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by Rob Flickenger<br> |
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This is a very handy book to have around. It contains 100 tips covering all sorts of sysadmin type tasks. |
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Particularly useful in my opinion, was the section on SSH, and the one on Backups. |
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The book has a very good approach. It starts off by introducing the hacker mentality (that's the good sense of the word too, nothing to do with those nasty crackers), and each section has a bit of background on exactly who will find it useful, and what it covers. |
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All hacks presented take security into account, which is an important consideration these days, and all are very well explained. |
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It's not all roses however. |
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The book suffers from numerous typos, some in the "hacks" themselves. It reads as though it wasn't very well proofed and possibly rushed out. It is a first edition though, so hopefully these will be fixed. Also, like all [O'Reilly] books, it has an online [site|http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxsvrhack] with an [errata|http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxsvrhack/errata/] section. Now, I'd far rather they got it right first time, as the whole point in buying a book is not to have to use the web, but since we can't *all* be perfect, it's a good effort! :) |
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My major problem with this book is value. There will be a few things in this book of interest to sysadmins, but most seasoned Linux types will know how to do most of this stuff anyway. It's hard to justify $110 for, say, 5 good tips that once you've learned, you never refer to again. |
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All in all, a great book that suffers a little from bang-for-the-buck issues. |
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