Linux for Windows Administrators (Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library)

Book Description

Practical Linux Instruction, From the Expert Who Taught You Windows
There was a time when people asked, "Windows or Linux?" Now it's a question of how to make the most of both. Linux for Windows Administrators is an essential resource for anyone working in the real world of enterprise computing. Inside, renowned Windows expert Mark Minasi and Linux guru Dan York give you practical, in-depth Linux instruction that dovetails perfectly with what you already know about Windows. It's the best way for you to give your organization the best of both worlds. Coverage includes:
* Understanding Linux's strengths and weaknesses
* Understanding Linux's differences from, and similarities to, Windows
* Installing and configuring Linux
* Administering Linux from the command line
* Setting up Linux on minimal hardware--even a Pentium 100
* Understanding how open source works
* Using Samba to make a Linux box emulate an NT/2000 file server
* Using NIS and NFS to create the Linux equivalent of an NT/2000 domain
* Using Winbind to make Linux recognize Windows user accounts
* Tapping the speed and reliability of sendmail
* Configuring Linux GUIs: X Window, window managers, and desktop environments
* Modifying and recompiling the Linux kernel

Customer Reviews:

There's better books for beginners.......2007-07-06

I really like Minasi's Windows books. I've learned virtually everything I know about Windows from Mark; I only found this book after I had read a number of other Linux books, and I have to say, although there isn't anything drastically wrong with this book, virtually every other introduction to Linux I had read was better than this book. I like Mark Sobell's books and I like Fedora unleashed. The absolute best starting point book I ran accross was Linux Sustem Administration; A beginner's Guide by Steve Shah and Wale Soyinka. After their book you will have enough confidence to run your own machine and enough of a foundation to start looking at deeper more narrow titles.

Good, Not Great.......2003-11-28

Most people reviewing this book either love it or hate it. I won't go to quite that extreme, but I do have to say that the book missed the mark in a number of areas.

While it is most certainly a matter of editorial discretion, the author seems to have a habit of giving some subjects hardly any mention at all, while providing us with pages of agonizing details on other subjects that most readers will simply want to skip over.

Probably the biggest lost opportunity in this book is the author's one sentence devoted to Webmin, which is unquestionably the single most useful tool for Windows admins transitioning over to Linux. There are entire books devoted to Webmin that will have most Windows admins running a Linux server in no time, and without having to learn any of the exhaustive command line skills that the author recommends.

For those who DO want to learn Linux from the inside out, there is an amazing lack of depth when it comes to basic command line skills. This book would have been immeasurably more useful if it devoted a chapter (or appendix) to explaining some of the more useful commands. I learned more about grep than I ever wanted to know, but there are dozens of just as useful commands that the author never touched upon. So, if you want to learn the most basic command line skills, you are going to need to buy another book.

As some of the other reviewers mentioned, the author comes off as being a bit snobbish when it comes to Linux; quick to complain, slow to compliment. I would rather have had the author use the space reserved for complaints and grumblings with some useful information. It does get a bit old after awhile.

That being said, the author does do a good job of keeping your attention and moves from chapter to chapter in a very logical manner. Unlike many Linux books, the chapters in this book do not seem thrown together at random. It's a book that you will most likely want to read from cover to cover, instead of just using as a reference.

Despite the author's occasional whining, I really enjoyed the book's flow and progression through various topics. The book must have been very up-to-date at the time, but is starting to show its age. The author bases all of his experience with RedHat, who is now dropping out of the "consumer" market, and only offering a very expensive server version now. Thus, RedHat is not the Linux distribution that most of you will want to start off with.

All in all, the book was well worth reading, despite its age and shortcomings. This would be a good first book for you to read if you are a Windows admin trying to learn Linux, but you will definitely need other books on the subject before even considering deploying a Linux server on your network.

Best of Class!.......2003-08-25

This books is different than anything else on the shelf.

