Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 02:03:54 +0900 (JST) From: Arizona Coyote <coyote@ratbert.aisol.net> To: Paul Griffith <paulg@interlog.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Unix System Admin Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.970916020002.27369B-100000@ratbert> In-Reply-To: <19970915073539.17942@toth.hq.ferg.com>
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Hi,
I couldn't help but second Branson's well-given advice.
On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Branson Matheson wrote:
> I would start to purchase, read, and use the ora books. DNS and Bind,
> NFS and NIS, Perl, and the others... use them as reference. Load a
> free unix at home and work with it.. I have known MANY success
> stories for people that started learning at home and now run a
> multimillion dollar company. I am one.
>
> One other suggestion, and mabey get this book first, Unix System
> Adminstration Handbook, fondly called the Red Book. By Nemeth,
> Snyder, Seebass, and Hein. Well worth it's weight in gold. Good luck!
A serious UNIX SA will have a large library of O'Reilly books. A good
book to start with is _Essential System Administration_ by AElen Frisch
commonly known as the Armadillo Book.
Still, I think the best way to learn how to be a UNIX SA is to be a UNIX
SA. That means running, ruining, fixing, and fighting with your own
UNIX system. There are several free UNIXes available, but to learn about
UNIX, I would recommend NetBSD. Both Linux and FreeBSD have a lot of nice
tools that make installation more user-friendly. NetBSD requires more
work to install and get your system up and running, but once it is
running, you will have learned a lot.
Mark Andres E-mail: coyote@ratbert.aisol.net
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