Dean - Linux administration cookbook insightful recipes to work with system administration tasks on Linux

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Adam K. Dean has used Linux since 2005, when he rendered his first computer unbootable during an Ubuntu installation. Undeterred, a subsequent installation was successful, notwithstanding the odd graphical and Wi-Fi issues.

Between bouts of writing about himself in the third person, Adam now runs his own consultancy offering Linux expertise to a range of clients, though he hasn't forgotten his origins, and stil l occasionally renders computers unbootable.

Donald Tevaultbut you can call him Donniegot involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room.

Sam Norbury is someone who you never find frowning, at best you'll get a non-informative mmm from his general direction, which gives nothing away as to the inner-workings of his head, or what he thinks of your latest suggestion. Prized for his Ansible knowledge and patience, he now splits his time between consulting and travelling the world, spreading apathy everywhere he goes.

Jon Nield is a senior engineer who's reputation for calm and methodical problem solving has earned him a reputation as one of the most easy-going and nicest guys in tech. Having worked in the computing and server industry for many years, his expertise in areas such as C, and the underpinnings of the Linux operating system, make him a highly-sought consultant.

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When it comes to servers, there's no more popular OS than Linux and its family of distributions. No matter which company you work for these days, there's a good chance at least part of their infrastructure runs some flavor of Linux.

Because of this, there's never been a better time to get into Linux system administration and engineering (along with the tangentially related disciplines), though I would say that, of course... being a Linux sysadmin.

This book aims to be your reference and guide for certain common tasks in the Linux world, from the mundane and basic to the fun and complex, though anything can be complex if you try hard enough. I hope that, while reading it, you find something new (preferably a lot of new things) and maybe come across suggestions that you wouldn't have come across otherwise.

We're also going to get practical in our work (because just reading about things is boring), using virtual machines throughout to achieve our intended goals.

This book is for a mixture of people, from the new and inexperienced, to the old and grumpy (like me).

It aims to teach you the basics of what you need to know to get started, while also introducing some real-world examples and suggesting various tips and tricks that you may not know already.

Even if you've been using Linux for a couple of decades, I hope you'll find something in this book that you didn't know, or find enlightening.