First Minasi doesn't spend 2 chapters discussing the history of linux. Second, this is full of concise, accurate information and examples. Third, this book does presume you are a guru, or an idiot but EXACTLY what the title says a "Windows Administrator(s)". Fourth, Minasi's wit had me laughing aloud several times. This is a FUN read. I have read (cover to cover) this book 3 times; my other books I reference.

I used this book and a few others to learn enough about linux to land a linux engineers job (from an MCSE System Admin) and grab a 29.5% pay hike. A great ROI. Paid for itself in about an hour!

Skip first three or four chapters.......2003-08-24

Skip the first three chapters, 37 pages, you'll miss nothing except some bad info about Windows 2000. If you can use Partition Magic to prepare your disk for installation and the nic was identified during setup, skip Chapter 4 and start at page 101. If you can make up your own mind on where to use Linux or NT (the author didn't understand 2000 Dir. Svcs. yet so he only compared Linux to NT), skip Chapter 10 and stop at page 471. That leaves 370 pages of Linux info. provided by the co-authors. Browsing through these chapters, X seems to be an important feature. That matches with my limited understanding. Lots of important topics are mentioned but none covered very deeply. The comparisons with Windows technology weren't that important or were just uninformed (DNS comparisons ignored services) and most features, RPM for instance, don't benefit from a Windows perspective. Too bad they wasted 200 pages on fluff. That's why it gets a three. Don't pay retail for this book, it is already dated material and should be heavily discounted. As an MCSE Network Admin on NT & 2000, I saw 2000 and Server 2003 leave NT in the dust along with Linux. Directory Services and group policies are vital to distribution and central management. Linux has only SNMP so far. Soon Linux will be ready for [self-installing on] client desktops which may be it's future. Directory-based services and integrated business software (Exchange, CRM) will run on proprietary server OS's from IBM, Windows, and maybe Oracle OS in the future. Clients will stream XML of secure managed code from these servers and back via open protocols. JIT compilers and local code libraries will assemble client executables that use remote web services and data. Admins: read about web services and Mono on Linux.

A good starting point.......2003-07-01

This book really helped me along, it's setup with lot's of examples and gives you a no nonsence view on the pro's and con's of Linux. The only beef I had was that it was completly centered around Red Hat. This I found a bit annoying, other than that it's a good buy.

SAMBA Essentials for Windows Administrators

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A very good introduction, but....
Samba for Windows/Web Administration people
Samba Essentials for Windows Administrators
Good for IT Tech who like to use the Web Admin Approach
Great For Windows Admins

SAMBA Essentials for Windows Administrators
Gary Wilson , and Andrew Tridgell
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A very good introduction, but...........2005-08-03

Need Samba? Have a deadline, but find yourself intimidated by the intricacies of Linux? If that is the scenario you face, then Samba Essentials for Windows Administrators has been written with you in mind. Here the author begins with a comparison of the Windows platform and the Linux kernel, outlining their similarities and differences, providing a sense of direction to newbies. Taken as a whole, this book provides a good jumping-off point into the larger world of Linux.

Samba is approached in very task-oriented chapters. After an essential look at the basics of Samba, the chapters are broken down by task. Need a file server? Consult Chapter 3. How do I configure my Windows machines? Take a look at Chapter 6. Probably the best quality this book features is its coverage of SWAT, a powerful web interface that configures Samba in a way quite reminescent of Windows. Hence the title. You'll go from zero to Samba fast.

And yet, while this book is a worthy resource, I noticed one drawback. I highly recommend this book, but also suggest that it be used as a companion to other resources, including the official documentation on the Samba website. I bought the hard-copy version of 'Samba 3 by Example' (Terpstra), and together these two books helped me get up and running. The essentials are of course - essential - but on your way you'll come across a few snags. Sometimes these fall outside of the essentials, so you'll need a comrehensive grasp of this technology.

