Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:50:34 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended reading: FreeBSD for production server use Message-ID: <20030719052034.GN11810@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200307161242.21245.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> References: <AD31C7ED267AD411B55500D0B781E33D065CCAC7@il33exm02.wes.mot.com> <200307161242.21245.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>
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--gWRamliw218YCZO9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 16 July 2003 at 12:42:21 -0700, Johnson David wrote: > >> I too am looking for a resource which would tell me what the day to >> day tasks are for administering a system. What logs do I need to >> look in, what files do I need to clean, etc... I find a lot of books >> on administration and all talk about tools to be used, but I would >> also like to know what kind of schedule, files, need to be looked at >> regularly. That is where administration rubber meets the road. > > Try "Unix System Administration", from O'Reilly. It's a huge book but > it's very readable and covers FreeBSD. But it's not a "cookbook", in > that it won't give you recipes for success. You will need to apply the > principles you've learned by yourself. After all, every system is > different. Most people I know have a better opinion of "UNIX System Administration Handbook" by Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass and Hein, published by Prentice Hall. It covers an older version of FreeBSD, but a lot of the material is still very relevant. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --gWRamliw218YCZO9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/GNUiIubykFB6QiMRAthnAJ9EJxduhWvAHb+FsDJ5MkmrGy7IYQCgizde qvjdoZOa/duM6sKDjcru71k= =UMLD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gWRamliw218YCZO9--
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