet/Uucp/Internet etc. connections, although information
on SysV, Xenix and other varieties would be helpful too.
If these questions can be quickly & easily answered, please post here.
Otherwise I'll collect email resonses, summarise and post the result here.
Thanks very much,
Warren Toomey.
P.S try wkt@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au or
wkt@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au One or both may be flakey.
Warren Toomey VK1XWT, unquotable.
Deep in the bowels of ADFA Comp Science.
`The key that I thought opened the door doesn't'jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (04/04/91)
In article <2345@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>, wkt@rodos2.cs.adfa.oz.au (Warren Toomey) writes: |> - a list of Frequently Asked Questions in comp.unix.admin There is no comp.unix.admin FAQ posting. The closest thing to it is the FAQ posting in comp.unix.questions. |> - a list of ftp sites where some/all of comp.unix.admin |> is archived As far as I know, this newsgroup is not archived anywhere. The archie server on quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (telnet to it and log in as "archie" with no password) knows of no sites archiving comp.unix.admin. |> - a list of book titles that people recommend, with ISBN You will probably find this periodic posting useful: Subject: YABL (Yet Another Book List) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,alt.books.technical If it has expired at your site, you can get a copy of it using the instructions at the end of this message. |> - a list of public-domain (or otherwise) software that |> is useful in administrating Unix machines, with details of |> how to obtain the software. Browse through comp.sources.unix and comp.sources.misc. That's where most of the good stuff is archived, although you might also want to dig through alt.sources. There's a lot of software out there. It's hard to just jump on top of all of it and try to grab everything. Wait until you need some particular utility and then look for it, and you will almost certainly find it. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710 -- Subject: YABL (Yet Another Book List) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,alt.books.technical Available via anonymous ftp from pit-manager.mit.edu (18.72.1.58) in the file /pub/usenet/comp.unix.questions/YABL_(Yet_Another_Book_List) Available from mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu by sending a message containing send usenet/comp.unix.questions/YABL_(Yet_Another_Book_List) Send a message containing "help" to get general information about the mail server.