Samba for Windows/Web Administration people.......2002-10-25

This book is relatively well written and well thought out.
IT contains usefull samba information. Here is what I didn't like.
I felt like half the book is dedicated to setting up interfaces to configure and maintain samba, ie SWAT and Webmin. WASTE OF TIME!!!! There are plenty of more in depth issues that I felt this book didn't cover in greater depth. I was recently in a situation where I had to integrade a Windows 98, Windows 2000,NT 4.0 and AS/400 clients with a SCO Unix Server. There were many authentication issues related to Windows 2000 that the book didn't cover. If you are a windows admin and you like flashy interfaces and you are just looking to set up simple file sharing between Unix and smb clients. Then get this book. It will help you do that. However, I don't think the text delves deeply enough into the integration challenges that Unix/NT admins face everyday. Overall a good book. But too much focus on web tools and not enough on scenario planning and architecture. Another problem with this focus is alot of people understand the classic unix approach.
The /etc/smb.conf file is very straight forward and self referencing. I find it much easier to deal with that file and not have to worry about all sorts of flashy stuff that take the focus away from the task at hand.
Making windows clients happy.

Samba Essentials for Windows Administrators.......2002-10-11

Very Very Good Book!! Beyond Excellent!! Beyond 500 stars!! I am very new to Linux and this book made it a breeze to get Samba running. Very refreshing to see such a useful reference tool available for the Linux community.

Good for IT Tech who like to use the Web Admin Approach.......2002-07-26

Only a 3. This book has some interesting topics about it, most has to do with Administering a Samba Server from the Web. Not from a Prompt. I was looking for more of a "Tricks of the Trade" kind of book. But this one does have some good points to it about web administering. But, what happens when the web is broke?
You are going to SSH into the box and fix it from a prompt not from a Web Page. Otherwise this book IS GOOD but not GREAT!

Great For Windows Admins.......2002-06-07

I am a Windows admin wanting to set up some easily managable Samba servers to complement the current setup. I find that this book doesn't baby me but explains how to get the tasks i know I want to do, done. However I am a little disappointed that the section on Winbind is a bit brief and left me a little confused.

Linux for Windows Nt/2000 Administrators: The Secret Decoder Ring (Mark Minasi Windows 2000)

Average customer rating:

Excellent for Win Admins wanting to learn Linux
Coming from Windoze...
Excellent!
Book for NT admins
Excellent Book well worth the read, only one bad thing

Linux for Windows Nt/2000 Administrators: The Secret Decoder Ring (Mark Minasi Windows 2000)
Mark Minasi , Dan York , and Craig Hunt
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ASIN: 0782127304

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Too many Linux books shoot themselves in the foot, either by explaining Linux in terms that can't be understood without a grounding in some other Unix flavor or by expecting readers to follow instructions blindly and be satisfied at their completion. Linux for Windows NT/2000 Administrators advertises itself as a "secret decoder ring," which means that it explains Linux phenomena in Windows terms. For example, the book specifies that daemons are to Linux what services are to Windows NT/2000. It might not make any sense to those who are unfamiliar with either environment, but it's perfectly clear to those who know Windows. This sort of approach, which reflects knowledge of the audience, as well as the subject matter, is typical of accomplished author Mark Minasi.

In large part, this book comes across as Linux for the Reader Who Has a Clue. Minasi enumerates the tasks that system administrators typically have to carry out. Examples of these include installing software and manipulating the privileges of users and groups. He explains how to do those jobs in various Linux environments, and addresses himself to Windows experts who'll need a bit of background, but don't require babying. Minasi doesn't explain why you'd want to install applications, but rather explicitly the mechanics of installing RPM packages and tarballed source code. He states flatly that most people will be happy with a precompiled kernel--that's what works for Windows, after all--but shows how to build your own, anyway. The book's full of that kind of material. This fact-rich text is a pleasure to read and learn from. --David Wall

Topics covered: Linux 2.2, explained in terms that Windows adepts can understand easily. Staying rather distribution-neutral, the book explains how to install Linux, use it in single-user workstation mode, and configure it as a network operating system. System administration tasks--software maintenance, user management, network troubleshooting, and so on--get top billing, although an ongoing comparison of Linux and the Wintel platform is important, too.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent for Win Admins wanting to learn Linux.......2003-05-02

This was one of the first books I picked up when I decided to take the plunge into Linux. Being an MCSE and Windows administrator, I drastically improved my understanding of how Linux is similar, and differs from Windows. If you're a Windows guy or gal who wants to make sense of Linux, I highly recommend you pick up this book!

