UNIX™ System Administration

An essential guide for anyone who owns or operates a UNIX system. The clear presentation and easy-to-follow style, make it suitable for the user who does not have a technical background. Professional system administrators will also find many valuable techniques.

UNIX System Administration begins with a system overview and then proceeds through setting up file systems, adding and removing users from the system, and improving security. Troubleshooting charts help the reader walk through typical system problems. Many ready.to.run programs are included to facilitate the administrator's job.

Using step-by-step guidelines for complex procedures, the book includes information on:

• making back-ups
• configuring systems
• writing shell programs
• connecting a printer, a terminal, and other devices
• communicating with other systems

1. The System Administrator's Overview of UNIX
2. Bringing Up the System
3. Checking the File System
4. Where Everything Is and How to Find It
5. Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
6. Shutting Down the System
7. Adding and Removing Users from the System
8. backups
9. Security
10. Terminals
11. Printers on the UNIX System
12. Modems and an Even Bigger World
13. Shell Programming
14. Assorted Administration Tips

1. Where to Learn More
2. Talking to the Outside World
3. A Typical UUCP Connection

A very good, basic book. Now outdated.