Recommendations for BSD Unix Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD BSD Books
What are folks recommendations for the updated edition of BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD (Paperback)by Christopher Negus (Author), Francois Caen (Author)? Overall, Absolute FreeBSD boosted my confidence/competence but as my only printed Unix/Linux/BSD resource although it is not the be one and end all resource to FreeBSD as I was hoping for, particularly when it comes to slightly more advanced topics as building a production LAMP server. I have the budget for another book. I don't have access to a print version so I can really check it out before I buy. Has anyone found BSD UNIX useful, more than useless, or redundant? Is it organized and indexed well? Is a good read on the toilet or only when when your working on a box? Hasn't some other sys admin documented their commands really well and shared them? This recommendation would be for a FreeBSD novice user. If they didn't know how to script and had a choice between BSD UNIX Toolbox and a book about how to script, what would they be better off getting? On that note, does anyone have recommendations for a freebsd orientated beginners guide to scripting and using scripts to manage a freebsd box and common systems/services/daemons? loonybomber May the admins live long and prosper. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Recommendations for BSD Unix Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD BSD Books
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 02:10:45PM -0700, loony wrote: Overall, Absolute FreeBSD boosted my confidence/competence but as my only printed Unix/Linux/BSD resource although it is not the be one and end all resource to FreeBSD as I was hoping for, particularly when it comes to slightly more advanced topics as building a production LAMP server. I have the budget for another book. Configuring a ?AMP server is largely not really OS specific (apart from things like firewalling). The AMP part should work on all UNIX-like systems. Of course FreeBSD has ports, which makes installation of the software easier. Some searching on the internet is certain to give you lots of tutorials. This recommendation would be for a FreeBSD novice user. If they didn't know how to script and had a choice between BSD UNIX Toolbox and a book about how to script, what would they be better off getting? Depends on the persons other exerience. I switched to FreeBSD after having used Slackware Linux for several years. With the Handbook and the manual pages, I fealt at home straight away. For novices, I would teach them system administration first, and scripting later. On that note, does anyone have recommendations for a freebsd orientated beginners guide to scripting and using scripts to manage a freebsd box and common systems/services/daemons? There is a lot of usefull documentation included with FreeBSD, starting with the Handbook and FAQ. Look in /usr/share/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books Daemons belonging to the base system or available via ports come with a control script in (/usr/local)/etc/rc.d. There is no need to write your own, unless you want to contribute a new port, which is not really a job for a novice. However, one can learn a lot by studying the already available scripts and the infrastructure that supports them. I've also found the Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide [http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/] usefull, although one has to be carefull of bash-specific features not supported by FreeBSD's /bin/sh. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgpNEHzWVynWS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Recommendations for BSD Unix Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD BSD Books
loony wrote: What are folks recommendations for the updated edition of BSD UNIX Toolbox: 1000+ Commands for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD (Paperback)by Christopher Negus (Author), Francois Caen (Author)? Amazon.com started shipping pre-ordered copies only today, so I can't imagine too many people have had a chance to form in-depth impressions yet. I'll try to say more after I actually have browsed my copy. :-) For the moment, I will strongly second Roland Smith's reminder that ?AMP is largely OS independent so long as you use a *n?x that Apache/MySQL/etc. are well supported under. You may well do better to find a Use Apache to build a web site or (language of your choice) with (database of your choice) book that suits your development philosophy. --Jon Radel smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
