Automating UNIX and Linux Administration

Automating UNIX and Linux Administration
by Kirk Bauer

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From the creator of the popular open source projects AutoRpm and LogWatch comes a thorough and entertaining book.

Book Description

Automating UNIX and Linux Administration will focus on automating the tedious daily tasks of system administration. It will provide real-world examples and explore the existing tools that will help with this task. Although the book will provide brief overviews of tools and technologies that are covered, the author will assume the reader knows how to edit a configuration file or mount a file system. The book will focus on putting these tools to use in the real world, such as how to use a set of Perl scripts to manage your user accounts across 1000 machines. It will not show you how to write a basic "Hello World" program in Perl nor contain a Perl function reference or summary.

The techniques, methods and tools covered in this book will help on a single system, but will be much more useful across multiple systems. Whether you are managing 2 or 5,000 systems, whether they are desktops, servers, or a Beowulf cluster, you will benefit from this type of automation. Although some of the book will be Linux-specific, most of it will apply to any UNIX system. The book will also focus on automating tasks across multiple variants of UNIX.

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Automating UNIX and Linux Administration will focus on automating the tedious daily tasks of system administration. It will provide real-world examples and explore the existing tools that will help with this task. Although the book will provide brief overviews of tools and technologies that are covered, Bauer assumes the reader knows how to edit a configuration file or mount a file system. The book will focus on putting the tools to use in the real world (i.e. how to use a set of Perl scripts to manage your user accounts across 1000 machines). It will not show you how to write a "Hello World" program in Perl nor contain a Perl function reference or summary.

The techniques, methods, and tools covered in this book will provide help on a single system, but will be much more useful across multiple systems. Whether managing 2 or 5,000 systems, whether they're desktops, servers, or a Beowulf cluster, they will benefit from this type of automation. Although some of the book will be Linux-specific, most of it will apply to any UNIX system. It will also focus on automating tasks across multiple variants of UNIX.

Book Info
Text shows how to automate everyday system administration tasks; covering popular programs such as GNU cfengine, RPM, CVS, rsync, AutoRPM, Logwatch, and OpenPKG. For intermediate to advanced users. Softcover.

About the Author
Kirk Bauer has been involved in computer programming since 1985. He has been using and administering UNIX systems since 1994. Although his personal favorite UNIX variant is Linux, he has administered and developed on everything from FreeBSD to Solaris, AIX, and IRIX. He is the author of various open-source system administration programs such as AutoRPM and Logwatch.

Bauer has been involved with software development and system/network administration since his first year at Georgia Tech. He has done work for the Georgia Tech Residential Network, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Bauer was one of the founders and the CTO of TogetherWeb in 2000, which was purchased in 2003 by Proficient Systems. He is currently a software architect with Proficient Systems, and continues to support and develop the collaborative browsing software and Linux-based network appliance created by TogetherWeb, including C++ server software that provides high scalability, high efficiency, and high reliability.

Kirk graduated from Georgia Tech in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering. Shortly thereafter, he began work on his first book, Automating UNIX and Linux Administration, which was published by Apress in September 2003. He currently lives in Peoria, Arizona, with his wife, Amber, and their two dogs and four cats.

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