Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook
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- Author：Evi Nemeth
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"As an author， editor， and publisher， I never paid much attention to the competition--except in a few cases。 This is one of those cases。 The UNIX System Administration Handbook is one of the few books we ever measured ourselves against。" --Tim O'Reilly， founder of O'Reilly Media "This edition is for those whose systems live in the cloud or in virtualized data centers; those whose administrative work largely takes the form of automation and configuration source code; those who collaborate closely with developers， network engineers， compliance officers， and all the other worker bees who inhabit the modern hive。" --Paul Vixie， Internet Hall of Fame-recognized innovator and founder of ISC and Farsight Security "This book is fun and functional as a desktop reference。 If you use UNIX and Linux systems， you need this book in your short-reach library。 It covers a bit of the systems' history but doesn't bloviate。 It's just straight-forward information delivered in a colorful and memorable fashion。" --Jason A。 Nunnelley
UNIX（R） and Linux（R） System Administration Handbook， Fifth Edition，
is today's definitive guide to installing， configuring， and maintaining any UNIX or Linux system， including systems that supply core Internet and cloud infrastructure。 Updated for new distributions and cloud environments， this comprehensive guide covers best practices for every facet of system administration， including storage management， network design and administration， security， web hosting， automation， configuration management， performance analysis， virtualization， DNS， security， and the management of IT service organizations。 The authors--world-class， hands-on technologists--offer indispensable new coverage of cloud platforms， the DevOps philosophy， continuous deployment， containerization， monitoring， and many other essential topics。 Whatever your role in running systems and networks built on UNIX or Linux， this conversational， well-written �guide will improve your efficiency and help solve your knottiest problems。
Reviews
Asher Manangan
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All in one
Arnold Wentholt
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When I needed to decide whether I would purchase this book， I opened it on a random page。 The first phrase I read was: "loader is a scripting environment， and the scripting language is Forth"。 The footnote stated "This is a remarkable and interesting fact if you're a historian of programming languages， and unimportant otherwise"。 Yes， I thought， this is it！ These are people that know how to write！Authors and me， reader， are on the same page as to what is needed in a Unix/Linux book。 I don't want When I needed to decide whether I would purchase this book， I opened it on a random page。 The first phrase I read was: "loader is a scripting environment， and the scripting language is Forth"。 The footnote stated "This is a remarkable and interesting fact if you're a historian of programming languages， and unimportant otherwise"。 Yes， I thought， this is it！ These are people that know how to write！Authors and me， reader， are on the same page as to what is needed in a Unix/Linux book。 I don't want to see many similar step-by-step installation instructions。 I don't like diagrams in which identical arrows can have multiple different and unexplained meanings。 This book doesn't contain fuzzy diagrams （hardly any diagrams at all）！ It is extremely well written， respects you as a reader， and is chock full of things you need to know if you are a Linux/Unix administrator。 If you， like me， just want to spend your time well， then this book is is also for you。In first instance， I thought this book was about Linux/Unix only。 This is what many people may think， based on its title， but it is not true。 This book also contains lessons of life about respect， friendship and loyalty。 I'd like to view this book as a source of wisdom。 I would like to say "Try it yourself。 See how it works。" 。。。more
Joker
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Książkę czytałem 3 miesiące。 Jest bardzo szczegółowa， co ma swoje plusy （wszystko w jednym miejscu） i minusy （jest trochę nużąca）。 Opis najważniejszych commend w linuxie i BSD to temat przewodni większości rozdziałów （31）。 Są też sieci， bezpieczeństwo， filozofia devops i nawet jak zaprojektować serwerownie łącznie z wzorami。
J。 Pablo
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I was very pleasantly surprised by the contents of this book （my expectations were low though*）。 The content of this book is mostly focused on CentOS， RHEL， Ubuntu， Debian and FreeBSD with casual mentions of other Unixes for historical context or when it's particularly relevant （ZFS was created for Solaris for example， so talking about Solaris in the context of ZFS makes sense）。 I found the pragmatism of the description of the Unix landscape very positive and reassuring。 It would say things like I was very pleasantly surprised by the contents of this book （my expectations were low though*）。 The content of this book is mostly focused on CentOS， RHEL， Ubuntu， Debian and FreeBSD with casual mentions of other Unixes for historical context or when it's particularly relevant （ZFS was created for Solaris for example， so talking about Solaris in the context of ZFS makes sense）。 I found the pragmatism of the description of the Unix landscape very positive and reassuring。 