[ Thanks to Carlie
for this link. ]
“This book provides all the steps needed for Microsoft Windows
system administrators to integrate Linux servers into their
existing environment. It covering topics from how to set up a Linux
system for file and print sharing all the way to authenticating
users on the network to a dial up access server. The author, Dustin
Puryear, is a system administrator who manages Linux, SCO
OpenServer and Windows NT servers. The book covers the fundamentals
of the Linux operating system so no prior knowledge of Linux is
required.”
“The first chapter provides information into the inner workings
of the system with plenty of detail to help grasp the concepts
described. The text starts out with an overview of Linux and other
operating systems. It points out the difference in UNIX and Linux.
The advantages and disadvantages of Microsoft Windows and Linux
operating systems are summarized. The second chapter provides
readers with a basic understanding of the command line interface
and other basic command line utilities provided by the GNU Project.
The first part of this chapter goes into shell programming. For
Linux and UNIX system administrators shell programming is a
necessity. Chapter three covers the basics of system
administration. The commands used by administrators to manage user
accounts are covered using the adduser, usermod and userdel
commands. The creation of disk partitions is shown using the fdisk
utility. While most distributions will have a front end GUI that
will help in the creation of your partitions, fdisk provides more
control over the creation of those partitions. The process of
maintaining file systems (mounting, checking, and repairing) is
also covered. This chapter describes how to set up your network
using a number of command line tools: ifconfig, route, and testing
using ping. It also shows how to set up print services using the
line printer daemon and the basics of creating a new kernel for
your system. The chapter wraps up with the Linux boot loader
LILO.”
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