Mastering Red Hat Linux 9

Written completely from scratch by Red Hat Certified Engineer and Linux expert Michael Jang, Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 covers everything from installation to networking. Comprehensive yet concise background information ensures readers are fully prepped for success. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions walk readers through tasks including installation, customization, administration, network and Internet set-up and configuration, and more. All the hottest topics are covered including Red Hat Linux's Kickstart utility, GUI tools and front ends, Internet and network security, and data back up and recovery. In addition to key topics such as the shell, X Windows and kernel recompilation, Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 offers advanced topics for budding power users. Readers wanting to take their skills to the next level will learn how to set up and use remote access, mail services, FTP clients and servers, the Network File System and the Network Information Service, Samba, and Web services. As a bonus, the two companion CDs contain the Publisher's version of Red Hat Linux 9. more

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Posted: Jan-27-2004

The Best of Its Class

Michael Jang's Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 is bar-none, simply the best of the BIG books on RH 9. Beginners through advanced users alike will find it invaluable as a reference. It's obvious this book was written from scratch -- so many books suffer from over revision with errors and sentences stuck...

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Posted: Dec-10-2003

Good Book, can still be improved

The book is pretty comprehensive and generous with examples. It serves well as a guided instruction on those who are just starting with linux. This is book is also a good refernce material, however, there are certain topics I was hoping would be included, like OpenLDAP, mySQL, TACACS+ and how...

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Posted: Nov-06-2003

Book Review: Mastering Red Hat Linux 9

Wow! Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 is a huge and very complete guide to Red Hat Linux 9. It's over 900 pages, and includes the "Publisher's Edition" of RH9 on 2 CD's. It is written in a style which should accomodate Linux newcomers and more experienced users alike. There are a LOT of examples,...

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Posted: Nov-05-2003

Great book about using Linux and Red Hat 9 distro

I needed a reference to make the transition from Windows to Linux easy and less painful. This book pretty much covered everything from installing Linux to using the command line and the Redhat GUI. The book contained great screen shots to give you a good visual step by step guide to working...

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Posted: Oct-28-2003

Takes too much for granted...

I had great expectations when I first opened the book, expecting a tutorial format leading me from novice to accomplished. I'm pretty disappointed... On the surface, the book appears to head in that direction, but I soon found myself being "exampled" to death with commands that had not been...

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Posted: Oct-18-2003

Dude! Excellent book for creating a server!

I'm a Microsoft Windows admin, who wanted to learn Linux. A friend told me to pick up this book, and I'm glad. It just amazed me. The other big Linux Bible book has like no pictures showing how to install. This book shows me step by step! I thought I did a stupid thing not backing up before...

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Posted: Oct-01-2003

SUPER How-To with online Bonus material!

This is a great book for several types of readers--it can help Windows users ease into the Linux world, demonstrate the latest changes for experienced Linux users, and illustrate how the most recent Linux developments differ from familiar Unix procedures. This particular version possessed several...

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Posted: Oct-01-2003

Nice for a Windows user who wants to learn Linux

I've read a number of different books on Red Hat Linux, and this is the best I've seen. The writing style is easy, the server setups work. Yeah, it has it's share of typos, but it's shown me how to recompile the Linux kernel for the first time! Explanations of the kernel in other books confuse...

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Posted: Oct-01-2003

This book has good intentions, but...

I have been a Solaris system admin for some time, so I understand a bit about this subject. However, when going through this book word by word, I have found mistakes that make it almost impossible for the average user to learn. Fortunately for me, I can look and say, hey, this isn't right and...

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