Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #734961 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-15
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.22" h x 7.02" w x 9.20" l, 2.08 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 600 pages

Book Info
Text shows how to automate everyday system administration tasks; covering popular programs such as GNU cfengine, RPM, CVS, rsync, AutoRPM, Logwatch, and OpenPKG. For intermediate to advanced users. Softcover.

About the Author

Kirk Bauer has been involved in computer programming since
1985. He has been using and administering UNIX systems since 1994.
Although his personal favorite UNIX variant is Linux, he has administered and developed on everything from FreeBSD to Solaris, AIX, and
HP–UX. He is the author of various open source solutions such as
Logwatch.

Kirk has been involved with software development and system/network administration since his first year at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He has done work for the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and DHL. In 2000, Kirk was one of the founders and the chief
technology officer of TogetherWeb, which was purchased in 2003 by Proficient Systems. Kirk is now a systems engineer with F5 Networks.

Kirk graduated from Georgia Tech in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and is currently pursuing his MBA at Arizona State University. He lives in Peoria, Arizona, with his two dogs, and is looking forward to getting married to his lovely fiancé, Rachel.