[Suns-at-Home] Solaris system administration books

[Dan Miller]

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>Message: 2
>Subject: RE: [Suns-at-Home] Recommend book on Solaris Administration..
>Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 09:18:04 +0200
>From: "Lewis, Benjamin \(Ben\)" <blewis3@lucent.com>
>To: <suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com>
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>>What is a really good book to have for someone who is a Unix user but
>would like to really learn Unix administration?
>
>Hello Mike
>
>The best book I have found which describes the tasks of UNIX
>administration is the "UNIX System Administration Handbook" by Evi
>Nemeth, Gareth Snyder, Scoot Seebass, Trent Hein ISBN 0-13-020601-6.
>

This is an excellent book. I have used it(both the 2nd and 3rd 
editions) to teach courses in Solaris system administration over the 
past 7 years. It has been very well received by my students.

The third edition is getting somewhat old, so I tried "Essential 
System Administration" by AEleen Frisch ISBN 0-596-00343-9 for the 
class this past summer. I think that this book does a better job of 
starting at the beginning, and then taking the new sysadm through 
intermediate and then expert subjects.

It's hard to fault anything in "UNIX System Administration Handbook", 
but it is actually a reference book for the experienced Unix person.
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