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From: edb_tom@debet.nhh.no (Tom Ivar Helbekkmo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Book for system administrator
Message-ID: <1994Nov18.155328.2704@debet>
Date: 18 Nov 94 15:53:28 MET
References: <3ahbrg$4cu@ocean.CAM.ORG>
Organization: Norwegian School of Economics
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In article <3ahbrg$4cu@ocean.CAM.ORG>, protec@CAM.ORG (Ngo Tong) writes:
>    Did anybody know a good book for system administrator ?  Please
> give me the reference.  Thank you.

The best I've had the good fortune to come across is:

	Nemeth, Snyder and Seebass:
	Unix System Administration Handbook
	ISBN 0-13-933441-6

I bought it when I was given responsibility for the running of a small
group of Ultrix systems, and it very quickly got to the point where the
book had a permanent place next to my keyboard, and I only ever
consulted the Ultrix manuals when I wanted to check for Ultrix-specific
quirks and changes.

A great piece of work -- I warmly recommend it for beginners, and also
feel that you need to be a very experienced administrator for buying
this book to be a waste of money.

Anyone know if there's an update planned that's adjusted for 4.4BSD?

-tih