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You've asked for it; now it's here: the Second Edition of The UNIX CD Bookshelf, containing updated books from O'Reilly plus the software from UNIX Power Tools -- all on a convenient CD-ROM. A bonus hardcopy book, UNIX in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition, is also included.Included on the CD-ROM are UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition; UNIX Power Tools, 2nd Edition (with software); Learning the UNIX Operating System, 4th Editions; Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition; sed & awk, 2nd Edition; and Learning...

"IF YOU ARE THINKING about using UNIX, you must have this book." The popular handbook -- now with a hypertext version for the Hyper-Impatient UNIX for the Impatient is is an in-depth, comprehensive guide to UNIX -- a handbook you can use both for learning and as a ready reference. Clear, concise, and readable, the book is written for the technically oriented UNIX user who doesn't want to wade through verbose tutorials but isn't already an expert. Its functional organization makes it easy to fin...

Linux is quickly becoming the operating system of the future. With easily downloaded information from the Internet, relentless programmers coming up with newer versions with greater potential, and the practically cost-free reality of Linux, learning to program it has become a necessity for serious operating system administrators and systems developers. With Sams Teach Yourself Linux Programming in 24 Hours, Complete Learning Edition, you will have the perfect starter kit to get up and running wi...

Linux as a Business OS is a step-by-step, focused tutorial on installing and reliably maintaining a comprehensive Internet solution, including a corporate mail server, Web Server and more on a shoestring budget. Topics include: Set up and Installation, Connecting to the Internet, Basic services-mail and news, Setting up a Web server, Security, Advanced networking, Managing the system--accounts, logs, backups, configuring workstations, and Troubleshooting.

With the advent of the new 2.4-series kernels, a new XFree86 architecture and distribution, and advances soon slated to hit the KDE and GNOME markets, the time is ripe to craft the definitive and classic intermediate to advanced work covering Red Hat Linux. Red Hat Linux 7.2 Unleashed does not incorporate any previous material. All chapters concentrate on Red Hat Linux software and tools, and more specifically those software packages included with Red Hat Linux. There is new topic coverage in ar...

A System V Guide to UNIX and XENIX takes the novice reader through the features of the UNIX system step-by-step without jargon and assumptions about the reader's technical knowledge found in similar books. With its clear explanations, numerous examles, and straightforward organization, this book appeals to many non-technical people just beginning to work with UNIX, as well as engineers and programmers with prior experience. Anyone who reads this book will learn how to use the features of UNIX, a...

SuSE Linux Unleashed shows you how to install, configure, and manage the latest version of SuSE Linux. This book provides the information you want and need and can otherwise only be found by hunting through multiple documents on the internet. The most important topics to the intermediate/advanced user are covered on installation and management of SuSE systems, and wisdom and insights on how to control some of the more difficult to use aspects of SuSE, like integrating SuSE into Microsoft network...

SlackWare Linux 4 Unleashed shows you how to install, configure, and manage the latest version of SlackWare Linux. The book provides expert advice on installation and configuration, programming, administration and networking. It also provides wisdom and insights on how to control some of the more difficult-to-use aspects of SlackWare, like integrating SlackWare into Microsoft networks. Everything you need to know to use Slackware to set up an Internet site is covered. SlackWare Linux 4 Unleashed...

Millions of companies are turning to Linux as a cost-effective, rock-solid solution for internal networks and Internet connectivity. This book systematically teaches system administrators the real-world Red Hat Linux 6.0 skills they need to succeed. Both novice and experienced system administrators can use this book to master Linux networking, file service, E-mail, security, backups, print sharing, Web, FTP, NetNews, and much more. They'll find practical guidance on configuring hardware and peri...

In this book, a team of IBM technical experts cover everything you need to maximize server reliability and performance with the latest versions of RedHat Linux running on IBM's powerful Netfinity servers. The perfect guide for beginning-to-intermediate-level system administrators running RedHat Linux 6.x on Netfinity Servers, this book covers the entire system lifecycle. Start by preparing your installation and walking step-by-step through updating BIOS and firmware; making the CD-ROM bootable,...

If you're responsible for maintaining the integrity and availability of a mission-critical UNIX system, this is the first book that brings together all the information you need most. UNIX Fault Management Administrator's Handbook describes exactly how to implement appropriate, cost-effective system monitoring on any UNIX server, including systems configured as high availability clusters. You'll find detailed descriptions of fault monitoring tools and monitoring frameworks to help you make better...

Capacity planning is a well known discipline, particularly for sites that have a mainframe oriented background. The explosive growth of Internet sites and E-commerce has presented new challenges in managing performance and capacity. In many cases, time constraints and business demands can prevent normal capacity planning techniques from being applied. Classic datacenter capacity planning methods can be adjusted and successfully applied to this new Internet-centric computing environment. This Bl...

This book teaches readers how to program Linux sockets, and gives them everything they need to know to make programs communicate effetively over networks. It presents a comprehensive discussion of all relevant topics including: writing programs compatible with both Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) and IPv6, raw sockets, User Datagram Protocol (UDP), broadcasting /multicasting, server internals, and more, plus a section covering Posix threads. It provides thorough coverage of programming wi...

Unix in easy steps demonstrates how to get the most from any Unix-based operating system using the built-in BASH shell interpreter - the "Bourne Again SHell" (BASH). This is the default shell for Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu), Mac OS X, Solaris, and for the Raspbian operating system on Raspberry Pi devices. This book will show you how to use the BASH command-line interface and how to employ BASH's powerful programming abilities. Complete examples illustrate each aspect with colourised so...

make is one of UNIX's greatest contributions to software development, and this book is the clearest description of make ever written. Even the smallest software project typically involves a number of files that depend upon each other in various ways. If you modify one or more source files, you must relink the program after recompiling some, but not necessarily all, of the sources. make greatly simplifies this process. By recording the relationships between sets of files, make can automatically...