System and Network Administration

Unix system administration is a complicated topic in its own right. In these days of single-user workstations, even regular users also have to understand basic system administration tasks. Besides managing the system (users, filesystems, accounting), administrators also have to understand TCP/IP network administration.

  1. UNIX System Administration Handbook, Third Edition, Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent R. Hein. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA, 2000. ISBN 0-13-020601-6.

  2. Linux Administration Handbook, Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, and Trent R. Hein. Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA, 2002. ISBN 0-13-008466-2.

    A revision of the previous book focused on GNU/Linux.

  3. Essential System Administration, Third Edition, Æleen Frisch. O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, USA, 2002. ISBN 0-596-00343-9.

  4. DNS and BIND, Fouth Edition, Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu. O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, USA, 2001. ISBN 0-596-00158-4.

  5. TCP/IP Network Administration, Third Edition, Craig Hunt. O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, USA, 2002. ISBN 0-596-00297-1.

  6. Linux Network Administrator’s Guide, Third Edition, Tony Bautts, Terry Dawson, and Gregor N. Purdy. O’Reilly Media, Inc. Sebastopol, CA, USA, 2005. ISBN 0-596-00548-2.

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