From: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT a DOT crl DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Off subject Unix
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:48:08 -0500
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Ian Chapman wrote:
> 
>         I've just been volunteered to look after a unix based ATE
> (automated test system).  I've been given the root password and what
> I'm hoping that someone can recommend a book on what I should know.
> Things like how to create a new user, fix lost password and general
> stuff.

Didn't the previous root give you a stack of books and say "guard these
with your life"?

The Vendor's User's Manuals are the most valuable books that a root can
have.  It contains everything that you need to know about administering
your system.  Usually they provide a convenient program for adding users
and changing passwords etc.

O'Reilly's "UNIX in a Nutshell" is also a handy reference to have.  They
also have vendor specific versions of this book.

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Weiqi Gao
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