Red Hat Linux 7 Server
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Author: Mohammed J. Kabir
List Price: $39.99
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ISBN: 0764547860
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (01 December, 2000)
Edition: Paperback
Sales Rank: 127,119
Average Customer Rating: 3.71 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 3 out of 5
Not useful unless already experienced
While the CD included with the book are version 7.0, the installation screen shots are from an older version. Most of the install processes are the typical woefully inadequate, glossed-over, out-dated procedures for v6 through a command line. No showing of a typical server hardware installation, which is the main subject of book, other than two generalized pages.While he includes listings for the bootup and shutdown processes, he does precious little in explaining the goings on and / or contrasting the listings with different hardware. Then he has the ubiquous 60 pg alphabetical listing of common CLI commands in a reference format. Not in a sequence to do useful things. Then he explains LinuxConf working under Gnome or KDE, which seems fairly useful and lucid, LinuxConf v1.19. Most of the rest of the book is CLI based commands as well as using LinuxConf for admin tasks including network, dns, email, ftp, apache, and nfs. For Server specific tasks, he includes a 95 pg chapter configuring an Apache webserver, a 21 pg chapter configuring of MySQL, and a 35 pg chapter on a multi-server network using commercial Radware's WSD Pro. A discussion on Linux GUI, Xwindows using Xfree86 and Gnome, is tacked on at the end of the book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Is this a cruel joke?
I bought this book based on the other reviews but soon realized I had made a mistake. Unless you want to get totally confused, do not try entering the commands as they are writen in this book. Some of them aren't even close to being corect!
Rating: 5 out of 5
my entry to linux world
As i wanted to start learning all about this great alternative operating system and enter the linux world i purchased this great book based on good reviews and the author's nameThe idea is that following the step by step instructions you can setup a linux server
I did, and the server almost worked but there are a few points to bear in mind and i hope mr kabir will address them in an update My main disappointment was that emphasis is entirely on command prompt interface with little mention to the gui part of the o.s.
All i wanted is to setup an intranet and i consider myself a not so bad user, but some of the settings are not very clear and chapters with "Intranet" in their title are not really addressing such a technology clearly or in depth
Inclusion of some Case studies could have been beneficial.
Nevertheless a power user will be able to find his way through For a Linux beginner i recommend the book as a second book after having gained some experience with the o.s.
I found the book suitable for above average to power users Overall the content was very helpful and i think mr kabir is one of the best authorities on the subject
any drawback is most certainly because i am new to linux and i am sticking to this beautiful o s that respects our intelligence
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