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Dear linux-e: I mainly use Windows @ work. Although I use UNIX/Linux @ home, never worked with them before. I'm trying to take a UNIX systems analyst position. I'll have test & interview. I know little C/perl, & never used UNIX database. This job needs database/C++/perl, etc. What do UNIX systems anlysts do? Which sites can help me? thanks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
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On Tuesday 28 May 2002 15:48, Gelah wrote:
Dear linux-e:
I mainly use Windows @ work. Although I use UNIX/Linux @ home, never worked with them before. I'm trying to take a UNIX systems analyst position. I'll have test & interview. I know little C/perl, & never used UNIX database. This job needs database/C++/perl, etc. What do UNIX systems anlysts do? Which sites can help me?
First off, read the llama book and/or the camel book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lperl3/ - the llama book. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pperl3/ - the camel book. Secondly, read the USAH. It's (IMO) the single best UNIX book around. http://www.admin.com/ - the companion website for the UNIX System Administration Handbook. As for the DB stuff, I'm not a DBA, so I can't make any wildly helpful suggestions there. I really don't think there's any real substitute for cramming with a few books. hope this helps. Gideon.
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On Tuesday 28 May 2002 01:04 pm, Gideon Hallett wrote:
Secondly, read the USAH. It's (IMO) the single best UNIX book around.
http://www.admin.com/ - the companion website for the UNIX System Administration Handbook.
Evi Nemeth et. al. have written a new edition, "Linux Administation Handbook" which will be useful if one knows that one will be using Linux rather than Unix as it's more up to date and covers more distros than USAH's coverage of Red Hat 6.2. It's also a bit cheaper; though the Unix edition is probably worth the extra bucks if you're working in a Unix or hetrogeneous environment. SuSE fans would be happy to know that the Linux edition's authors seem to like SuSE more from an adminstrator's standpoint several times. (They aren't shy in stating their preferences.) -- If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. -- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers"
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Gelah
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Gideon Hallett
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