TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bauer,Kirk
TI  - Automating UNIX and Linux Administration
SN  - 1590592123 (pbk.)
AV  - QA76.76.O63 B385 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Berkeley, New York
PB  - Apress, Distributed to the Book trade in the United States by Springer-Verlag New York
KW  - Linux
KW  - UNIX (Computer file)
KW  - Operating systems (Computers)
N1  - Includes index; Chapter 1--Introducing the Basics of AutomationChapter 2-- Using SSH to Securely Automate System AdministrationChapter 3--Creating Login Scripts and Shell Scripts Chapter 4--Pre-Installation: Network Preparation and ManagementChapter 5--Automating and Customizing Installation Chapter 6--Automatic System Configuration Chapter 7--Sharing Data Between SystemsChapter 8--Packages and PatchesChapter 9--System Maintenance and ChangesChapter--10 System MonitoringChapter 11--Improving System Security Chapter 12--Backing Up and Restoring Data Chapter 13--User Interfaces Appendix A Introduction to Basic ToolsAppendix B Customizing and Automating Red Hat Linux InstallationAppendix C Building Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) Packages
N2  - Wouldn't you like to automate the tedious daily tasks of system administration? Automating UNIX and Linux Administration will show you how, by exploring existing tools and offering real-world examples. Although some of the book is Linux-specific, most of the information applies to any UNIX system, including material on automating tasks across multiple variants of UNIX. Author Kirk Bauer briefly overviews tools and technologies--and assumes preliminary knowledge about editing a configuration file or mounting a file system. The techniques, methods, and tools in this book will help you manage a single system--but will prove especially powerful across multiple systems. No matter if the systems are desktops, servers, or Beowulf clusters--all of them will benefit from this automation. And managing five to five thousand systems will become a simpler task!
ER  -