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Linux Network Servers 24 Seven

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For all of you out there like me who have read how to install Linux so many times, but are still confused about the step-by-step how (and why) processes for setting up a DNS server, or a mail server using sendmail, or a samba server, etc... this book is great. The author gives clear examples, and good advice. The book is easy to read, and should be one of your first buys if you are setting up a server. The author spends a lot of time on RedHat and Caldera, with many graphics illustrating the screens you would expect to see.

Yes, this time I've found *the* good book on Linux. I'm a sysadmin. I know how to get the most of a Linux box. But I was always seeking for *the* book that will bring it all under my eyes. Check this: sendmail's rulesets explained in clear language. Conversion from BIND 4 to 8. Apache admin tricks. Netstat -a explained in clear. Configuring a POP/IMAP server. Lilo in detail. It'll help everybody: the newbie and the close-to-know-it-all. And it's not one of these fake RH6.1 updated books where only the cover tells about RH6.1 and the content never talks about what's to be known. Great concise book.

Finding a good Linux book ain't easy. When I saw the June issue of Sys Admin magazine call Linux Network Servers "an excellent guide", "a superb reference" and "an outstanding book", I thought I'd check it out. Researching the book I found that no less of an authority than Allan Cox, the guy that Linux Journal called "the Linux community's very own Mr. Wizard", said it was the system administration reference he would recommend. After all that, I had to give the book a try. I'm glad I did. This book has the details about everything I needed to get a Linux network server running. It covers configuration and management of all the network protocols: telnet, rlogin, ftp, DNS, sendmail, Apache, routing, DHCP, NFS, Samba, lpd, POP and IMAP. It covers all of the configuration files. Describes them in detail and shows how they can be directly maintained with an editor and indirectly maintained with Linux GUI tools. Unlike some know-it-alls who want to tell you there is only one way to do something, this book gives all the options and lets you choose which one is right for you. I like that. This book doesn't treat me like an idiot. It doesn't say simply "do it this way". Instead it says why things are done, describes the tools available to do it and let's me decide when and how to do the thing. A little bit of respect for a change!

Amazon customers aren't fools. They have made this the number 1 best selling book in the Linux network & system administration category. It is easy to see why. It is the best Linux system administration book out there.

This book was amazingly insightful and easy to read. This book is not a "How to use Linux" book, but how to configure a SERVER. The author gives a lot of opinions and personal experiences to make the lessons more understandable. Its a solid reference manual for quick lookups of info, but how the author crafts his chapters from install to maintenance is amazing.

Given time you can find the answers by reading HOWTOs, man pages and DejaNews, or by playing with commands, but who has that kind of time! I run a network with 83 users and over 100 computers. Free time is the one thing I don't have. That's why I love this book. It has the answers and they are easy to find. Everything about a Linux network server is in this book put together in a well organized way without any unnecessary garbage. The book is also well indexed, which I think is important. People who say all books are a waste are full of it. I love books and this is a great one!

I went through the book. Every topic is very clear and well organized. I had never done any sendmail smtp server setup before. After I finished Chapter 7 and 13, I could really did it. I highly recommend this book for network administrators and people who want to learn Linux networking.

Following on the the advice of other users here, I purchased this book hoping for some much-needed assistance in building & running my operation.

This book is an indispensible, concise tome on the common-sense science and art of Linux system administration. Any serious server system builders, maintainers, administrators, and programmers should get this book and keep it near by.

Best Linux Book out there. They have very clear explinations and none of the fluff for newbies. The cahpters get linux up and going on heterogeneous environments very quickly. Being new to linux (work on and off about three months) I was able to put up mission critical pop and samba servers in days. I have not touched them yet. Rock solid advice

This is a truely a "no-jargon" on how to set up a network server. Every topic go right to the point from the beginning. I wasted no time on useless background and get the server set up quickly and easily!

I also found this to be the best of the Linux books I've read so far, primarily because it sticks to the subject, configuring Linux network servers, and doesn't spend a lot of time on things like distribution-specific utilities.

Only someone who really understands what's going on can write in the style of this book so easily ... "here's what you want to do; here's several different ways to do it." Once the reader knows what he/she is trying to accomplish and why, the tool used becomes a matter only of personal choice ... it's the old adage "learn the trade, not the tricks of the trade".