From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 15 10:10:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA10181 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:10:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ratbert.aisol.net (ratbert.aisol.net [202.233.42.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA10150 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 1997 10:09:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ratbert.aisol.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA28044; Tue, 16 Sep 1997 02:03:55 +0900 (JST) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 02:03:54 +0900 (JST) From: Arizona Coyote X-Sender: coyote@ratbert To: Paul Griffith cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice Needed - Unix System Admin In-Reply-To: <19970915073539.17942@toth.hq.ferg.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 / 100% Microsoft Free thanks to NetBSD and FreeBSD! \ Mac Centris 650: NetBSD 1.2-current IBM ThinkPad 220: FreeBSD 3.0-current Macintosh IIcx: NetBSD 1.2.1 | http://bullwinkle.aisol.net/