Red Hat LINUX Administrator's Guide (With CD-ROM)

by Kerry Cox

Take full advantage of Red Hat Linux with this comprehensive administrator's guide. Inside you will find time-saving advice that will help you in the day-to-day management of Red Hat Linux servers. This book covers typical administrative tasks such as setting up and configuring servers, adding new users to your network, and using Linux with other operating systems. It also covers writing scripts to automate everyday tasks and using Linux as an Internet server with Apache. The included CD-ROM contains GNU tools, useful scripts, and other utilities specifically designed for administrators.

816 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Kerry Cox received his Ph.D. in German Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was the System Administrator and Network Engineer for KSL Radio and Television for nearly 5 years. He worked on the NBC 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and provided network backup to national programming. Since then he has worked as a Linux engineer for familysearch.org, as a security consultant for Fidelity Investments, and as IT Director for Sorenson Media. He also worked as CIO for Mountain Medical and as IT Operations Manager for WJ Bradley. He recently taught computer courses at Neumont University. He is currently a Curriculum Developer for Juniper Networks. He has published several technical manuals and is currently working on a novel of historical fiction. He has a lovely wife, Karen, to whom he has been married for over 30 years. Kerry and Karen are proud parents of three sons and a daughter.