From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 28 21:37:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE7C106564A for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:37:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from loonybomber@yahoo.com) Received: from web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.201.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CC1A68FC1C for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:37:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from loonybomber@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 48142 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Apr 2008 21:10:45 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=0jpAX9c9e63Sbp5keMEAt+q9jGKpZ5RCjO+0gCDLyLa9ufDd/aWkBgDjeoBHT3l8wyHoFU5YueVTh7scvGJs4ys8fnEeoGwJj5RdUwvlyVJUz6n1ZWdV3UWYTj8EOGGzmUuxKmJsmQKnOQ+0yoIl54m6Mog3USacfYIIwR73OiU=; X-YMail-OSG: jMWZXIEVM1nbyqMaqQYi2FhVepvQ_doXvDbZCV0nbqxmOuAsldrdofkqPTy7KjBi.5pWjzKpbQppXPu05TXHyL18eH3hDLeq4nhD Received: from [75.111.41.9] by web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:10:45 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/902.40 YahooMailWebService/0.7.185 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:10:45 -0700 (PDT) From: loony To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <357988.47182.qm@web31707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Subject: Recommendations for BSD Unix Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD & BSD Books X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:37:26 -0000 What are folks recommendations for the updated edition of BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD (Paperback)by Christopher Negus (Author), Francois Caen (Author)? Overall, Absolute FreeBSD boosted my confidence/competence but as my only printed Unix/Linux/BSD resource although it is not the "be one and end all" resource to FreeBSD as I was hoping for, particularly when it comes to slightly more advanced topics as building a production LAMP server. I have the budget for another book. I don't have access to a print version so I can really check it out before I buy. Has anyone found BSD UNIX useful, more than useless, or redundant? Is it organized and indexed well? Is a good read on the toilet or only when when your working on a box? Hasn't some other sys admin documented their commands really well and shared them? This recommendation would be for a FreeBSD novice user. If they didn't know how to script and had a choice between BSD UNIX Toolbox and a book about how to script, what would they be better off getting? On that note, does anyone have recommendations for a freebsd orientated beginners guide to scripting and using scripts to manage a freebsd box and common systems/services/daemons? loonybomber ________________________________ May the admins live long and prosper.