Linux System Administration Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach

by Juliet Kemp

Overview

The job of Linux systems administrator is interrupt-driven and requires constant learning in byte-wise chunks. This book gives solutions to modern problems—even some you might not have heard of—such as scripting LDAP, making Mac clients play nice with Linux servers, and backup, security, and recovery scripts. Author Juliet Kemp takes a broad approach to scripting using Perl and bash, and all scripts work on Debian or Red Hat lineage distributions. Plus, she dispenses wisdom about time management, dealing with desperate colleagues, and how to avoid reinventing the wheel!

• Learn how to love LDAP scripting and NFS tuning
• Make Perl serve you: don't be enslaved by Perl
• Learn to change, craft, and feel empowered by recipes that change your life

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430224495
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	10/15/2009
Series:	Expert's Voice in Linux
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	335
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Juliet Kemp (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, writer. They live in London by the river, with their partners, kid, and dog. The first book of their fantasy series, The Deep And Shining Dark was on the Locus 2018 Recommended Reads list; the fourth and final book, The City Revealed came out in 2023. Their short fiction has appeared in venues including Uncanny, Analog, and Cast of Wonders. They were short-listed for the WSFA Small Press Award in 2020 and 2023, and had a story in the 2021 Lambda Awards shortlisted anthology Trans-Galactic Bike Ride. They've also written non-fiction.

Table of Contents

1. How to avoid Reinventing the Wheel. 2. Centralisation (a good way to save effort). 3. Dealing with data. 4. Filesystems. 5. Security. 6. Apache. 7. Command-line tricks. 8. Working with text files. 9. Things going in, things going out. 10. Tracking down bugs. 11. Time and people management.