[olug] Help for a newbie systems administrator

[Dave Thacker]

On Friday 07 August 2009 22:00:01 Chris St. Pierre wrote:
> While the other resources suggested are excellent, systems
> administration is *not* the art of knowing a lot about Linux.  I
> highly recommend that you purchase a copy of "The Practice Of System
> and Network Administration," by Tom Limoncelli, Christine Hogan, and
> Strata Chalup.  TPOSANA tackles the soft topics of sysadminning, and
> does so brilliantly.  If you want to be something more than "the guy
> who knows a lot about Linux" -- if you actually want to be a
> professional as opposed to a paid hobbyist -- TPOSANA is required
> reading in my opinion.
I second Chris's recommendation.  

And if you get swamped by sysadmin tasks, Limoncelli's "Time Management for 
System Administrator's" is helpful too.

Good Luck, and please ask us questions!

Dave Thacker