Ebook: Essential System Administration

Essential System Administration, 3rd Edition; Audience; Organization; Conventions Used in This Book; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction to System Administration; 1.2. Becoming Superuser; 1.2.2. Running a Single Command as root; 1.2.3. sudo: Selective Access to Superuser Commands; 1.3. Communicating with Users; 1.3.2. Sending a Message to All Users; 1.3.3. The Message of the Day; 1.3.4. Specifying the Pre-Login Message; 1.4. About Menus and GUIs; 1.4.2. AIX: SMIT and WSM; 1.4.3. HP-UX: SAM; 1.4.4. Solaris: admintool and Sun Management Console; 1.4.5. Linux: Linuxconf.;Whether you use a standalone Unix system, routinely provide administrative support for a larger shared system, or just want an understanding of basic administrative functions, Essential System Administration is for you. This comprehensive and invaluable book combines the author's years of practical experience with technical expertise to help you manage Unix systems as productively and painlessly as possible.