Coming from Windoze..........2002-11-30

...this is a great start/introduction. The "Dummies" and "Visually" books were too simple for my needs but this one explained everything from an NT standpoint.

Excellent!.......2002-09-03

I normally don't write reviews, but this book was the best Linux book for beginners that I've ever read. Dont let the cheesy title fool you. I'm well past the beginner level at this point, but this is the book that started me off. I would highly recommend this book for someone trying to learn Linux.

Book for NT admins.......2002-01-29

The overall content of the book is adequate for those new to Linux but is a bit dated (Written for OS versions well over two years ago) With new book available I would recomend buying Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, a great book. This book focuses entirely too much on Windows rather than Linux which is what it is supposed to be about.

Excellent Book well worth the read, only one bad thing.......2002-01-29

This book is excellent. I am a long time Windows NT/2000 programmer / administrator. This book helps in you learn linux in windoze terms.

He starts off with a very nice and informative history on Linux and unix. Then does a fairly decent job of describing open source and how linux can grow and flourish in this environment. I mean, as former M$ guy, I couldnt quite figure out how Linux could thrive and continue to make forward progress in the mehem that seemed to be open source, where any one ant anytime could modify the source and start their own distribution. He answers that question quite nicely.

He then gives a detailed overview of all Linuxes and which one might be best for you.

Bottom line--
This is an excellent started book, that will give any NT admin the basics of learning Linux. The only flaw? The material is dated, Redhat 7.2 is out and he discusses Redhat 6.2, the same with all the other linux distros he talkes about, they are all older versions. None of which has mattered so far, I just wish it was over the newer stuff, maybe he will come out with an updated version? Too, this is only a beginner Linux book, get this with the intention of getting a solid learning foundation in Linux, then you can look elsewhere for a comprehensive book on Linux. I suggest Wrox, they are the best learning books I have ever read.

Pros--
1) Concise
2) Covers all major versions
3) Does not overload you with Linux only speak
4) Explains linux in NT terms
5) Comes with Mandrake distro
6) Extremely converstional writing style very easy to read

Book Description

Knoppix is a portable Linux distribution replete with hundreds of valuable programs and utilities -- a veritable Swiss Army knife in bootable CD form. It includes Linux software and desktop environments, automatic hardware detection and hundreds of other quality open source programs.

Whether you're a system administrator or power user, you can use Knoppix for many different purposes. Knoppix boots and runs completely from a single CD so you don't need to install anything to your hard drive. Due to on-the-fly decompression, the CD can have up to 2 GB of executable software installed on it.

What you do need, however, is a comprehensive reference guide so you can benefit from all that Knoppix has to offer. The Knoppix Pocket Reference from O'Reilly fits the bill. This handy book shows you how to use Knoppix to troubleshoot and repair your computer, how to customize the Knoppix CD, running RAM memory checks, recovering data from a damaged hard drive, cloning hard drives, using Knoppix as a Terminal Server, using Knoppix as a kiosk OS, scanning for viruses on a Windows system, editing the Registry of a Windows system, and much more.

If you want more information than the average Knoppix user, Knoppix Pocket Reference is an absolutely essential addition to your personal library.

Customer Reviews:

Pocket reference.......2007-05-24

I expected more of a reference to supplement "Hacking Knoppix," but still worth the price.

Very handy quick reference.......2005-12-12

A short reference that does away with all the hand-holding detail the Knoppix Pocket Reference is a great guide to how to do almost everything you want to do with Knoppix as well as resolve minor trouble issues. The items covered in this reference include the various startup codes that can be used when booting Knoppix, how to boot the different kernels, booting into different graphic modes, booting without hardware detection, disabling power management, disabling various hardware subsystems, implementing various kernel options, using options to make it run from memory or the hard drive instead of the CD, configuring persistent configuration information between sessions, imaging the hard drive, repairing the filesystem, repairing Windows systems, virus scanning and repair, and remastering Knoppix. When you just need to know how to do something and don't want to drag out the six hundred page book to try to find it you will find the Knoppix Pocket Reference a great investment.

