Essential System Administration, Third Edition
by AEleen Frisch 

The following corrections were made to the 10/03 reprint:

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



(xx) preface 
In the summary of Chapter 13, last line
COPS

NOW READS: 
CUPS


[10]  syntax string near the bottom;
host=command(s)

NOW READS:
host = command(s) [: host = command(s) ...]


[11]  top, example configuration file code;

HAS BEEN CORRECTED to read:

# User specifications: who can do what where
root          ALL = ALL
%chem         CHEM = SHUTDOWN, MOUNT
chavez        PHYSICS = MOUNT : achilles = /sbin/swapon
harvey        ALL = NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN
BACKUPOPS     ALL, !CHEM = BACKUP, /usr/local/bin


(49) IN PRINT: Last line of last code sample;
"/public/web/apache/htdocs"

NOW READS:
"/public/web2/apache/htdocs"


(65)  Table 2-9;
In the tape devices row,  a missing carriage return, HAS BEEN ADDED, correcting the previous misalignment
of labels in column 1. "Nonrewinding" is NOW CORRECTLY opposite /dev/nrmtn 



[66] Table at bottom of page:
"Description" of lscfg -v -l device entry for "AIX" Unix version:
NOW READS:  Device configuration detail.

Command & Description ADDED to "AIX" Unix version:
lsattr -E -H -l device   Display device attributes.

Commands & Descriptions for "FreeBSD" Unix version revised, to NOW READ:
pciconf -l -v       	List PCI devices.
camcontrol devlist   	List SCSI devices.

Command & Description for "Linux" Unix version DELETED:
dmesg	Boot messages identify all devices.

Command & Description for "Solaris" Unix version ADDED:
dmesg	Boot messages identify all devices.

Footnote for command "dmesg" ADDED to table:
dmesg is also availabel under FreeBSD, HP-UX, and Linux.

Table's Footnote "a" REVISED as follows:
Unfortunately, the getdev and devattr commands are often of limited use.

Note: a pdf of the corrected page 66 can be found here -
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596003432/errata/ch02.pdf



(158)  top of page, excerpt from inittab file, section headed run level changes;
r1:1:wait:/sbin/shutdown -y -iS -g0 >/dev/console 2>&1 r2:23:wait:/etc/rc2 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console

NOW READS:
r1:1:wait:/sbin/shutdown -y -iS -g0 >/dev/console 2>&1
r2:23:wait:/etc/rc2 >/dev/console 2>&1 </dev/console


[196] IN PRINT: 3rd line, 1st paragraph
"Traditionally, this is a Class C address and so..."

NOW READS:
"Traditionally, this is a Class B address and so..."


(207) IN PRINT: 5th bulleted paragraph, 2nd sentence:
"...it will tries when it reaches 87.[line break]
5% of..."

NOW READS:
"...it will try when it reaches 87.5% of..."


(280) caption under table 6-9:
Copa Cabana

NOW READS:
Copacabana


[289]  Table 6-10; In Inactivity period entry:
AIX: chuser minage=weeks

NOW READS:
AIX: chuser maxexpired=weeks

In Expiration date entry:
AIX: chuser minage=weeks

NOW READS:
AIX: chuser expires=MMDDhhmmy


(319) IN PRINT: paragraph before "Using OpenLDAP" section, last sentence;
"The gq utility is pictured in Figures 6-12 and 6-13."

NOW READS:
"The gq utility is pictured in Figures 6-13 and 6-14."


(320)
The URL to PADL Software http://www.padl.org.

HAS BEEN CHANGED TO:
http://www.padl.com/



(386)  last paragraph;
The last sentence on the page reads:
"Only then will yoxu be in a position ..."

NOW READS:
"Only then will you be in a position ..."



(421) IN PRINT: 2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence;
"...after the release data."

NOW READS:
"...after the release date."


(678)  example commands at the bottom; In the 4th command:
metainit d22 -n d20

NOW READS:
metainit d22 -m d20


(729) last line on the page:
-name `*.o'

NOW READS:
-name '*.o'



(738), 2nd last para. before -r option. 
"(described later in this section)" 

This phrase HAS BEEN DELETED from the sentence.



p. 784--Inline Heading "/etc/gettyab file"

NOW READS:                                             
/etc/gettytab file"


(899) IN PRINT: 3rd paragraph, second sentence;
"...it will sometimes indicates how..."

NOW READS:
"...it will sometimes indicate how..."


(1020) IN PRINT: 7th paragraph, last sentence;
"You can do so my editing the..."

NOW READS:
"You can do so by editing the..."


(1023) IN PRINT: 4th paragraph;
"...directories with large numbers of file."

NOW READS:
"...directories with large numbers of files."


(1073) IN PRINT: 4th paragraph, first sentence;
"The books 'Unix is a Nutshell:System V Edition,'..."

NOW READS:
"The books 'Unix in a Nutshell:System V Edition,'..."