Solaris 8 essential reference books

Adobe reader unix performance tuning unix performance tuning. Appendix 2comparison of the rbac implementation with sudo. In its coverage of advanced topics, solaris 8 administrators guide offers examples of configuration files and the installation of thirdparty software packages. Oracle solaris 11 system administration bill calkins upper saddle river, nj boston indianapolis san francisco new york toronto montreal london munich paris madrid.

For information on viewing the contents of the answerbook2 collections, refer to the section viewing online answerbook2 documentation. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. The essential guide to solaris 8 system administration. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. I am interested in books with good coverage of solaris 8 or 9, maybe 10 is 10 widely deployed in production yet ive been doing unix admin for a while but on other platforms.

Sun microsystems, solaris 8 intel platform edition hardware compatibility list. The complete reference sriranga veeraraghavan, paul watters on. The complete reference shows you what you need to understand if you want to make a living as administrator of a modern sun workstation. There are some similarities between the sudo freeware package offered by todd miller. Most solaris users use it in a professional technical environment. Essential system administration pocket reference provides this to a t. The solaris os has a long history of innovation, and the solaris 10 os is a watershed release that includes features such as. Tcr watters 2229985 blind folio ii about the author paul a. Hi folks, is there a solaris 9 command reference guide in pdf format.

The essential system administration pocket reference is a quick reference to all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent unix systems as solaris, linux, aix, bsd, suse, red hat, and more. This book provides clear and concise instruction on how to perform important administration and management tasks, and use some of the more powerful commands and more advanced topics. Solaris 8 reference manual collection about solaris 8. Documents on the solaris 8 documentation cd about solaris 8. Sys admin essential reference series optimizing unix for performance. Mulligans solaris 8 essential reference the predecessor to the book that covered solaris 7. Solaris 8 essential reference is designed to be the ideal reference for solaris users.

This chapter provides a quick reference to the contents of this book by functional grouping. This is the best unix desk reference on the planet. It should also be noted that the source available from sun is the solaris 8 source. Ive noticed that most if not all of solaris books in the bookstore assume you need to know the basic stuff, ksh. Aix reference for sun solaris administrators ibm redbooks. The bestselling tutorial and reference for solaris system administrators. Basic library functions l reference information man pages for libraries that provide graphics and character screen updating capabilities. The complete idiots guide to solaris 9 solaris 9 administration. The practical, taskoriented reference to every key solaris 8 command, from. Here is the top 10 must have books for unix and linux, these are great books for any one working in unix and linux from beginner to advance users improve skills and go deeper to understand, learn, program and manage unix and linux systems.

Nov 30, 2002 concise and easytouse, this little book is the portable companion to the classic essential system administration by aeleen frisch. Booting and shutting down oracle solaris on sparc platforms. The book is good as a solaris reference, giving general coverage of the solaris operating system for users, developers and administrators. It was not an easy decision, but to ensure our books are printed, distributed, and make it to bookshelves around the world safely and on time, we felt it was for the best. Introductionthe solaris 8 system administrators reference is your complete alphabetic reference to all of the manual pages in section 1m of the online reference documentation for the solaris 8 release. Online shopping for solaris operating systems from a great selection at books store. This title provides clear and concise instruction on how to perform important administration and management tasks using solaris, as well as how to use some of the more powerful commands and more advanced topics found in version 2.

This book provides the essential companion to the solaris source and can be used as a guide to the solaris kernel framework and architecture. Find books like solaris from the worlds largest community of readers. This comprehensive book also contains more conceptual and difficult material that is absent from other solaris reference manuals. A solid document on the solaris operating system, solaris 8. His books have been translated into 41 languages and have sold over 27 million copies. Oct 31, 2001 hack proofing sun solaris 8 ebook written by syngress. Everything you need to administer services on solarisbased systems major. Solaris system administrators guide by janice winsor. Solaris 8 essential reference by john mulligan, paperback. Solaris 10 system administration essentials ebooks free. This title provides clear and concise instruction to students on how to perform important administration and management tasks using solaris, as well as how to use some of the more powerful commands and more advanced topics found in version 2. This book talks about all the essential linux firewall related tools including iptables, psad, fwsnort.

Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. The book is about the ultimate inadequacy of communication between human and nonhuman species in probing and examining the oceanic surface of the planet solaris from a hovering research station the human scientists are, in turn, being studied by the sentient planet itself, which probes for and examines the thoughts of the. Sun microsystems, system reference manual, section 4file formats, is available in printed form, on the web at docs. The book is good as a solaris reference, giving general coverage of the solaris operating. Cryptographic framework, key management framework, privileges, rbac, sasl, secure shell and virus scanning. Solaris is a 1961 polish science fiction novel by stanislaw lem. Sep 07, 2001 solaris 8 essential reference learn more buy you can use the solaris operating environment on intel architecture to create a home network data backup system for the solaris, linux, and microsoft windows platforms. If youre a solaris user, sysadmin, or developer, you know how tough it is to rely on the man pages when you need fast answers. D, is a senior lecturer in the department of computing at macquarie. The solaris 8 reference manual collection contains the sunos reference manual man pages. Unix shell sams teach yourself shell programming in 24 hours 2nd edition. Without getting bogged down in lengthy descriptions or philosphical discussions of which tool to use when, this pocket reference lists the basic administration commands, beyond grep though it lists that, too.

Although solaris does win back users with its support for high end cad and graphics design applications. Best books about solaris administration softpanorama. Covers the latest features and management tools administering users, devices, systems, networks, printing, and more maximizing efficiency, productivity, and system availability solaris system administrators guide, third edition is the perfect. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hack proofing sun solaris 8. Solaris novel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.

In the last section on each chapter, we will provide a quick reference that will be in handy to use. Of course, this book is not absolutely completeno technical book about a subject as large as solaris 8 could hope to bebut it should be more than adequate for most readers purposes. Security is a complex and huge part of linux system administration. Where can i find some beginnerlayman explaination information for doing things. Pearson solaris 8 essential reference john mulligan. The scope of solaris 8 essential reference includes the best way to implement the most.

In the first section on each chapter, we will briefly mention how the solaris tasks are carried out. The solaris essential reference assumes that youre well versed in general unix skills and simply need some pointers on how to get the most out of solaris. Index essential system administration pocket reference book. Although this book covers solaris versions up to and including solaris 7, almost all of the material is relevant to. Going forward you may notice some of our titles are available as ebooks before printed books, and some of our previously indicated release dates have changed. Solaris books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. Index a ac, 55 accept, 86 access control lists aix, 20, 21 hpux, 21 linux, 22 posix, 22 solaris, 22 accounts see user accounts acctcom, 125 acledit aix, 20 selection from essential system administration pocket reference book. Essential system administration, 3rd edition tools and. Oct 19, 2012 discover book depositorys huge selection of sun solaris books online. The scope of solaris 8 essential reference includes the best way to implement the most frequently used commands, deal with shell scripting, administer your own system, and utilize effective security. Unix certification, system administration, programming books.

Jan 28, 2014 this books teaches you the fundamental of python programming, and explains how you can use it to perform sysadmin activities. The practical, taskoriented reference to every key solaris 8 command, from ab2admin to zic systemnetwork administration, file systems, printing, internet services, editing, shell programming, and more convenient, comprehensive, and accessible. He is perhaps best known as the author of solaris, which has twice been made into a feature film. This book is an extensive reference for unix users, programmers and system. The book approaches each solaris capability from a variety of angles. Theyre looking for the fastest way to find a needed command so they can get on with their work. The essential resource for every solaris 8 sysadmin, web professional, developer. The title solaris 8 essential reference is a fairly tough promise to live up to. Often when people write a separate user guide and system administrators guide they write in an overlap so that you dont have to have both books to understand more about the interaction between a system administrator and a user. The following documents and answerbook collections are provided on the solaris 8 documentation cd.

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