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Subject:Re: a good manual From:"Steven J. Owens" <puff -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 6 Dec 1998 19:46:36 -0800
Drew Krause writes:
>
> I've been a computer manual reader much longer than a writer (the latter
> about 2 years) and must call attention to a particularly well-written
> guide I just picked up:
>
> "Essential System Administration" by Aeleen Frisch (O'Reilly)
This one is considered a classic in the Unix system admin field.
Traditionally there haven't been (and perhaps still aren't) many good
sources of information on Unix system administration.