From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 21 21:37:32 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B43E916A41F for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:37:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DDAC43D46 for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:37:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so576563nzo for ; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:37:30 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=NUnsc/eM3GziBc3uB1x9AD2ekBY6tp36aVHUs3y1JfRcYGEpPEOg8a8pYd8Ncc1xDloL4iAtxfsp9SnsGrkx0pnonnhKTH1OByw7pwTMKeCstPlnx6b7+dxxnHGkiNa72uY+fJjMdAQVYcqgA46kOH5nAjKc35i20FWHzj5Tr8U= Received: by 10.37.20.64 with SMTP id x64mr346524nzi; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:37:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.87.103? ([67.171.11.85]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 40sm3677615nzf.2005.08.21.14.37.29; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:37:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4308F20F.8060103@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 14:28:47 -0700 From: Kurt Buff User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul Schmehl References: <0ILK009VC0K1DD6B@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: kent.hauser@verizon.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WinXP administration guide for unix guru X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: kurt.buff@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:37:32 -0000 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On August 20, 2005 6:02:18 PM -1000 Kent Hauser > wrote: > >> >> I've been a Unix sysadmin (SunOS 3.x, 4.x, Solaris, FreeBSD) for 15 >> years, but am now being forced to learn how to run a collection of XP >> boxes. >> >> Can anyone recommend a book which explains this confusing beast? I'm >> talking about a book which explains where things are put (equiv of >> /var/mail, /etc/passwd, /etc/rc.conf), where application data is stored, >> how printers, disks, etc are shared, how to book in "fixit disk" mode, >> how to >> backup/restore, how to configure swap space. And also questions like why >> XP is "professional", etc. >> > First I'll say a prayer for you. Having been a long time Windows expert > and now a competent journeyman on *nix, I can tell you that your > learning curve will be high. > > I'm afraid I don't know any books that I can recommend. I can tell you > that your biggest frustration will be the strong emphasis on the GUI for > management and the almost complete lack of the tools you're used to > using (find, grep, awk, sed, cut, tail, vi, etc.) If that's the worst of his worries, he'll be doing just fine. All he has to do is visit a couple of web sites: http://unxutils.sourceforge.net - many of the unixish tools you lament. http://www.sysinternals.com - all sorts of nifty tools for Windows http://www.vim.org - VIM for Windows But, for more complete knowledge, a visit to another web site might be in order: http://www.bookpool.com - perhaps one or both of the following: http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0596008988 http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0735621675 Kurt