Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 8 Study Guide - Softcover

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PETER H. GREGORY is manager of Security Strategy at AT&T Wireless in Redmond, Washington. He has served as computing systems and security architect, system administrator, network engineer, webmaster, and network software engineer for AT&T Wireless. Previously, he was lead software development engineer for a UNIX-based casino management product. His previous books include Solaris Security (Prentice Hall PTR/Sun Microsystems Press).

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The authoritative prep guide for the Sun Solaris 8 Operating Environment System Administration Part I certification exam!

• The only exam prep guide for the Solaris 8 Operating Environment endorsed by Sun Educational Services!
• Contains self-assessment questions approved by the exam's creators
• Comprehensive coverage of day-to-day system administration
• Security, backup and recovery, installation, disks, troubleshooting, and much more

This start-to-finish guide to the certification exam for the Solaris 8 platform is the only prep guide endorsed by Sun Educational Services―and the only book containing self-assessment questions approved by the exam's creators!

Focused entirely on the Solaris 8 platform, it's both an exceptionally authoritative study guide and an outstanding day-to-day reference for every sysadmin using the latest, most powerful version of the Solaris Operating Environment. Long-time UNIX authority Peter H. Gregory presents comprehensive coverage of essential concepts of the Solaris platform and day-to-day user administration, including:

• Files, file systems, disks, and backup/recovery
• Installation, initialization and shutdown, boot PROMs, and the Solaris platform kernel
• Command syntax, shell commands, and vi editing-including hundreds of real-world examples
• Security, processes, remote communications, and user administration
• Analyzing and troubleshooting hardware and software
• Graphical user interfaces

Whether you're currently preparing for the Sun Solaris 8 Operating Environment certification exam or migrating to the Solaris 8 platform from earlier versions, you won't find a more authoritative, useful resource.