Unix Advanced

Description

If you've mastered the flavors, commands, and technical jargon surrounding Unix, are comfortable working from within the command line, and are now
itching to take your Unix skills to the next level, this is the place to start! Using a task-based teaching style and easy visual approach, author Chris Herborth does more than just enumerate commands here. In these pages, he shows you how to combine and synthesize those commands to take full advantage of all of Unix's functionality. The focus here is on Unix security, networking, and system administration. By the time you reach the end of this volume, you'll be solving problems and administering systems
competently--in short, tapping all of Unix's power.

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If you've mastered the flavors, commands, and technical jargon surrounding Unix, are comfortable working from within the command line, and are now
itching to take your Unix skills to the next level, this is the place to start! Using a task-based teaching style and easy visual approach, author Chris Herborth does more than just enumerate commands here. In these pages, he shows you how to combine and synthesize those commands to take full advantage of all of Unix's functionality. The focus here is on Unix security, networking, and system administration. By the time you reach the end of this volume, you'll be solving problems and administering systems
competently--in short, tapping all of Unix's power.

Contents

Features

• Proven learning format—Takes student to the next level—advanced features that will make Unix users into Unix administrators.

• Focus on advanced security, networking, and Xwindows, Unix administration, and troubleshooting.

• Step-by-Step with numbered, easy-to-follow instructions.

• Visual Reference—Plenty of screen shots illustrate the step-by-step instructions.

• Quick Reference Tabs—Tabs on each page identify the task.

• Shaded sidebars and tips.

• Industry-leading authors who also wrote the bestselling beginning level “Unix, Second Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide.”

Author

Chris Herborth is an award-winning senior technical writer with over ten years of experience in the field of technology, with a background in operating systems, programming, and other diverse areas. A technical editor and contributor to the BeOS Bible (Peachpit Press, 1999) Chris has written technical documentation for microkernels, operating systems, GUI applications, command-line utilities, online help systems, Web sites, and many other projects.