SunSoft Press - Books Available from Ziff-Davis Press
Order information for the following 3 books is provided at the end of this
file.
Additional book information, including Preface, Table of Contents,
and a picture of the front cover are available for each title below.
John Pew
625 pages; $34.95 US
ISBN 1-56276-087-4
Written for the end user, GUIDE TO SOLARIS discusses the Solaris 2
distributed computing environment and how to customize it to the user's
tastes. Begin with a brief tour of Solaris, from the SunOS operating
system to the OPEN LOOK graphical user interface. Explore the functions
of the fifteen DeskSet tools and learn how to change the default
settings to your liking. Includes more advanced chapters on working
from the SunOS command line and the fundamentals of UNIX system
administration. A perfect introduction to using the Solaris environment
effectively!
Janice Winsor
288 pages; $29.95 US
ISBN 1-56276-080-7
This practical guide for system administrators at all levels of
experience describes how to efficiently managing the Solaris 2
environment. Loaded with step-by-step examples and based on a trusty
in-house reference manual that became an underground classic at Sun
Microsystems, Inc., this task-oriented book gets you the information
you need every time. Employing a quick-reference approach, the author
presents the command sequence for each system administration task
followed by supporting sample code. Topics covered include file
systems, networking, printing, shells, and troubleshooting. Also
includes a Quick Reference Card on the differences between SunOS 4.x
and Solaris 2 (SunOS 5.x).
German (tewi-Verlag) and Japanese (Impress Corporation) editions are available.
Janice Winsor
477 pages; $29.95 US
ISBN 1-56276-131-5
This companion volume to the SOLARIS SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR'S
GUIDE covers more advanced Solaris 2 system administration tasks in
the same practical, step-by-step, task-oriented style for which the
first book was applauded. It is ideal for system administrators who are
experienced with day-to-day system maintenance and who need to add
system components, improve service access, or automate routine tasks.
Topics covered include mail services, NIS+, automount services, Service
Access Facility (SAF), application software, and shell programming.
A Japanese edition is available from ASCII Corporation.
These 3 SunSoft Press books are available:
- At technical bookstores worldwide
- From
SunExpress
NOTE: SunExpress carries most titles.
- Directly from Ziff-Davis (see below)
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worldwide order information, email sunsoftpress@Sun.COM.
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All prices quoted are US$ suggested list prices as of June 1995
and are subject to change without notice.