[CentOS] beginner resources for CentOS

[Steve Huff]

On Jul 3, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Rogelio Bastardo wrote:

> I'm looking for a good online (or even a good)  "how to be a  
> sysadmin" guide for beginners geared towards CentOS users.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?

dunno about online, but there are some good books out there on the  
topic.

read Evi Nemeth et al.'s "Linux Administration Handbook" (http:// 
www.admin.com/); the Red Hat-related sections will be relevant to  
CentOS.

then read Tom Limoncelli and Christine Hogan's "The Practice of  
System and Network Administration" (http://everythingsysadmin.com/),  
but don't do so until you feel comfortable and solid with the  
Nemeth.  this book is not distribution- or architecture-specific, but  
it's more about the fundamental "how" of system administration, and  
can be of greater use to you than any specific technical  
documentation.  in particular, if you're starting out, you'll have a  
good opportunity to develop good habits from the beginning, instead  
of having to break yourself of bad habits later. :)

-steve

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