Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 16:26:07 +0100 (MET) From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> To: softweyr@xmission.com (Wes Peters) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD Questions) Subject: Re: question Message-ID: <199611271526.QAA02507@freebie.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199611250350.UAA00387@obie.softweyr.com> from Wes Peters at "Nov 24, 96 08:50:55 pm"
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Wes Peters writes: >> I got another hard drive to make freebsd more at home, got it installed, >> got it configured to unix, got the basic config installed. Now it will >> not take my password. Do I have to reinstall. >> >> Also what might you suggest for a quuick study on unix? I got the Walnut >> creek freebsd book, and the Unix Guide for Idiots (HA!). > > Suggestion: don't buy an Idiot's Guide unless you're an Idiot. It's not that bad. But the other ones you suggest are better. > My first suggestion is always _Essential System Administration_, > AEleen Frisch, O'Reilly and Associates: ISBN 0-937175-80-3. Let's > face it, now that you're running FreeBSD on your computer, you've been > promoted to UNIX system administrator whether you wanted it or not. > The Nemeth, Seebass, et al system administration book has been > recommended to me by people I trust, I've never really needed anything > beyond the O'Reilly book. I have both, and Nemeth and Co. is the one I use. > If you're going to be administering a TCP/IP network as well, you'll > need _TCP/IP Network Administration_, Craig Hunt, O'Reilly and > Associates: ISBN 0-037175-82-X. For more detailed networking, their > books on both _DNS and BIND_ and _NFS and NIS_ are invaluable. The > first will certainly get you off the ground. If you take Wes' advice, check DNS and BIND before you buy. It goes into *lots* of detail, and there's already quite a good treatment of DNS in TCP/IP Network Admin. >> From a programming standpoint, see: _Advanced Programming in the UNIX > Environment_, W. Richard Stevens, Addison-Wesley: ISBN 0-201-56317-7. > Mr. Stevens also penned an excellent book on UNIX Network Programming, > and the seminal (currently) 3-volume series _TCP/IP Illustrated_, both > also published by Addison-Wesley. Richard uses FreeBSD to illustrate > advanced topics in TCP/IP development; quite a testimony to the > reliability of the networking implementation, I'd say. ;^) All heartily endorsed. Rich Stevens *used* to use BSD/OS. Greg
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