It would say things like "X is the same in all Unixes"， "Y is the present in all BSDs but not in Linux"， "Z is only on Linux， except for that one distro"， it even acknowledges that Microsoft Windows exists a few times *sarcastic gasp*。I learned a lot with this book and I wished I have read it years ago。 Some of the tools it teaches were completely new to be but they been around since the days of Unix System V。 I'm looking forward to putting this knowledge to use at my next gig。 Some of the chapters were surprising because it wasn't exclusively about Unix， for example it covers physical networking， datacenters， policies， etc。 This is background information that is generally necessary for a Unix sysadmin to know so it's coverage is very welcome。* Generally when people say "Unix" it comes close to statements such as "BSD and System V were real Unixes， Linux is not" and recommend things like ripping out new software that is common to replace it with simpler older techniques。 。。。more
Reinis Bekeris
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Wow， just wow！！！ My current favourite book on a technical subject。As the single greatest addition to my programming/IT library， this book will be placed somewhere in arms length as a weapon of choice for any sysadmin challenge。
Hongjb
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All parts of the book end with a brief introduction or brief example。 This book may be suitable for the purpose of exploring a variety of things， but the structure of the content is cluttered and not detailed。
Daniel
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This is the Bible
Tolga Karahan
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I didn't completely read this book， rather I'm using it as a reference。 When I wonder something about Linux and system administration I refer to this book。 Sometimes I choose a topic which draws my attention from its content and learn it from this book。 Its content is abundant and has interesting topics。 It has clear， succinct explanations and reading them is a great joy。 I didn't completely read this book， rather I'm using it as a reference。 When I wonder something about Linux and system administration I refer to this book。 Sometimes I choose a topic which draws my attention from its content and learn it from this book。 Its content is abundant and has interesting topics。 It has clear， succinct explanations and reading them is a great joy。 。。。more
Craig Nuzzo
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The must-read for any SysAdmin or IT Operations person。
KerbenII
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A very well-written book， rich in both knowledge and humour。 While reading it I made over 500 pages of notes。
Vincent
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This entire book could be replaced with the sentence "Google it"。Yeah yeah I know when it was first published it was probably very useful。 This entire book could be replaced with the sentence "Google it"。Yeah yeah I know when it was first published it was probably very useful。 。。。more
Paul
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This is a book that brought me to my profession， to my identity， to what I am。 I am a system administrator （DevOps/SRE， call as you like it） for last 16 years。 This book is ideal handbook for all xNIX sysadmins。 Must read。
Abhishek Jaisingh
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A long hard read， touches a large number of topics that one may encounter in a career in Computer Science without going into too much detail。 A must read to get a quick overview of concepts ranging from basic linux fundamentals to VMs & Containers。
Pierfrancesco Aiello
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The book is a collection of pointers about a topic （each topic being a chapter， like configuration management）。 Each chapter exposes an overview of a topic， plus some good hints formalized from experience and then provides a list of books to read to go in depth in the topic。
Koleś
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Glad that this book is up to date， with new editions that contain information on things like Cloud computing， containers， devops， but also still about basics like performance tuning， logging， monitoring。
Dmitry
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Fine， but a bit outdated book for starting linux administrators。
Mykhaylo Khodorev
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Very useful book for any *nix world beginner and intermediate user willing to get better understanding of what's going on Very useful book for any *nix world beginner and intermediate user willing to get better understanding of what's going on 。。。more
Helen Mary Labao Barrameda
