Solaris 9 Operating Environment Reference [Hardcover]

Janice Winsor (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sun Microsystems Press Solaris | Publication Date: August 16, 2002

The Solaris 9 Reference gives every Solaris user fast access to all the information they need to get results quickly. Solaris 9 Reference delivers more than 1800 pages of rock-solid information that's never been delivered with more clarity, or organized for greater accessibility. Award-winning technical writer, Janice Winsor provides a complete, plain English reference guide to Solaris 9. She provides tested examples and clear, easy to understand explanations for the new LDAP-related commands, NCA (Network Cache Accelerator), PERL, Kerebos security commands, RBAC (Role-based Access Control), and RPM commands (for Linux interoperability). In addition, Solaris 9 Reference covers all of the key commands for Communication, File Management, System Status, Archiving, Printing, Text Processing, Shell Programming, etc. But this is much more than a massive reference list. Several pages are devoted to each command in which a clearly written and relatively detailed description of what the command can do for you is provided, and, in some cases, the author even comes forth with workarounds for bugs. The Solaris 9 Operating Environment is currently in the final stages of Beta testing and is scheduled to be released for the Sparc platform in early summer. Sun anticipates a relatively rapid migration from earlier versions of the Solaris OS including 2.6, 7.0, and 8.0.

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From the Back Cover

An essential resource for sysadmins, developers, and power users.

• Plain English reference guide to all of the Section (1) man pages—from acctcom to zcat
• Tested examples and clear, easy-to-understand explanations
• Includes new LDAP-related commands, NCA, PERL, RBAC, SSH, and Kerebos security commands

When you need fast, detailed answers about the Solaris Operating Environment, the man pages aren't enough: you need Solaris 9 Operating Environment Reference. Award-winning technical writer Janice Winsor delivers over 1,600 pages of rock-solid information on 550+ commands, including over 100 new commands for IP networking, remote access, compression, printing, NIS, NFS, and more. Winsor also provides tested examples and clear, easy-to-understand explanations for the new LDAP-related commands, NCA (Network Cache Accelerator), PERL, RBAC (Role-based Access Control), SSH, and Kerebos security commands.You'll find thorough descriptions, practical usage examples, and detailed reference tables—all organized for maximum accessibility and quick problem solving.

• Networking and Internet services
• Security, including role-based access control and SSH
• File system management
• User management
• System status and administration
• LDAP Directory services
• Performance management
• Compression and archiving
• Printing
• Text processing
• Programming tools
• System utilities
• And much more

About the Author

JANICE WINSOR is author of several award-winning books, including Solaris System Administrator's Guide, Third Edition; Solaris 8 Advanced System Administrator's Guide; Solaris 8 System Administrator's Reference; and Solaris 7 Reference. She is also co-author of Jumping JavaScript and More Jumping JavaScript and a noted artist whose work has been exhibited in the U.S. and Australia.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1632 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 1st edition (August 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131007017
• ISBN-13: 978-0131007017
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,494,103 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A pitty., March 5, 2003

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Jae Klaasen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 9 Operating Environment Reference (Hardcover)

This book I would rank very high in my top 10 all time worst buys. I'm not talking books only here. It's very ad-hoc random-like structure and utter shallownes makes this book completely unusable for Solaris users on all levels, from beginner on to - most certainly - advanced.

Winsor's book simply isn't up to par to what you'd expect from Sun Mycrosystem Press. It certainly doesn't beat the freely available Admin Guides, also from Sun. My advice to anybody looking for a desktop reference guide is either to download the pdf's from Sun or to buy the hardcopy edition.

1.0 out of 5 stars How u can improve it, September 13, 2003

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iwan (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 9 Operating Environment Reference (Hardcover)

Hi Janice,

I thot of giving a critique, but then thought that if I were u, I'd rather hear a feedback on how to improve it. After all, anyone can critique just about anything.

You can add more value to the existing man pages by:
1. organising them in functional grouping (in addition to alphabetical)
2. provide a list of frequently usage functions in certain conditions.
3. take out those unfrequently used functions, n move them to the back of the book.

many thanks for writing books on Solaris. Keep it up.

e1

1.0 out of 5 stars Non Techies do not write good Techie books., March 19, 2003

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Peter Rhodes (Purley, Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 9 Operating Environment Reference (Hardcover)

Having been previously dissapointed by other books by the same author I was not suprised to find the uadmin(1m) command described as a "user administration command" in the command index.

"...1,600 pages of rock-solid information on 550+ commands"
cp man pages && make_money