Topics in Administration

This chapter provides helpful and useful hints and hacks to make you more productive in your daily routine or in administrating UNIX workstations and servers.

Networking

In this chapter, administrators will learn some of the hacks to hide files over the network and new techniques for administering network configurations of remote servers and workstations.

Security

This chapter explains tricks of the trade for dealing with superuser accounts, permissions, and vulnerabilities in UNIX. Hacking techniques are explained as well.

System Monitoring

This chapter explains various ways to monitor the system logs and load averages to aid in tuning, fixing, and securing UNIX systems.

Account Management

In this chapter, hints are provided to add, manipulate, and modify user accounts. It also discusses users' most common mistakes with setup files.

File Management

UNIX is made up of over one thousand files, so the administrator needs to be able to change, modify, manipulate, view, and execute these files quickly. This chapter aids in improving your file management skills.

Displays and Emulations

A UNIX administrator works in many different environments and uses various display and emulators. This chapter shows you how to use the tools within the operating system to your advantage.

Editors

The editors in UNIX are often complex and cryptic. Tips are provided for moving around faster, manipulating files, and to help explain little-known features within the editors that are often passed over in other documentation.

Users

Some administrators love dealing with users and others don't. This section provides information about various actions and reactions that are occur with many users who deal with the UNIX environment.

System Administration:
The Occupation

This section provides an overview of the career of a UNIX administrator, covering things such as landing the perfect UNIX job, what the UNIX administrator's résumé should look like, what to do and not do in an interview, being a candidate and interviewing candidates, dealing with managers, and dealing with company policies.