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It took me three months and my whole Goodreads reading list had to be adjusted to accommodate this mammoth resource but every single day was worth it！ I am overflowing with superlatives for this book。 I hardly skipped any sections。 It was just loaded with the comprehensive information on system administration。 It has definitely upgraded me from a complete Linux hobbyist and monkey into a fairly competent IT-savvy professional。 I see myself keeping this book in my Kindle device as some sort of re It took me three months and my whole Goodreads reading list had to be adjusted to accommodate this mammoth resource but every single day was worth it！ I am overflowing with superlatives for this book。 I hardly skipped any sections。 It was just loaded with the comprehensive information on system administration。 It has definitely upgraded me from a complete Linux hobbyist and monkey into a fairly competent IT-savvy professional。 I see myself keeping this book in my Kindle device as some sort of ready reference for things I am doing now。 It's incredibly useful。 If you are a career shifter to the IT industry and you need a primer and you are surrounded by sysadmins who cannot tell you the whole body of knowledge during training， let this book walk you through。 It has substance， humor， and the perfect list of DevOps and sys ad topics that can catapult your knowledge of Unix and Linux。 。。。more
Craig
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Great resource。 I need to buy this one as a go to reference
Vladimirs Kotovs
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Solid Linux administration material covering all possible aspects
Ashish Kumar
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Best guide book ever written。This is the bible for System Administration。
Tim O'Hearn
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I read this book cover to cover and skimmed very little。 My goal in reading this book was to sharpen my Linux skills and it helped me do exactly that。 Though this book enjoys high average ratings everywhere it appears， I stayed away from it thinking that it would be filled with mundane tutorials on how to set up printers and plug in keyboards。 It turned out to be a comprehensive and fun overview of Linux from the viewpoint of a System Administrator。 I mean it when I say it's fun--the authors' se I read this book cover to cover and skimmed very little。 My goal in reading this book was to sharpen my Linux skills and it helped me do exactly that。 Though this book enjoys high average ratings everywhere it appears， I stayed away from it thinking that it would be filled with mundane tutorials on how to set up printers and plug in keyboards。 It turned out to be a comprehensive and fun overview of Linux from the viewpoint of a System Administrator。 I mean it when I say it's fun--the authors' senses of humor and inclusion of their own personal experiences make the read less of a trudge than it could be。 Many recent grads， such as myself， suffer from having very little Linux training which can result in fundamental misunderstandings and derailed progress。 This book， whether used as a reference， introduction， or a paperweight conveying that you know Linux， is worth purchasing。See this review and others on my blog 。。。more
Vincenzo De Sanctis
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The best IT book I've never read！ The best IT book I've never read！ 。。。more
Khajornyuth Tonpuban
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Good for First Linux AdminThis is book for first step for Linux Administrator and to advance step。It is help me for very well。
Dmytro Shteflyuk
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A pretty long book about everything about *nix。 A little bit outdated， but most of the stuff is still relevant。 Keep in mind that it does not go into details， instead， you will get a general overview and some basic understanding of all the systems （it looks like the book is touching everything admin-related you can imagine） and practices， but then you will have to find another source for the juicier stuff。Have to admit I skipped probably a half of the book – all non-Linux stuff （AIX， HP-UX？ wow， A pretty long book about everything about *nix。 A little bit outdated， but most of the stuff is still relevant。 Keep in mind that it does not go into details， instead， you will get a general overview and some basic understanding of all the systems （it looks like the book is touching everything admin-related you can imagine） and practices， but then you will have to find another source for the juicier stuff。Have to admit I skipped probably a half of the book – all non-Linux stuff （AIX， HP-UX？ wow， haven't seen you guys in a while）， along with some random chapters like "Printing"。 。。。more
Tony Poerio
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If you spend all day ssh'd into Linux machines， this is the book you need。 Nemeth and team did it first， and they did it best。 Don't waste your time on other UNIX books。 If you spend all day ssh'd into Linux machines， this is the book you need。 Nemeth and team did it first， and they did it best。 Don't waste your time on other UNIX books。 。。。more
Malcolm
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So you have to work with UNIX， huh？Get this book。 Shhh。。。 no。。。 don't talk any more 。。。 I was installing UNIX systems back before you were born。Get THIS book。 So you have to work with UNIX， huh？Get this book。 Shhh。。。 no。。。 don't talk any more 。。。 I was installing UNIX systems back before you were born。Get THIS book。 。。。more
Leni Kadali
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Was a fantastic read。 Needs to be updated though。 But it's a great， great book。 A classic in every sense of the word。 Was a fantastic read。 Needs to be updated though。 But it's a great， great book。 A classic in every sense of the word。 。。。more
Igor
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Excellent and practical handbook full of examples。 I use this book as reference quite often， because it have a good structure and gives me a big picture of a subject。
Kaixi Luo
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