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From: skilbane@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk (Steven Kilbane)
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Subject: Re: Book on system administration
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Date: 2 Aug 89 07:49:40 GMT
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From article <12933@well.UUCP>, by sjm@well.UUCP (Stephen Moehle):
> I have recently found myself in the position of being the system administrator
> for a System V 3.0 386 UNIX machine.  If someone could tell me how to
> learn to be an administator or recommend a good book, etc., that would be
> great.  Thanks.

 You could try "UNIX For Super-Users", by Eric Foxley (Addison-Wesley, was 16
quid when I bought it). It seems alright to me, but then they've never given
me a root account and a machine to run to find out:-)
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