Solaris 9: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Paul Watters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0072223057 | ISBN-13: 978-0072223057 | Edition: 1

This is a hands-on implemetation guide for a modern version of Sun's operating environment. The book is also useful for those new to Solaris or migrating from Windows or UNIX.

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About the Author

Paul A. Watters (Oakhurst, Australia) recently completed his Ph.D. in computer science at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He specializes in building e-commerce and Internet information systems, based on Java, Solaris, and open standards like CORBA. He is a columnist and author for the trade journal Inside Solaris and is lead author of Solaris 8: The Complete Reference, and Solaris Administration: A Beginner's Guide (both published by Osborne).

Product Details

• Paperback: 864 pages
• Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (April 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072223057
• ISBN-13: 978-0072223057
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #585,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Computers & Technology > Operating Systems > Solaris

More About the Author

My philosophy in writing books has been strongly influenced by my college teaching experience in information technology and software engineering - clear descriptions of basic principles, philosophy and motivation for using a specific technology, and then clear examples of how to use it in practice. In a book with limited pages, it's not always possible to cover every topic, or to provide all information on a specific topic in the detail required to perform a particular task. I see the role of trade books as "breadth first, depth second" - these books provide orientation, but if you need intimate detail on a specific application, function or method, then you will almost certainly need to consult vendor documentation. For example, the Sun administration reference collection for Solaris contains many thousands of pages of detail, which can be daunting at first, but very useful in the long term.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bigger and better, April 25, 2002

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James Lauderdale (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 9: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

I'm working with the Solaris 9 beta right now. This book has wide coverage of all the usual UNIX topics - devices, processes, shell, programming - as well as the Solaris-specific topics - NIS+, volume management, role-based access control. THANK YOU for including a chapter on LDAP - this will entirely change our network structure. My favorite chapter was advanced security - but Trusted Solaris should have had its own chapter. I have version 8 of this book and this edition is a vast improvement on the last one.

But when will Sun release Solaris 9/x86? That's my biggest problem right now.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vast improvement, June 27, 2002

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Daniel O'Riordan (New York City, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 9: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

I bought the Solaris 8 version of this book. It was OK but did not contain sufficient material on the new technologies. I ordered the Solaris 9 version of the book because it's the only Solaris 9 book around. I am happy to report that this book covers new technologies like RBAC, LDAP and the resource manager. These are so much more important for the enterprise than GNOME. Strong emphasis on disks - format, partition, volume management, backups - is good and logically ordered. The only thing I would like to see is more coverage on application servers, databases, message queues and other uses of Solaris in large firms. But that's probably an architecture book with a different focus.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different contents!!, May 3, 2003

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Katie Lee (Chicago IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 9: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

I'm not sure what books the other reviewer has been looking at, but there are a lot of differences between the certification book and the reference book. There is some overlap between the two because some of the topics are the same for the exam and for everyday use. But the reference book contains lots of reference infos but the certification book contains exams, reviews, test questions etc. I have both books and I use them differently. Keep up the great work Dr. Watters!