[KLUG Members] new Linux sysadmin book

[Eric Beversluis]

On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 15:14 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > > > Here's the url for the pub's description of the book I passed around at
> > > > the meeting last night:
> > > >     Wells, Nicholas. The Complete Guide to Linux System Administration
> > > > (Thompson Course Technology 0616216166).  It is just out--was not
> > > > available at Amazon till January 05.
> > > > It's a basic (introductory) text for class use (not a trade book--priced
> > > > as a textbook  :- (   
> > > > http://www.course.com/catalog/product.cfm?
> > > > isbn=0-619-21616-6&CFID=6064776&CFTOKEN=85074437\
> > > Does it cover LVM?  (vgcreate, vgdisplay, lvcreate, etc..)
> > There's a paragraph:
> > If you create a logical volume gorup in Disk Druid as you install Linux,
> > you can use the collection of LVM utilities to manage logical volume
> > groups and make changes such as those described in the previous example.
> > The lvm program is the principal utility; enter the command apropos lvm
> > to see a list of related utilities. (p 595)
> 
> Rather scant but better than nothing.  
> 
> Honestly I'd expect a text billing itself as in the "sysadmin" category
> to have an entire chapter (at least) relating to LVM.  Storage
> management is one of the big buggers of system administration, a topic
> filled with subtlety and all manner of grues waiting for the hapless
> adventurer to step a bit to near the shadows.

This is a beginner's text. Claims it "Maps completely to the Red Hat
Certified Technician (RHCT) exam, CompTIA's Linux+ exam, and the Linux
Professional Institute (LPI) Level I certification exam." (Back cover)
Maybe you're suggesting the title is a bit exaggerated for its scope.
Wells also have a text with the same pub called "Guide to Linux
Networking and Security," which I haven't looked at. 
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