From: brian@ora.com (Brian Erwin)
Subject: X Sys. Admin Guide
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Motorola Computer Group, Schaumburg, IL
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:26:19 GMT

O'REILLY & ASSOCIATES RELEASES FIRST X WINDOW SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S
GUIDE

SEBASTOPOL, CA -- As X moves out of the hacker's domain and into the
"real world," system administrators will increasingly be asked to
assist users who can't master all the ins and outs of setting up and
administering their own X software.  To assist them, or any but the
most naive users running X on their own machines, O'Reilly &
Associates announces the publication of THE X WINDOW SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE, the first and only book devoted to the issues
of system administration for X and X-based networks.  It is Volume 8
in O'Reilly's renowned X Window System series.
          According to publisher Tim O'Reilly, THE X WINDOW SYSTEM
ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE fills a unique need. "This is probably the area
of X that's showing the most demand right now.  X administration
seminars are mobbed because people are desperate for information.  A
book like this is especially important now that X is becoming
widespread on non-UNIX platforms."


"X Window System Administrator's Guide by Linda Mui and Eric Pearce
describes how to deal with all those pesky configuration files and
includes tips on building the MIT X source code.  The book replaces
gobs of poorly organized and inaccurate man pages."
                                     --Open Systems Today

          Written by Linda Mui and Eric Pearce, Volume 8 provides
authoritative support that clarifies the issues raised by X, including
the subtle changes in the standard UNIX way of doing things and the
blurriness caused by X crossing boundaries between different
platforms.  Under X, users can run applications across the network, on
systems with different servers than the applications were designed for
originally.  Many of these issues are poorly understood and the
technology for dealing with them is in rapid flux.
          The X WINDOW SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE helps overcome
these difficult or poorly understood issues by presenting:

* an overview of X that focuses on issues that affect the system
administrator's job, be they UNIX system administrators or anyone
faced with the job of administering X (including those running X on
stand-alone workstations);

* Information on obtaining, compiling, and installing X software,
including a discussion of the trade-offs between vendor-supplied and
the free MIT versions of X;

* how to use PC and Mac X servers to maximize reuse of existing
hardware and convert outdated hardware into X terminals;

* how to set up xdm, the X display manager, which takes the place of
the login program under X and can be used to create a customized
turnkey X session for each user;

* issues involved in making X more secure.  X's security features
aren't strong, but an understanding of what features are available can
be very important, since X makes it possible for users to intrude on
each other in new and sometimes unexpected ways;

* how fonts are used by X, including a description of the font server;

* how to obtain and install additional public domain software and
patches for X;

* covers features new in R5, including the font server and Xcms.

Linda Mui is a specialist in UNIX text processing tools.  She is
co-author of two other O'Reilly books, termcap and terminfo and Pick
BASIC.  Eric Pearce is an author and technical resource for O'Reilly &
Associates.

X WINDOW SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE 
by Linda Mui and Eric Pearce
372 pages
ISBN 0-937175-83-8
Price:  $29.95

     This and other O'Reilly books are available through bookstores or
directly from the publisher.  For a list of our overseas distributors
or US bookstores, FAX (707/829-0104), phone (707/829-0515 or
800/998-9938 in US or Canada), or write O'Reilly & Associates, 103
Morris St., Sebastopol, CA 95472, USA.
-- 
Brian Erwin, brian@ora.com
Public Relations, O'Reilly & Associates
103A Morris Street, Sebastopol CA 95472
707-829-0515, Fax 707-829-0104
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