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Windows NT User Administration

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I am fairly new to NT administration and bought this book thinking it would introduce an easier way to administrate my domain. It does talk alot about the theoretical part, and you feel like the author(s) is/has been an administrator. But it is defenetly NOT for begginers, and there is a heavy angel towards pearl, and assumes that you know the basics of pearl. If you are new, and don't know pearl you should probably buy something else than this.

This book gives a very good overview not only of how to manage Users in NT but also about Usermanagment generally. The Coverage of Scripting with Perl is excellent.

The book not only provides a good introduction to NT User Administration for the beginner, the experienced sysadmin's eyes will be opened to the power of Perl. The book is loaded with Perl scripts that really work and that really will save you time.

A MUST have for NT administrators - this book tackles many of the problems of user problems, profiles, and auditing. It uses real-life examples, which means that the author has actually worked in the field for a while - not always the case these days.

It assumes a good amount of knowledge on NT Server, so it's not a tutorial for novices. It also uses a lot of Perl, so if you're a UNIX administrator stuck with NT boxes, you'll feel right at home.

A little to heavy on the PERL. If you aren't ready to sit and copy PERL code out of this book then look elsewhere.