Useful Websites; Related Books - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 - INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Chapter 1. The Philosophy of System Administration
man page — Schedule commands and scripts for execution at a later time with this utility.
• at(1)
man page — Learn more about the default shell (and shell script writing) with this docu-
• bash(1)
mentation.
man page — View pointers to the many man pages that make up perl's online documen-
• perl(1)
tation.
man page — Learn more about options, files, and environment variables controlling
•
python(1)
the Python interpreter.
man page and Help menu entry — Learn how to edit text files with this graphical text
• gedit(1)
editor.
man page — Information (including instructions for running an online tutorial) on how
• emacs(1)
to use this text editor.
man page — Learn how to use this text-based editor.
• vim(1)
Mozilla Help Contents menu entry — Learn how to edit HTML files, read mail, and browse the
•
Web.
man page and Help menu entry — Learn how to manage your email with this
•
evolution(1)
graphical email client.
man page and files in
• mutt(1)
your email with this text-based email client.
man page and files in
• pam(8)
takes place under Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

1.11.2. Useful Websites

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ — The Linux-PAM project homepage.
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http://www.usenix.org/ — The USENIX homepage. A professional organization dedicated to bring-
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ing together computer professionals of all types and fostering improved communication and inno-
vation.
http://www.sage.org/ — The System Administrators Guild homepage. A USENIX special technical
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group that is a good resource for all system administrators responsible for Linux (or Linux-like)
operating systems.
http://www.python.org/ — The Python Language Website. An excellent site for learning more about
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Python.
http://www.perl.org/ — The Perl Mongers Website. A good place to start learning about Perl and
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connecting with the Perl community.
http://www.rpm.org/ — The RPM Package Manager homepage. The most comprehensive website
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for learning about RPM.

1.11.3. Related Books

Most books on system administration do little to cover the philosophy behind the job. However, the
following books do have sections that give a bit more depth to the issues that were discussed here:
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide; Red Hat, Inc. — Provides an overview of locations
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of key system files, user and group settings, and PAM configuration.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide; Red Hat, Inc. — Contains a comprehensive discus-
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sion of many security-related issues for Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators.
/usr/share/doc/mutt-
/usr/share/doc/pam-
— Learn how to manage
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