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Network engineer and systems administrator Lucas presents a guide to the Unix-based operating system. Chapters cover installation, back up and recovery, system performance, networking, security, software management, managing network services, email services, filesystems and disks, crash debugging, Web and FTP services, and preliminary information on ways to turn BSD into a desktop operating system.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


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"packed with a lot of information."


THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
"Highly practical, and deliberately written to be accessible to users of all skill and experience levels..."


SOUTHPOINT.com
"...a practical how-to guide for managing FreeBSD."


TECHWEEK TV
"Great content. Easy to understand. This is a great first book on BSD


LOGIN: THE MAGAZINE FOR USENIX AND SAGE
"...a very fine piece of work."


Book Description
Absolute BSD focuses on FreeBSD's features, benefits, and strengths - specifically on using BSD systems as high-performance Internet servers. Designed for new system administrators with basic UNIX knowledge who want to accomplish essential tasks with the FreeBSD operating system, the book's main focus is on FreeBSD, but much of its information is also applicable to OpenBSD and NetBSD. BSD-specific features are covered, such as how to build a high-performance server, secure it, prepare crash dumps, and interoperate with other network servers. A troubleshooting section that addresses problems that a new FreeBSD administrator might encounter is also included.


About the Author
Michael Lucas is a columnist for the O'Reilly Network and a contributor to Sys Admin Magazine. He has been a pet wrangler, a librarian, a security consultant, and now works as a network engineer, and systems administrator.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

FreeBSD, the powerful, flexible, and free Unix-based operating system, is the preferred server for many enterprises. But it can be even trickier to use than either Unix or Linux, and harder to use well. Absolute BSD is your complete guide to BSD, written by a FreeBSD committer and with the support of the BSD community. It covers installation, networking, security, network services, system performance, kernel tweaking, file systems, SMP, upgrading, crash debugging, and much more.

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