Solaris 8 Essential Reference [Paperback]

John Mulligan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735710074 | ISBN-13: 978-0735710078 | Publication Date: January 29, 2001 | Edition: 1

This title provides clear and concise instruction on how to perform important administration and management tasks using Solaris, as well as how to use some of the more powerful commands and more advanced topics found in version 2.6 through version 8. The scope of Solaris 8 Essential Reference includes the best way to implement the most frequently used commands, deal with shell scripting, administer your own system, and utilize effective security.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Solaris 8 Essential Reference is designed to be the ideal reference for Solaris users. Intended to be a desktop reference, this book assumes that the reader is well-versed in general UNIX skills and is simply in need of some pointers on how to get the most out of Solaris.

Author John Mulligan, creator and co-editor of SolarisGuide.com, has updated this version to the release of Solaris 8. However, this book remains an excellent reference for previous versions of Solaris, including Solaris 2.x and Solaris 7.

Included in Solaris 8 is the GNU software and utilities--essential tools for system administrators and users that are covered in the book. Additionally, you will find a list of the key new features of Solaris 8 in Appendix A, "Solaris Version Changes."

We've taken numerous quality assurance steps in writing and developing this book. It's important to us that we hear from our readers about their opinions on our books. If you would like to share your thoughts on this book, please write to us directly at [e-mail]. We welcome your comments!

From the Inside Flap

Here's what reviewers are telling us about the book Solaris 8 Essential Reference:

"Solaris 8 Essential Reference is a book that should be on every administrator's shelf. It's easy enough for a "newbie" to pick up and comprehend and, yet, comprehensive enough to fulfill the needs of a senior-level administrator--each will find what they are looking for whether it be an in-depth description of a command, or a quick check of command syntax. I found the task reference section in Part III to be an added bonus." --Rob Friedman, Senior Unix Administrator, NS1.net

"Solaris 8 Essential Reference is a well-organized reference. Relevant information is easy to find, and it gets right to the point. As an added bounus, Chapters 10 and 12 are excellent references for otherwise hard-to-find information." --Michael Pepe, Systems Administrator/Independent Contractor

"John Mulligan's approach to Solaris 8 is very straightforward. Anyone who will be will be using Solaris 8 will benefit greatly from having such a comprehensive list of commands at their fingertips." --Joe Compagno, Systems Administrator, Hofstra University

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (January 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735710074
• ISBN-13: 978-0735710078
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,600,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars does (essential==basic)?, February 16, 2001

By 

John Adams (San Mateo CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 8 Essential Reference (Paperback)

I thought this was a reference book. It's just thirteen short chapters of basic stuff that can be found by typing man intro (or going to docs.sun.com).

Good for absolute beginners only. Just like Sobell.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Incomplete, January 31, 2002

By 

Jean Ho - See all my reviews

This review is from: Solaris 8 Essential Reference (Paperback)

This book is woeful - 300 pages or so is just a short guide, nothing like a reference book at all. Use the man pages instead. There is very little contribution from the author.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars shallow, occasionally useful, December 19, 2001

By 

Keith Tokash "twigles" (Laguna Niguel, CA United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Solaris 8 Essential Reference (Paperback)

Sometimes I find something useful in this book, but most the time it just sits on my shelf while I look things up online. I bought this because I wanted to make the transition from Linux user to Solaris user. In penguin-speak, this author did a --help on a bunch of commands and put them together in hard copy.

If you think 1.5 pages on syslogd is something useful then buy this book. If you're a newbie then avoid this one completely.