sysadmin books

[Michael Gargiullo]

On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 16:27, alan wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Michael Gargiullo wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 15:17, duncan brown wrote:
> > > Hey guys, I'm looking for some input on sysadmin books to fill in my
> > > recently cleaned-out collection.  i need recommendations on the following
> > > subjects:
> > > 
> > > sendmail (or any other mta)
> > O'Reilly Bat book
> 
> Or anything on recreational pharmecuticals. (For making sense of 
> sendmail.cf regex.)
> 
> > Or grab the EXIM book (I hear that's going to be the default MTA for
> > FC2)
> 
> That is the first I had heard.  Any reason to prefer Exim over Postfix?

I've only heard a rumor.  I do hope it's true.  It's a direct dropin for
sendmail, and is worlds easier to configure.
> 
> > > system security
> 
> The "Linux Firewalls 2nd edition" book by Robert Ziegler is very useful 
> for IPTables information. (Especially when you are trying to remember how 
> to filter some of the more difficult and less used protocols.)
> 
> > > apache
> 
> The O'Reiley Apache guide is good.  The documentation on the web site is 
> usually enough for me in most cases though.
> 
>