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Free online books on Linux system administration



See also:
Beginner's Linux | Linux Application Development | UNIX | FreeBSD | Common
Applications on UNIX-like Systems





Linux Network Administrator's Guide, 2nd Edition
Provide a single reference for beginner and experienced network
administrators.
Detail


Linux Newbie Administrator Guide
A complete reference for new Linux users who wish to set up and administer
their own Linux home computer, workstation and/or their home or small office
network.
Detail


Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition - A Hands on Guide
Discusses how to install and setup a Red Hat Linux Server with all the
necessary security and optimization for a high performance Linux specific
machine.
Detail


The Linux System Administrator's Guide
Describes the system administration aspects of using Linux. It is intended
for people who know next to nothing about system administration, but who
have already mastered at least the basics of normal usage.
Detail




Linux Network Administrator's Guide, 2nd Edition




Author(s) : Olaf Kirch and Terry Dawson
Publication date : Jul 2000
ISBN : 1-56592-400-2
Pages : 474
Publisher : O'Reilly & Associates
Free license : Open Publication License

Book description / review:
Linux Network Administrator's Guide was written to provide a single
reference for network administration in a Linux environment. Beginners and
experienced users alike should find the information they need to cover
nearly all important administration activities required to manage a Linux
network configuration.
It have been found that beginners to Linux networking, even those with no
prior exposure to Unix-like operating systems, have found this book good
enough to help them successfully get their Linux network configurations up
and running and get them ready to learn more.

Other reviews:
Amazon.com - Average customer rating:

"Strangely, the authors have retained much material on core technologies of
diminishing importance in the era of small ISP-connected networks ..."


  View/Download 
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/index.html




Linux Newbie Administrator Guide




Author(s) : Stan, Peter and Marie Klimas
Publication date : 2002
Free license : Open Publication License with modification

Book description / review:
Linux Newbie Administrator Guide is a complete reference for new Linux users
who wish to set up and administer their own Linux home computer, workstation
and/or their home or small office network. It is meant to be simple, with
just sufficient detail, and always supported with a readily usable example.
The topic ranges from Linux installation to some more advanced and useful
commands/tools.

  View/Download 
http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/
(also available in Portuguese and Chinese)




Securing and Optimizing Linux: RedHat Edition - A Hands on Guide




Author(s) : Gerhard Mourani
Publication date : 2000

Book description / review:
Securing and Optimizing Linux is intended for a target audience of technical
and system administrators who manage Linux servers, and it also includes
enough material for home users and others.

It discusses how to install and setup a Red Hat Linux Server with all the
necessary security and optimization for a high performance Linux specific
machine. Since the topics are optimization and security configuration, this
book had used only source distribution (tar.gz) programs; the most available
type for critical server software, like Apache, BIND/DNS, Samba, Squid,
OpenSSL etc. Source packages give fast upgrades, security updates when
necessary, and a better compilation, customization, and optimization option
for specific machines that often can't have with RPM packages.

Depending of your level of knowledge in Linux, you can read this book from
the start to finish or each chapter which may be of interest to you. Each
chapter and section of this book appears in a manner that let you read only
the relevant parts of your interest without the need to schedule a couple of
day's reading.

Note: You are required to have a CD-ROM drive on your computer and the
Official Red Hat Linux CD-ROM. Installations were tested on the Official Red
Hat Linux version 6.1 and 6.2. You should understand the hardware system on
which the operating system will be installed.

  View/Download 
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/solrhe/Securing-Optimizing-Linux-RH-Edition-v1.3/




The Linux System Administrator's Guide




Author(s) : Lars Wirzenius, Joanna Oja and Stephen Stafford
Publication date : 2000
Free license : GNU Free Documentation License

Book description / review:
The Linux System Administrator's Guide, describes the system administration
aspects of using Linux. It is intended for people who know next to nothing
about system administration (those saying "what is it?"), but who have
already mastered at least the basics of normal usage. This manual doesn't
tell you how to install Linux; that is described in the Installation and
Getting Started document.
System administration covers all the things that you have to do to keep a
computer system in usable order. It includes things like backing up files
(and restoring them if necessary), installing new programs, creating
accounts for users (and deleting them when no longer needed), making certain
that the filesystem is not corrupted, and so on.
The structure of this manual is such that many of the chapters should be
usable independently, so if you need information about backups, for example,
you can read just that chapter. However, this manual is first and foremost a
tutorial and can be read sequentially or as a whole.

  View/Download 
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/




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