Chapter 5. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION: MANAGING USERS
No sophisticated operating system can run itself without some human intervention, whether it's Windows, Mac OS, or Unix. If you use a multiuser Unix system, someone no doubt is performing the necessary system administration tasks. You might be able to ignore the proverbial "man behind the curtain" who is managing and maintaining everything, or you might well be the All Powerful Oz yourself, the person who pulls the levers and pushes the buttons to keep the system running. Even if you have a single-user system, like a Linux or Mac OS X system, there are system administration tasks that you should be performing, whether you realize it or not.
Fortunately, streamlining life for Unix system administrators ...
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