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For those who are upgrading hardware for use with Solaris for x86, setting up a small networked group of x86 systems, providing technical support of x86 installations, or putting DOS and Solaris for x86 on the same system. This user-friendly configuration and planning guide takes the mystery out of technical configuration details and walks readers step-by-step through a simple structured approach for making the critical decisions that will ultimately result in trouble-free computer and network...

This is the book/cd-rom package that describes how to optimize the performance of an Oracle 8 database running on a UNIX system. Covered systems include Solaris, Sequent, and HP-UX. One of the things that will separate this book from the competition is that it provides specific tuning direction for both OLTP databases and DSS databases. No other tuning book breaks the direction down to this level of detail. In addition, a CD-ROM will be included that contains shell scripts, a performance monitor...

Nowadays, most organizations have deployed mixed-platform environments that leverage the best of both Windows 2000/NT and multiple Unix/Linux operating systems. Managing these environments requires fast access to information that's normally scattered across multiple books: step-by-step techniques for performing key tasks on each platform, as well as practical solutions for integrating them. Unix and Windows 2000 Interoperability Guide delivers all this, in a proven quick-reference format that sa...

Learn how to use BSD UNIX systems from the command line with BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD. Learn to use BSD operation systems the way the experts do, by trying more than 1,000 commands to find and obtain software, monitor system health and security, and access network resources. Apply your newly developed skills to use and administer servers and desktops running FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, or any other BSD variety. Become more proficient at creating file systems...

Covers new Linux 2.5 kernel features, including Tux Web server. Reviews setting up Bind, Apache, MySQL/Postgres, Sendmail/Postfix, Wu-FTPD/Pro-FTPD, servers for intranet/Internet users. Discusses sercuring a server using netfilter, firewalls, and tools such as OpenSSL, Open SSH, and more. Addresses improvements including ext3 Journaling Filesystems and ReiserFS Journaling Filesystem. The CD-ROM includes major open source tools and custom software.

All Your Unix Questions—Answered! Mastering Unix is your source for everything you need to know about today's most influential operating system. Inside, two Unix experts provide essential information on a wide range of Unix flavors, concentrating on Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris8. Whether you're just getting started with Unix or want a resource to help you handle system administration's toughest chores, this example-filled book will answer all your questions and promote the skills you need to suc...

The most up-to-date guide on the latest version of Linux Linux is an excellent, low-cost alternative to more expensive operating systems and its popularity continues to remain on the rise. This comprehensive resource offers more than 100 pages of the most sought-after Linux commands, provides new tutorial chapters aimed specifically at Windows desktop users and Windows administrators, and includes a new chapter on using Linux on gadgets. You'll get up to speed with Linux so that you can install...

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Inside you'll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 100 key Linux tasks, including: Creating new files and directories Editing user accounts Using Pipe, Grep, and other commands Configuring GNOME properties Using the vi Editor Word processing with Gnotepad+ Copying files with FTP Setting up a PPP connection Opening Pine email Two companion CD-ROMs include: Red Ha...

Red Hat continues to improve its version of Linux. And Red Hat Linux All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies gives you eight different quick-reference guides in a single book. Taken together, these eight books provide detailed information on installing, configuring, and using Red Hat Linux. What you'll like most about this book is that you don't have to read it sequentially chapter by chapter, or, for that matter, even the sections in a chapter. You can pretty much turn to the topic you want and q...

Linux(r) Programming For Dummies(r) is the fast and easy way to get up-to speed on designing, developing, and debugging programs on the Linux platform. For a sample from the book go to: www.dummies.com/extras/linuxprog.html

"SUSE Linux: A Complete Guide to Novell's Community Distribution" will get you up to speed quickly and easily on SUSE, one of the most friendly and usable Linux distributions around. From quick and easy installation to excellent hardware detection and support, it's no wonder SUSE is one of the most highly rated distributions on the planet. According to Novell, SUSE is installed more than 7,000 times every day, an average of one installation every 12 seconds. This book will take you deep into the...

As part of the best-selling Pocket Primer series, this book is an effort to give programmers sufficient knowledge of data cleaning to be able to work on their own projects. It is designed as a practical introduction to using flexible, powerful (and free) Unix/Linux shell commands to perform common data cleaning tasks. The book is packed with realistic examples and numerous commands that illustrate both the syntax and how the commands work together. Companion files with source code are available...

An instant success among newcomers, longtime Apple(R) fans and serious Unix(R) users alike, the Mac OS(R) X operating system combines stability, simplicity and elegance, and a stunning user interface. What more could Mac users want or need? The answer, of course, is Mac OS X Panther--a sleek and powerful overhaul of Mac OS X that promises to revitalize your Mac with improved views of the system, significant improvements to favorite applications, and numerous added conveniences. As with its prede...

This book presents the details on how UNIX interacts with applications. If you're writing an application from scratch, or if you're porting an application to Solaris or to any other System V.4 platform, you may this book useful. It offers a complete explanation of all UNIX system calls and library routines to systems programming, working with I/O, files and directories, processing multiple input streams, file and record locking, and memory-mapped files. The reader will also learn about reading,...

Modeling languages have been used by system developers for decades to specify, visualize, construct, and document systems; rough sketches using stick figures and arrows and scribbled routing conditions go back still further. But the Unified Modeling Language (UML), for the first time in the history of systems engineering, gives practitioners a common language that applies to a multitude of different systems, domains, and methods or processes. It does not guarantee project success, but enables yo...

Text processing and pattern matching simplifiedKey Features-Master the fastest and most elegant big data munging language-Implement text processing and pattern matching using the advanced features of AWK and GAWK-Implement debugging and inter-process communication using GAWKBook DescriptionAWK is one of the most primitive and powerful utilities which exists in all Unix and Unix-like distributions. It is used as a command-line utility when performing a basic text-processing operation, and as prog...