I agree with Jim, <a href="http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/">http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/</a> is excellent. If you wanted a printed copy, you could upload the pdf to somewhere like <a href="http://lulu.com">lulu.com</a> and have them print it out.<div>
<br></div><div>Another decent book is The Linux System Administration Handbook, by Evi Nemeth</div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Administration-Handbook-2nd-Nemeth/dp/0131480049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251980718&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Administration-Handbook-2nd-Nemeth/dp/0131480049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251980718&sr=8-1</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>It's a bit dated, focuses mainly on Red Hat, but in some respects tries to stay distro agnostic. If you're already a really experienced Linux sysadmin, probably not the right choice though, and I'd point you back to the Red Hat docs.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Scott<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
My best source of RHEL info is from RedHats own documentation library<br>
and their knowlegebase. Most of the deadtree books I've seen for RHEL<br>
are focused on prepping for the RHCE exams.<br>
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On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Brian Pitts<<a href="mailto:brian@polibyte.com">brian@polibyte.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Is there a book that takes a similar approach to covering Red Hat<br>
> Enterprise Linux that Martin Krafft's "The Debian System: Concepts and<br>
> Techniques" takes to explaining Debian? In other words, not another<br>
> general linux book but one that explains in detail what makes Red Hat<br>
> Red Hat?<br>
><br>
> To quote from a two reviews of the Debian book:<br>
><br>
> I liked this book because, finally, an author has had the presence of<br>
> mind to write a book that did not regurgitate Unix commands like 'ls'<br>
> and 'vi' for the gazillionth time. The focus is on debian, and only on<br>
> those parts that make debian unique -- the culture of the "debian<br>
> project", the notoriety for its alleged difficulty of installation<br>
> (which I have not experienced), the speed and timeliness of its releases<br>
> (not!), and homage to that supreme program -- apt-get and its close<br>
> relatives.<br>
><br>
> Prospective TDS readers should understand that this book is unlike any I<br>
> have read on operating systems. Readers will not have to skip pages on<br>
> setting up Apache or configuring BIND, thankfully! Instead, TDS covers<br>
> core system administration subjects to a degree I have not seen<br>
> elsewhere. I do not mean that TDS delves into kernel structures in the<br>
> way that McKusick and Neville-Neil's "The Design and Implementation of<br>
> the FreeBSD Operating System" does. Rather, Krafft takes readers on an<br>
> inside tour of the how and why of Debian. Rather than just explaining a<br>
> technique or tool, the author discusses the overall problem, possible<br>
> ways to approach it, and Debian's solutions. He presents pros and cons<br>
> for each, and then demonstrates usage with command line syntax and<br>
> sample output.<br>
><br>
> This is the type of material I'd like to read about RHEL. Is it out there?<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> All the best,<br>
> Brian Pitts<br>
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