Nice quick reference for using Knoppix as a tool..........2005-07-19

If you've had your eyes opened to the power of Knoppix as a Swiss Army knife of administration tools, Rankin's latest book will be the quick reminder guide of how best to use it... Knoppix Pocket Reference.

Contents: Introduction; Cheat Codes; Special Knoppix Tools; Install Knoppix to the Hard Drive; Image or Erase a Drive; Linux Security Response; Linux System Repair; Windows System Repair; Remaster Knoppix; Experimental Features; Final Words; Acknowledgements; Index

Pocket references are small (this one is less than 100 pages), so they are not good introductory guides to the subject at hand. This one is no different. If you're simply playing with Knoppix in order to see what desktop Linux is all about, you can easily pass on this book. You'll get a bit more out of it if you're looking to run Knoppix a bit more regularly (by installing it on your hard drive or saving configurations between reboots). Still, Knoppix Hacks would probably be a better title to better understand those techniques. Where this book shines is when you decide to use Knoppix as a bootable OS to allow you to administer and repair systems that are no longer working correctly (both Linux *and* Windows). Since you don't have to have a bootable sector on your hard drive to use it, you can get Knoppix up and running from a CD and then use it to repair the underlying hard drive. If you have a virus or rootkit installed, a Knoppix boot will allow you to get a clean system up and running which can then check out the hard drive for repair. Knoppix Pocket Reference will help remind you of the steps you need to take to accomplish some of these tasks. You're only getting the core commands with very little fluff, so you can quickly hone in on the trouble spot.

This is the book I'd recommend as a follow-up purchase to Knoppix Hacks. If you decide to use Knoppix in the ways that the Hacks book reveals, Knoppix Pocket Guide will be the volume that you refer to until the commands are burned into your memory.

Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference Guide

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Should be called man-pages-plus
Just a good book
Not that Bad!!
written for wankers
Most of the information is available at docs.sun.com

Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference Guide
Janice Winsor
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*Get beyond the man pages!

*The practical, task-oriented reference to every key Solaris 8 command, from ab2admin to zic

*System/network administration, file systems, printing, Internet services, editing, shell programming, and more

*Convenient, comprehensive, and accessible! The essential resource for every Solaris 8 sysadmin, Web professional, developer, and power user! If you're a Solaris user, sysadmin, or developer, you know how tough it is to rely on the man pages when you need fast answers. Now, there's a superb alternative: Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference. In this book, Solaris expert Janice Winsor presents more than 1,300 pages of solid reference information, organized for maximum accessibility and quick problem solving. Winsor begins with a convenient cross-reference and list of tasks, identifying all the commands you're likely to need in each problem category - so you don't need to know a command's name before you can get information about it. Next, she provides comprehensive descriptions, usage examples, and reference tables for nearly 400 Solaris 8 and Solaris 7 commands, including:

*Printing

*File system management

*System status and administration

*Editing

*Networking and Internet services

*Shell programming, and much more Say goodbye to the man pages, and say hello to the most authoritative, intelligible, user-friendly, and just plain valuable Solaris reference ever created: Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference by Janice Winsor.

Customer Reviews:

Should be called man-pages-plus.......2002-01-31

While the info in this book is clear and correct, it really is just an enhancement of the info found in the man pages. I suppose that its best purpose is as a desk reference utilized when you would like to see better versions of man pages in printed format.

Just a good book.......2001-10-04

It doesn't contain all the admin stuff about Solaris one would like to know but is useful.

