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From: jagnew@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (H. Jared Agnew)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Also, Unix system admin guide for beginner
Date: 26 Sep 1996 13:23:32 -0400
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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   Phillip,

  You will want to get a copy of one of OR=="O'Reilly"'s books.  There are many 
books pertaining to UNIX and its bits and pieces.

For the basic's there is a book named
  : Learning the UNIX Operating System.
  : 3rd Edition August 1993
  : 1-56592-060-0, Order Number: 0600
  : 108 pages, $9.95

For admin 
  : Essential System Administration
  : 2nd Edition September 1995
  : 1-56592-127-5, Order Number: 1275
  : 788 pages, $32.95 
  
The ESA book is extreamly good, I have a copy and it is extreamly worn, I use
it all the time.  The first book is a basic over view.

Good luck.

---  Jared
--jared@vt.edu

Anomaly (Anomaly@bga.com) wrote:
: Also, while I have used unix for several years now, I have never 
: actually tried to set it up as a system, configure it etc. I am just 
: doing it as a learning experience. Can anyone recommend a Unix system 
: administrator's guide that can help in setting things up and get 
: everything up and running. I am not really looking for a huge 
: information source, just something that can at least help me with the 
: basics [general system security, setting up accounts, adding new 
: devices, what files control what, etc.].

: Phillip Smith
: Anomaly@bga.com