Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 16:00:26 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WinXP administration guide for unix guru Message-ID: <BA12D43056C6740F0FD3761A@Paul-Schmehls-Computer.local> In-Reply-To: <0ILK009VC0K1DD6B@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> References: <0ILK009VC0K1DD6B@vms042.mailsrvcs.net>
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--On August 20, 2005 6:02:18 PM -1000 Kent Hauser <kent.hauser@verizon.net> wrote: > > I've been a Unix sysadmin (SunOS 3.x, 4.x, Solaris, FreeBSD) for 15 > years, but am now being forced to learn how to run a collection of XP > boxes. > > Can anyone recommend a book which explains this confusing beast? I'm > talking about a book which explains where things are put (equiv of > /var/mail, /etc/passwd, /etc/rc.conf), where application data is stored, > how printers, disks, etc are shared, how to book in "fixit disk" mode, > how to > backup/restore, how to configure swap space. And also questions like why > XP is "professional", etc. > First I'll say a prayer for you. Having been a long time Windows expert and now a competent journeyman on *nix, I can tell you that your learning curve will be high. I'm afraid I don't know any books that I can recommend. I can tell you that your biggest frustration will be the strong emphasis on the GUI for management and the almost complete lack of the tools you're used to using (find, grep, awk, sed, cut, tail, vi, etc.) Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/
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