Not that Bad!!.......2001-08-16

I've been doing a combination of Cisco Engineering and Solaris administration (outside my personal Linux activities) for most of the last 5 years. This book is not the be all and end all guide to Solaris System Administration. I just scanned most of the book and paid special interest to those things marked as new in the text. It gave me sufficient information to pass the certification upgrade to 8 in combination with the Complete reference to Sun Solaris 8. I'm never satisfied with just a book or two on any subject, I knew what to expect I bought the earlier Solaris admin books by the same author. Use it as a stepping stone and you won't be disappointed.

written for wankers.......2001-05-26

This book sucks. I get more and more disgusted as the pages turn. It covers NO (read: none, zero, zed, zilch) advanced topics (LDAP, installation, mail subsystem, diskless operation, NIS(+) initial setup, routing protocols, firewalling, routing, X11 setup, xdm, IPsec, RADIUS, AMD, Kerberos, SNMP, performance tuning, kernel details, etc.).

Most of the book doesn't even cover solaris specific stuff; it is mainly vanilla UNIX, OS agnostic (like shells, environments, lp, SVR4 stuff). It should be callled "using AdminTool to get your workstation on the network and how to do your day to day tasks."

I know UNIX well (Linux, *BSD, etc.) but not Solaris 8 and wanted a reference for all the quirks of Solaris. This book was a complete waste of time. Do not buy this book unless you are a novice and haven't figured out how to use man pages.

Most of the information is available at docs.sun.com.......2001-01-01

This is not a bad book, but it is redundant when you have your trusty man pages and online documentation at docs.sun.com. I recommend the Solaris 8 System Administrator's guide Vol 1-3 at docs.sun.com for a cheaper alternative.

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Sco Unix System Administrator's Guide
Santa Cruz Operation
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UNIX System Administrator's Interactive Workbook

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Good for a beginner but lacking much

UNIX System Administrator's Interactive Workbook
Joe Kaplenk
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Good for a beginner but lacking much.......1999-04-16

This book is good for an advanced user looking to get an introduction to administrative commands. I found this book lacking in many topics but the few they do cover are presented in easy to follow exercises. It's generic in its approach to which flavour of UNIX they're catering to with the exception of a couple of Solaris only dedicated chapters. Admittedly I never would have bought this book if I had discovered Aeleen Frisch's Essential System Administration first.

Official Red Hat Linux Administrator's Guide

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Utter Rubbish
Only handles "smooth sailing" issues
Waste of Time and Money
Don't waste your money!
Not an Admin guide

Official Red Hat Linux Administrator's Guide
Red Hat Inc
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
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Book Description

* Essential reading for administrators of Red Hat Linux who download the software
* The book to read after The Official Red Hat Linux User's Guide (0-7645-4967-7)
* Includes high-end Red Hat administration instruction on features such as GRUB and ext3
* Advanced topics cover creating network scripts, configuring Apache and Samba, Kickstart installations, and configuration of major protocols such as SSH, LDAP, DHCP, and BIND
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Linux Solutions from the Experts at Red Hat
Red Hat-the world's leading Linux company-presents a series of unrivaled guides that are reviewed and approved by the experts at Red Hat. Each book is packed with invaluable tips and techniques that are ideal for everyone from beginning to advanced network and systems professionals, as well as home and small businesses.

Customer Reviews:

Utter Rubbish.......2004-03-16

An absolute *waste* of money. The Index should be renamed to "Random Words". It's no more than a few one-liners and screenshots.

You'd be better off using the "man" pages or using Redhats online documentation.

I will be avoiding any books these guys bring out.

Only handles "smooth sailing" issues.......2003-11-26

I have a copy. It has its good points and its bad points.

+ It quickly gets you set up using the Red Hat GUI tools. Using it so set up Samba and NFS was trivial.

- It is very Red Hat specific. It only rarely talks about the underlying Linux configuration files and formats.

- If anything goes wrong (say for example permissions were set incorrectly on /etc/myConfiguration), you will have NO CLUE what to do next if the GUI tool fails. You may not even know file names.

If you want to know how to do typical configuration tasks, and you stay close to the vanilla Red Hat installation, this book may be OK.

On the other hand, if you are using any other installation, or modifying default Red Hat tools, this book doesn't really help. It will NOT tell you much about what the GUI tool actually configured for you.

