UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 5th edition

Evi Nemeth
, Garth Snyder
, Trent R. Hein
, Ben Whaley
, Dan Mackin

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Tribute to Evi xl

Preface xlii

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Section One: Basic Administration 1

Chapter 1: Where to Start 3

Essential duties of a system administrator 4

Suggested background 7

Linux distributions 8

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