Good book to have on the shelf

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Book:		Essential System Administration
Subject:		Good book to have on the shelf
Date:		2006-12-05 20:45:06
From:		Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay

Rating: I was about to rate it Definitive (5 stars) but then decided that it was Very Good. This is certainly a good book to have on the shelf. And surprisingly, the appendices have useful enough information on using the Bash shell for SysAdmin stuff. The book covers a wide range of available Linux flavors and provides inputs on the commonly used tools required by any SysAdmin. Couple it with Unix Power Tools and you have a remarkable collection of completeness. The nicest aspect about this book is that the examples are from real world scenarios or stuff which SysAdmins are supposed to be handling. The book is certainly not aimed at the beginner level and does mandate some familiarity with the tools and more importantly familiarity with the pressure situations. But once these are in place, the book is an asset. Refer to it every now and then, it is worth every minute and every denomination of currency