Linux Server Hacks, Volume Two : Tips & Tools for Connecting, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting (Hacks)

Linux Security Cookbook

Linux Desktop Hacks (Hacks)

Web Servers

Linux Server Hacks

Format: Paperback
Author: Rob Flickenger
ReleaseDate: January, 2003
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Rating:

Linux "Must Have" book for servers or desktop client
I write software, I am not a Sys Admin (which is hard work I might add; System Administration is for hardcore people. First, I write software professionally.) This book saved me money by giving me answers to problems that would have taken me days to find the answers to by searching the internet.

Hack #17 includes "pgrep"
Before I was doing "ps -elf | grep something" to find a process I wanted to kill. Hack #17 explains a better way to do that with pgrep and things like "skill"

Simple enough but time is money in this business and this book save both time and money.

Also the book is a "good" read. The author writes well and keeps you reading. Not a dry manual.

If you are doing Linux for fun or work you need will need to buy this book. It allows you more time to sleep at night.
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Very useful and clever
The result? "This book rocks. Just a couple days after I had started thumbing through this book my boyfriend picked it up and stole it for 2 weeks."

The book is organized into sections so that it's logical to just read it cover to cover if you felt so inclined. The hacks go from simple to more difficult, and it's certainly not just for Server adminstrators! Most of these hacks are a benefit to any Linux user. I found myself often thinking "Wow, that's so clever!" and "I should have thought of that!" while reading this book. I discovered so many new little ways around doing things, and got a fresh look at how to tackle certain problems, and actually learned quite a bit about programs I use everyday (such as ssh).

It's wonderful that such a collection has been brought together, this is now one of my favorite reference books.

A simple 'quick tips' book
There are literally thousands of websites that have the same information, and many of them are interactive where you can ask questions, etc. This book is more of a 'quick tips' book.

If you would like a handbook for some of the more common problems though, then you could take a look at this book and probably get a few things out of it.