Help learning Linux

[Derek Martin]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 01:47:42PM -0800, Todd Posey wrote:
> I can say that a long term goal of mine is to learn how to
> administer a file server.  Before I can do that, I need to learn the
> basics.  Security will definity be an issue to consider with a file
> server.

Excellent!  Go immediately to your nearest techie book store, and pick
up a copy of Evi Nemeth's "Linux Administrator's Guide" and read it
from cover to cover.  The first few chapters will teach you the
basics, and the later stuff will teach you all about server
administration.  I've read all editions of the book since her 2nd
edition of the Unix System Administrator's Guide, and I learned a lot
of what I know about managing Unix/Linux servers from Evi and her
merry band of cohorts.

> I do know that if you arn't learning the command line, you arn't
> really learning Linux.  So that is a good place to start.

The documentation that comes with the Red Hat CDs is also really good
for this.  Any Unix primer will probably be good for this.  Linux
Unleashed might not be bad, but it's been about 7 years since I've
looked at it.  In college I had a great book for learning to
manipulate the Unix command line, but it's out of print and I lent my
copy to a coworker who never returned it... :-(

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