Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide, Fifth Edition
- ISBN13: 9780071545884
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Administer Any Linux Distribution with EaseFully updated for the most current Linux distributions, Linux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide, Fifth Edition, shows you how to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux on a single server or an entire network. Get full details on granting user rights and permissions, configuring software and hardware, providing Internet and intranet services, and customizing Linux kernel 2.6. You’ll also learn how to get … More >>
about 5 months ago
I’m an instructor at a junior college and I used this book because it is a good book for beginning administration, except for it lacks anything on compiling the kernel, and it came with Red Hat 7.0 on 1 CD. Well, 8 out of 10 CD’s my students purchased had a bad CD or Red Hat 7.0 couldn’t handle the Compaq Deskpros (P300MMX 128Mb-mem ATI-Mach64-2mb-video w/IDE HD’s) in my class. Eleven minutes into the installation the PC hung. I lean towards blaming the CD because we could identify a few CD’s that installed fine but most would not, plus other download and publisher editions of Red Hat 7 installed fine, and Red Hat 6.2 publisher edition installed fine. One student pinned it down to a currupted RPM file but I lost the note where I had it named. The book is fine but be prepared to purchase Linux elsewhere. I won’t be using this book anymore unless a new edition comes out with Red Hat 7.1 or higher and it includes kernel compiling info.
Rating: 1 / 5
about 5 months ago
I havent gotten much use out of it yet but it did have a definition i was looking for.
Rating: 3 / 5
about 5 months ago
The product was in A one shape,it took four days to receive. I give them five stars.
Rating: 5 / 5
about 5 months ago
Yes this book is for begginers and really helps me a lot to setup my own Server. However the author is trying to go beyond the basic by including in the table of contents some security/firewall stuffs like SATAN, COPS etc but when you look inside the pages, you will not learn anything about it but references to where you can get those info. It would have been best if they included those stuff since they mentioned that in the table of contents anyways and that security/firewall is a hot issue these days. Hope that was not done on purpose for marketing gains.
Rating: 3 / 5
about 5 months ago
ThIS BOOK IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS. THE TITLE IS VERY MISLEADING, but good for marketing purposes. I didn’t realize until after my purchase that it is for those already familiar with Microsoft Windows Servers at a “Power Users” level or better. While I do believe it is a good book, the author should change the title. If you are not at least a “Power User” of Microsoft Windows Servers, spend your money on a book that would more effectively INTRODUCE you to Linux Administration. Thank God, I’m an advanced/power user!
Rating: 2 / 5