The complete systems administrator
By: Curt Freeland and Dwight McKay.
Contributors: McKay, Dwight.
Publisher: Delmar/Thomson Learning
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Australia; Albany, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 876
Subjects: Computer systems -- Management.; Operating systems (Computers)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I. Background and basic training; title: 1. An introduction to system administration; title: 2. Operating system terminology, concepts, and history; title: 3. Fundamental system administration tools; title: Part II. System installation and configuration tasks; title: 4. Booting and halting; title: 5. Installing an operating system; title: 6. Managing system software; title: 7. System devices; title: 8. Disks and file systems; title: 9. Serial devices; title: Part III. System management tasks; title: 10. User accounts; title: 11. Managing local system security; title: 12. Disk and file system maintenance; title: 13. System backups and disaster recovery; title: 14. Managing printers; title: Part IV. Network configuration tasks; title: 15. Overview of networking; title: 16. Network configuration and management; title: 17. Network security; title: Part V. Network service tasks; title: 18. Network file sharing; title: 19. Automating file sharing; title: 20. Network name services; title: 21. Web services; title: 22. Electronic mail; title: Part VI. Advanced system management tasks; title: 23. Automating administrative tasks; title: 24. Performance analysis.