Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed
- ISBN13: 9780672328923
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
This comprehensive guide can help you administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 effectively in any production environment, no matter how complex or challenging. Long-time Red Hat insider Tammy Fox brings together today’s best practices for the entire system lifecycle, from planning and deployment through maintenance and troubleshooting. Fox shows how to maximize your efficiency and effectiveness by automating day-to-day maintenance through scripting, deploy… More >>
about 5 months ago
I was so excited to see this book come out that I bought it immediately! Then, I read it. Wow. It completely leaves out any detail or mention of major items that are different than the previuos version of Red Hat. For instance, it does not even mention telnet. It doesn’t mention XDMCP protocal at all. (So how does one connect to xwindows on Red Hat 5? NO IDEA, because it’s different than Red Hat 4, and the author doesn’t even mention it in this book.) Hard to believe. I could go on for another 10 pages on what is missing in this book, but then I would have wasted more valuable time, (that I’m trying to recoop from reading this… “book.”)
Rating: 1 / 5
about 5 months ago
Advanced computer library holdings catering to programmers and professionals need Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed: it provides administrators with keys to using Red Hat in any production environment and comes from the technical leader of Red Hat’s documentation group, so it’s coming from a creator, not just a programmer. Best practices for the entire system lifecycle covers planning, deployment and troubleshooting and packs in a range of tips and applications essential to successful Red Hat strategies.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Rating: 5 / 5
about 5 months ago
This is a RHEL5 book that is looking forward, not back. You really shouldn’t be using telnet in 2007 (except maybe to connect to some old equipment); X11 forwarding is covered in the chapter about OpenSSH. What’s I’m excited about are the new features: NFSv4 (better security and static ports!), provisioning servers with RHN and kickstart, Oprofile, SELinux, auditd, etc. By the way, the author works for Red Hat and is very active in these technologies. I do wish there was less general linux information in this book since that is heavily covered by other excellect publications.
Rating: 4 / 5
about 5 months ago
I bought this book as a desktop reference, but so far have been greatly disappointed. Every section I have read has been missing critical information, and the examples are so bare-bones as to be almost useless. You can follow the instructions to the letter, but you’ll still find yourself scouring the internet for the missing information. The worst section I have come across is the NFS setup, which dedicates TWO pages to configuring NFS via command line and is missing all the pre-configuration necessary to make it work. Might be an okay book if you’re already well-versed in RHEL, but if you’re expecting comprehensive info, go elsewhere.
Rating: 2 / 5
about 5 months ago
When I got an alert on this book when it was first available I jumped on buying it. Frankly, it fell severely short of expectations. Maybe I presumed there would be more in an unleashed book than what was found between these pages.
Rating: 1 / 5