システム管理者が知っておくべきあらゆる情報を網羅し、多くのユーザに愛用されてきた書籍の改訂版(全2巻)です。Linuxに関する記述が大幅に追加されました。VOLUME1では、システム管理の原則、rootアカウント、UNIXの構造、基本的なコマンドをシステム管理に利用する方法、スタートアップとシャットダウン、TCP/IPネットワーク管理、ユーザとグループの管理、セキュリティ、ネットワークサービスの管理などを取り上げます。本書の対象になるシステムは、Red Hat Linux、SuSE Linux、Solaris、AIX、FreeBSD、HP-UX、Tru64が中心となりますが、紹介するテクニックの多くは他のシステムでも応用可能です。
Æleen Frisch has been a system administrator for over 20 years, tending a plethora of VMS, Unix, and Windows systems over the years. Her current system administration responsibilities center on looking after a very heterogeneous network of Unix and Windows NT/2000/XP systems. She is also a writer, lecturer, teacher, marketing consultant and occasional database programmer. She has written eight books, including Essential System Administration (now in its third edition), Essential Windows NT System Administration and the Windows 2000 Desktop Reference (all from O'Reilly Media, Inc.) and Exploring Chemistry with Electronic Structure Methods (Gaussian, Inc.). Currently, she writes the "Guru Guidance" column for Linux Magazine. She also writes poetry and is currently working on her first novel.
An excellent, if somewhat dated, book on system administration. One of my professors recommended it back in my first year at university, and what I've learned from it has served me extremely well. I decided to write this after seeing a review for it at Amazon.com, which criticized the network configuration portion of the text. To this I must say two things- first of all, this text is supposed to just cover the essentials, if you wish to basically turn your box into a firewall or router- there are many texts and articles about it on-line.In addition to this most UNIX systems have excellent man pages and other help information, and on-line materials. Oh, and it is much better to use a dedicated device for those purposes than some home-brew toy. Well, if your projects is really critical that is. And second - administration, be it system, application, or network, is a pretty overwhelming field. Technologies change, new tools are added, and there is a difference between products by different vendors. All that can't be covered in a single book! However Frisch has made an excellent introductory text in the area, it will not turn you into an ace unix administrator over night, but it will show you the most important things about the various systems and the job, nay- art, in general. The worst thing about the 3rd edition is that there isn't a 4th.
First real book I ever read cover to cover on Unix System Administration. I had used Unix prior primarily for Internet use (as it was the way back then) but getting into a career of actually maintaining those proved challenging until I found a resource that explained to me the importance of sustaining businesses and operations dependent upon the platform for functioning. It helped me to focus as it taught not just UNIX sysadmin techniques but general skills related to the discipline.
Even if today (December 2020) some parts of the book are a little outdated, it covers the broad set of tasks of system administrators and really helps building the toolkit necessary for each administrative tasks on Unix / Linux systems.
This was the Go-To book (not GOTO) for my career transition into system administration. I poured over it, struggled through it, took it on vacations, and finally learned enough to get a job as a Unix SysAdmin. Thank you, Æleen!
Wow this was so far over my head that I'm totally going to have revisit it once I have a little more knowledge under my belt. It was extremely well-written, however, and focused rather on decision making and prioritization of tasks as a system administrator, rather than concentrating on UNIX. Will definitely come back to it next year.