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Table of Contents
Copyright Information & Legal Disclaimers
Acknowledgements
- 1. Preface
Introduction
- 2. Background
- System Administrator's Job Description
- History of UNIX
- The Superuser
- Files, Filesystems, and Permissions
- Processes
- Devices
- 3. Booting & Shutting Down
- Booting UNIX
- UNIX Startup Scripts
- Typical Linux Startup Scripts
- Typical Solaris Startup Scripts
- Shutting Down the System
- System Crashes
- The System Won't Boot!
- 4. Filesystems & Disks
- Organization
- Types of Files
- Mounting and Unmounting
- Using fsck
- Adding and Removing Hard Disks
- Floppy Disks
- CD-ROMs
- Solaris Volume Manager
- 5. Installing & Removing Software
- Where To Get Software
- Configuring, Compiling, & Installing Source Distributions
- Solaris Packages
- Linux RPMs
- 6. User Accounts
- Adding Users
- Managing Groups
- Default Users and Groups
- Removing Users
- Preventing Logins
- User Passwords
- 7. Security
- Paranoia Is Protection
- Passwords
- Detecting Intruders
- Tools That Help (TCP Wrappers, sudo, and TripWire)
- 8. System Resources
- Monitoring Disk Space
- Managing Disk Space with Quotas
- "Skulker" Scripts
- Monitoring Disk Performance
- Monitoring Processes and CPU Activity
- Managing Processes
- Managing Memory
- 9. Backup & Restoration
- Devices and Media
- Designing A Backup Cycle
- Backing Up Files And Filesystems
- Restoring Files
- Tape Utilities
- 10. Printers
- Setting Up Linux (BSD) Printers
- Setting Up Solaris (System V) Printers
- Printing A Document
- Print Queue Management
- JetDirect
- 11. Logging
- Linux Log Files
- Solaris Log Files
- Syslog
- Rotating and Storing Log Files
- Log Files NOT to Mess With
- 12. Automating Tasks
- Shell Scripts
- Perl Scripts
- C and C++
- cron
- at
- 13. Kernel Building & Configuration
- Compiling the Linux Kernel
- Configuring the Solaris Kernel
- 14. Networking
- Setting Up Linux Networking
- Setting Up Solaris Networking
- Configuring Network Daemons
- NFS and NIS
- 15. Miscellaneous Topics
- Adding Local man Pages
- Email Aliases and Lists
- Deleting Files with Weird Names
- Using find
- Recursively Creating Directories
- 16. More Information
- Mailing Lists
- UseNet News Groups
- World Wide Web
- Books
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