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Unixware 7 System Administration

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I found Unixware 7 a great rescource that supplemented the Admin.2 section of Sco-Unix training. The combination of both, including Admin.1 and intro (of course) will get you the Sco C.U.S.A. exam. The concepts covered in Unixware 7 give the foundation of understanding that is necessary for administration. The rest is direct hands on ! Good job !

This book was written to help system administrators with migrating to and maintaining UnixWare 7. We tested everything we wrote about, detailing the bugs and their workarounds. The book has been given out by SCO at dozens of briefings. A large number of SCO engineers participated in verifying the information and supplying many of the tips. The book was not written to give detailed coverage of ancillary areas such as TCP/IP and Shell Programming. Those are separate areas (for instance, do you want Bourne Shell, Korn Shell, C Shell, etc). We also did not cover UnixWare internals or device drivers. Other authors are planning books in those areas.

Thank you for your interest in our book. Please email me if you have questions, comments or suggestions.

Gene Henriksen

This is a must read book for Unixware Systems Administrators. From installation to advanced topics, this one covers it all. If you want to pass the Unix certification exam I highly suggest you add this one to your library. If only all other Unix books were like this one....

Technical information presented in laymen's terms. Great for Sys Admin's, software porting company's that are perparing for the 64 bit architecture IA-64 (merced). Provides good understanding of the operating system and how to get the most out of it. Recommend it for those taking the SCO Admin Course or ACE Certification.

So far the book has been easy to read and detailed in the areas needed to effectively administer a Unixware 7 box. However, I wonder if someone out there could tell me if this book is suffiecient to take the sys admin test from SCO.

This book is -a bit extended- hardcopy version of Unixware 7 online help. There is no in-depth knowledge. If you want to do disaster recovery or system tuning, you'll find nothing in this book. In this book, you may learn to add ppp interface, another ethernet card or disk and some other simple system management tasks which rarely works as it is said in the pages.

As a Canadian SCO instructor, I found this book a great supplement to our courses. Although it does not go into great detail on topics such as Shell Programming & Networking, it does cover most topics very well and relates concepts to Openserver concepts. Overall, I believe it to be a very well written book that may be useful for most everyone new to Unixware 7.

Definitely the most informative reference book available for SCO UnixWare 7. However, I find it inadequate for information about Shell Programming and Networking (especially, DNS, TCP/IP stuffs). Suggestion for other reading resources available for the above two topics are welcomed.

The book is clear,thorough, and it covers most of the stuffs you need to know. Also, it is good for the SCO system admin exam.