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Nicole Crémel and Roger Woolnough IT/User Support
This is a brief assessment on the Unix-related books offered at the CERN Book Shop (COmputing Books Selling Service).
Note that the list of books proposed may evolve in time according to the needs (e.g. new editions,
new software or product versions, etc.) and to user feedback (at our e-mail
address Cobs.Service@cern.ch).
At the date of publication of this CNL (December 1998), the list of books proposed in the category Unix is:
The originally chosen reference
for CERN UNIX users for over 5 years. One of our best selling books that contains
a reference for the complete system. Provides coverage of a wide range of commands
and utilities for SunOS 4 and BSD 4.3. Includes chapters on emacs,
vi, shells,
networking, ftp, sed & awk, and X-Windows/Motif (in fact
most utilities that users need) for reference purposes.
An identical book to the above
except that it is geared to System 5 release 4.2. All you need as a reference
book for the Unix system.
This is the book recommended for learning Unix
and now comes complete with CD-ROM with hyper-text version. It is not as comprehensive as the two Sobell books but provides a good tutorial from basics to mini-reference
level. Includes all the utilities you will need to get started as a future
Unix guru.
This latest version is an excellent example in
the Nutshell series. This is a comprehensive list complete with generous
descriptives of all UNIX commands. It not only covers user and programmer
commands but also shell commands, GNU emacs and vi text editing, sed and awk,
make, SCCS and RCS. A complete mini reference book useful to beginner and
accomplished user alike.
As the title suggests this is the book for all
users wanting to get more out of one of the shells recommended at CERN. This book
describes how to use these shells interactively from the beginning. A small but
well written tutorial and reference alike.
Again a self explanatory title providing a good
insight into the facets of the shell which include both commands and shell
scripting. The book also includes an extended programming example of the
shell script debugger.
This book provides the
experienced C programmer a tutorial on the UNIX system call interface and the
most important functions found in the ANSI C Library. Written by Richard Stevens
in his typical manner of providing each new function with an example. Essential
reading for experienced programmers and developers.
The book and CD-ROM contain an enormous collection
of free software for UNIX power users. It has tips, scripts, and techniques to make
using UNIX easier and more effective. Every script and command set is available on
the CD so it can be simply copied across to your own system. The second edition
of this book was published at the start of the year so all the utilities remain well
up to date.
A complete users guide to the freely available
encryption programme. The programme was originally available to only military
and intelligence agencies to encrypt both files and mail. The book contains
details of the development of PGP as well as insights into the use of tamper-proof
signatures.
Again a very recent 2nd edition
of this book deigned for Unix administrators as well as serious users. Contains
information on WWW security and firewalls, wrapper and proxy programmes, secure
programming and how to secure TCP/IP services like ftp and smtp. Lots of
information on the Unix filesystem, cryptography, backups, logging as well as
physical and telephone security. An extensive appendix deals with freely available
security tools, references and security related organisations.
This book as its title suggests,
deals with all aspects of administration under Unix as well as covering
networking, electronic mail, security and kernel configurations. The book
mentioned after this one differs in that it takes a more practical approach so
the choice is in the style.
This book takes a practical
approach to system administration and comes with a CD-ROM that contains lots
of packages, documents and examples. As stated in the previous explanation it
is a matter of personal choice and writing style of which book to choose.
Ce livre dans la série "Comment Faire" s'adresse
aux débutants qui trouveront toutes les solutions à
leurs besoins quotidiens.
Avec beaucoup d'exemples ce livre est idéal pour quelqu'un
qui ne souhaite pas connaître le système Unix
comme un expert mais seulement comme un utilisateur.
Ce livre écrit en français s'adresse aux
utilisateurs qui veulent tout savoir sur le système Unix.
Très bien structuré, ce livre peut être
utilisé aussi bien comme
"cours d'instruction" que comme livre de référence.
Equivalent aux livres
de Sobell, il contient tous les points nécessaires
pour devenir un vrai "guru Unix".
Please note that in the next CNL a similar article will review the books offered on "Linux" at the CERN Book Shop.
For matters related to this article please contact the author.