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| Linux Server Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools | 
| Author: Rob Flickenger
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (31 reviews)
Sales Rank: 94822
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0596004613
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.4476
UPC: 636920004615
EAN: 9780596004613
ASIN: 0596004613
Publication Date: January 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Linux "Must Have" book for servers or desktop client March 17, 2006
First, I write software professionally. I write software, I am not a Sys Admin (which is hard work I might add; System Administration is for hardcore people.) This book saved me money by giving me answers to problems that would have taken me days to find the answers to by searching the internet.
Hack #17 includes "pgrep"
Before I was doing "ps -elf | grep something" to find a process I wanted to kill. Hack #17 explains a better way to do that with pgrep and things like "skill"
Simple enough but time is money in this business and this book save both time and money.
Also the book is a "good" read. The author writes well and keeps you reading. Not a dry manual.
If you are doing Linux for fun or work you need will need to buy this book. It allows you more time to sleep at night.
Very useful and clever October 23, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Just a couple days after I had started thumbing through this book my boyfriend picked it up and stole it for 2 weeks. The result? "This book rocks."
The book is organized into sections so that it's logical to just read it cover to cover if you felt so inclined. The hacks go from simple to more difficult, and it's certainly not just for Server adminstrators! Most of these hacks are a benefit to any Linux user. I found myself often thinking "Wow, that's so clever!" and "I should have thought of that!" while reading this book. I discovered so many new little ways around doing things, and got a fresh look at how to tackle certain problems, and actually learned quite a bit about programs I use everyday (such as ssh).
It's wonderful that such a collection has been brought together, this is now one of my favorite reference books.
 A simple 'quick tips' book October 12, 2004
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is more of a 'quick tips' book. There are literally thousands of websites that have the same information, and many of them are interactive where you can ask questions, etc.
If you would like a handbook for some of the more common problems though, then you could take a look at this book and probably get a few things out of it.
Poor Man's VPN April 24, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The challenge: Accessing my Linux workstation at work from my Linux workstation at home.
A colleage suggested I take a look at SSH port forwarding. I did a quick read through the man page and tried a few things to no avail. As I say back in frustration I noticed a book on my shelf that had say unread for several months. A quick scan of Linux Server Hack and I had a solution that allowed me to create a sort of poor man's VPN.
Buy this book. Read it. It will pay for itself in increased productivity.
 Quick and Handy Linux Admin's Guide March 11, 2004
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Gives clear and succint solutions to a set of common problems that Linux admins or users may run into. I like the cookbook style approach and the concise format.
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