[ale] Recommendation for RHEL-specific Book

[scott mcbrien]

I agree with Jim, http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ is
excellent.  If you wanted a printed copy, you could upload the pdf to
somewhere like lulu.com and have them print it out.
Another decent book is The Linux System Administration Handbook, by Evi
Nemeth
http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Administration-Handbook-2nd-Nemeth/dp/0131480049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251980718&sr=8-1

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.

-Scott

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> My best source of RHEL info is from RedHats own documentation library
> and their knowlegebase. Most of the deadtree books I've seen for RHEL
> are focused on prepping for the RHCE exams.
>
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Brian Pitts<brian at polibyte.com> wrote:
> > Is there a book that takes a similar approach to covering Red Hat
> > Enterprise Linux that Martin Krafft's "The Debian System: Concepts and
> > Techniques" takes to explaining Debian? In other words, not another
> > general linux book but one that explains in detail what makes Red Hat
> > Red Hat?
> >
> > To quote from a two reviews of the Debian book:
> >
> > I liked this book because, finally, an author has had the presence of
> > mind to write a book that did not regurgitate Unix commands like 'ls'
> > and 'vi' for the gazillionth time. The focus is on debian, and only on
> > those parts that make debian unique -- the culture of the "debian
> > project", the notoriety for its alleged difficulty of installation
> > (which I have not experienced), the speed and timeliness of its releases
> > (not!), and homage to that supreme program -- apt-get and its close
> > relatives.
> >
> > Prospective TDS readers should understand that this book is unlike any I
> > have read on operating systems. Readers will not have to skip pages on
> > setting up Apache or configuring BIND, thankfully! Instead, TDS covers
> > core system administration subjects to a degree I have not seen
> > elsewhere. I do not mean that TDS delves into kernel structures in the
> > way that McKusick and Neville-Neil's "The Design and Implementation of
> > the FreeBSD Operating System" does. Rather, Krafft takes readers on an
> > inside tour of the how and why of Debian. Rather than just explaining a
> > technique or tool, the author discusses the overall problem, possible
> > ways to approach it, and Debian's solutions. He presents pros and cons
> > for each, and then demonstrates usage with command line syntax and
> > sample output.
> >
> > This is the type of material I'd like to read about RHEL. Is it out
> there?
> >
> > --
> > All the best,
> > Brian Pitts
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