Press Release
January 29, 2003
Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools from Linux Experts: O'Reilly Releases "Linux Server Hacks"
Sebastopol, CA--Once relegated to a lonely back room, the Linux server
has earned its place in the enterprise. No longer an eccentric whim, it
is now a high performance system for routing large amounts of
information through a network connection. The job of the Linux system
administrator is to pull all the power and performance out of it that's
possible, while not getting lost in the details of administrative
tasks. For help with this task, there's basic documentation online, but
there is much beyond the basics that a competent system administrator
needs to know. The best source for this type of knowledge is from
people who have hands-on, real-world experience--people who have worked
through the same challenges and found efficient solutions. This is the
kind of "know-how" that can be found in Linux Server Hacks by Rob
Flickenger (O'Reilly, US $24.95).
"Linux Server Hacks" is a collection of industrial-strength,
real-world, tested solutions to practical problems. The book contains
one hundred independent but related tips, tools, and scripts that solve
common but frequently difficult administrative tasks. Some of the hacks
are subtle, many of them are non-obvious, and all of them demonstrate
the power and flexibility of a Linux system. The book offers hacks
devoted to tuning the Linux kernel to make one's system run more
efficiently, as well as using CVS or RCS to track the revision to
system files. There are hacks covering alternate ways of doing backups,
using the system monitoring tools to track system performance, and a
variety of secure networking solutions. "Linux Server Hacks" also
includes tips on managing large-scale web installations running Apache,
MySQL, and other open source tools that are typically part of a Linux
system. Every hack can be read in just a few minutes, but will save
hours of searching for the right answer.
"This book is for administrators who use Linux every day, and want to
use their systems more effectively," explains Flickenger. "While it
contains one hundred directly applicable hacks that solve common but
frequently difficult tasks, 'Linux Server Hacks' is also intended to
convey a particular methodology to be used when solving technical
problems. When properly applied, Linux becomes a powerful and
expressive medium in which to create elegant solutions to common
problems, all while being educational and even entertaining along the
way. This methodology is the hacker's attitude, and is the spirit which
drives Linux as a living, evolving solution to technical problems."
Written by experts for intelligent, advanced users, O'Reilly's new
Hacks Series have begun to reclaim the term "hacking" for the good
guys. In recent years the term "hacker" has come to be associated with
those nefarious black hats who break into other people's computers to
snoop, steal information, or disrupt internet traffic. But the term
originally had a much more benign meaning, and you'll still hear it
used this way whenever developers get together. Our new Hacks Series is
written in the spirit of true hackers--the people who drive
innovation.
Hacking is "an appropriate application of ingenuity...whether the
result is a quick-and-dirty patchwork job or a carefully crafted work
of art, you have to admire the cleverness that went into it."
--Eric S. Raymond, "New Hacker's Dictionary"
Additional Resources:
Linux Server Hacks
Rob Flickenger
ISBN 0-596-00461-3, 221 pages, $24.95 (US), $38.95 (CAN), 17.50 (UK)
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938; 1-707-827-7000
About O'Reilly
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