Waste of Time and Money.......2003-03-07

When I first saw the book I was optimistic that I would be getting something that would be useful, this was my first mistake. This book has no value other than good fire starting potential, and that is questionable. Not only is the book unorganized and provides no information for the administration of Red Hat Linux, it has an index that an editor should be ashamed for letting go to press. I will never buy a book edited by REDHAT Press again. It is as if they thought working for Red Had made it alright to sell garbage to the users of Red Hat. Sincerely, Warming by the fire.

Don't waste your money!.......2003-02-21

This book was a complete waste. I was looking for a book to help admin my RedHat servers. The format of this book is:

Overview of the topic.
What RPMs to install.

But does not explain what to do next or if there are problems. The best section is on RAID. If all you want to do is create a RAID device. There is nothing about recovery of a lost disk.

Buy the Unix System Administration Handbook (NEMETH).

Not an Admin guide.......2003-01-11

This book is not an Administrator's guide. It's an manual. There
is alot of essential info to get you up and running and get everything configured,and some basic to intermediate system info to help you troubleshoot. But it looks like im going to be buying another book for real administration purposes. Also the index in this book is terrible. This book is for someone who is at the beginner to intermediate level. Good luck

Wine Administrator's Handbook (M&T Books)

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A Very Nice Book but Some Inacuracies

Wine Administrator's Handbook (M&T Books)
Michele Petrovsky , and Tom Parkinson
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Wine Administrator's Handbook The Ultimate Shop Manual On-the-Job Wine Solutions Your Linux/Unix users want their Windows applications to stop crashing — immediately. Sound familiar? Wine Administrator's Handbook is the book that will bail you out — a one-stop nuts-and-bolts reference that puts real-world solutions at your fingertips. Superbly organized and packed with crystal-clear action steps, it's the one book you'll carry around and consult every day.

Customer Reviews:

A Very Nice Book but Some Inacuracies.......2000-05-05

This book is a really good reference. It includes a lot of information. Some section are a bit repetitive and make it look like the authors knew how to use the "Cut and Paste" function of their word processor.

The book also contains some information that is no longer true (ie: the backingstore option) but that's to be expected when a project is under active development.

Book Description

As X moves out of the hacker's domain and into the "real world," users can't be expected to master all the ins and outs of setting up and administering their own X software. That will increasingly become the domain of system administrators. Even for experienced system administrators, X raises many issues, both because of subtle changes in the standard UNIX way of doing things and because X blurs the boundaries between different platforms. Under X, users can run applications across the network on systems with different resources (including fonts, colors, and screen size). Many of these issues are poorly understood, and the technology for dealing with them is in rapid flux.

This book is the first and only book devoted to the issues of system administration for X and X-based networks, written not just for UNIX system administrators but for anyone faced with the job of administering X (including those running X on stand-alone workstations). The book includes:

An overview of X that focuses on issues that affect the system administrator's job.
Information on obtaining, compiling, and installing the X software, including a discussion of the trade-offs between vendor-supplied and the free MIT versions of X.
How to set up xdm, the X display manager, which takes the place of the login program under X and can be used to create a customized turnkey X session for each user.
How to set up user accounts under X (includes a comparison of the familiar shell setup files and programs to the new mechanisms provided by X).
Issues involved in making X more secure. X's security features are not strong, but an understanding of what features are available can be very important, since X makes it possible for users to intrude on each other in new and sometimes unexpected ways.
How fonts are used by X, including a description of the font server.
A discussion of the issues raised by running X on heterogenous networks.
How colors are managed under X and how to get the same colors across multiple devices with different hardware characteristics.
The administration issues involved in setting up and managing an X terminal.
How to use PC and Mac X servers to maximize reuse of existing hardware and convert outdated hardware into X terminals.
How to obtain and install additional public domain software and patches for X.
Covers features new in R5, including the font server and Xcms.

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Volume 8 : X Window System Administrator's Guide.......2001-04-10

I like it. Got what was i looking for with X window. Read it before getting it though.

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