[TriLUG] Book recommndation for newbie

[Fred Stutzman]

Unix System's Administrator Handbook by Nemeth, Snyder, Seebass, and Hein
is an excellent choice.

The downside is it is expensive (68 I think but you can get it for less at
fatbrain.com) and is written for people of a higher intellect than those
reaching for 'Redhat linux for complete idiots'. ;) (wait, is that really
a downside? i guess my point is that is is not just a beginner's book)

The upside is 1,2,3 years down the road you will still use this book the
most out of any Unix Admin books, and thank yourself every time for buying
it.

Fred


On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Justin Johnson wrote:

> I am fairly new to the Unix / Linux OSs, and need to get a
> recommendation on a good book to buy for reference. I am running RedHat
> 7.1 on Intel, and would prefer something specific to that distro.  My
> more immediate needs are setting up my linux box to print to an HP
> Laserjet on a NT Server, and setting up  (I'm guessing here) Samba so
> that I can share  / transfer files between Win and Lin machines on the
> network. I went to Barnes and Nobles last night and saw the usual
> "Mastering Red ...7.1", "Red...7.1 Unleashed", "Rehat7.1 Bible", etc,
> but don't know which to buy.
> 
> I know this is a subjective request, however I would rather have
> somenones opinion than no info at all.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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