- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (8 Jun 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1886411999
- ISBN-13: 978-1886411999
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 853,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This straightforward, practical, and complete guide to mastering the powerful and complex OpenBSD operating system, is for the experienced UNIX user who wants to add OpenBSD to his or her repertoire. The author assumes a knowledge of basic UNIX commands, design, and permissions. The book takes you through the intricacies of the platform and teaches how to manage your system, offering friendly explanations, background information, troubleshooting suggestions, and copious examples throughout.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book details how to install, manage, and upgrade an OpenBSD system. It concentrates on things specific to OpenBSD, and assumes that the reader is familiar with general Unix tools. To quote the book
"This book is written for an experienced systems administrator who is interested in adding OpenBSD mastery to his repetoire"
I bought the book with a few questions in mind, and it answered all of them fully. I found the book interesting and informative - possibly my best buy this year.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been using OpenBSD for over 12 months and wish I had this book by my side when I started.
The book provides a good introduction to OpenBSD and guides the reader through the installation and configuration process. It is best read with a spare computer system by your side so you can try out what you are reading.
Whilst I know the bulk of the contents of the book having previously read the relevant man pages, I did learn several new tricks as well as gaining a better insight into areas I am familiar with.
The book covers the latest OpenBSD 3.3 version.
So I would recommend this book to a UNIX newbie and also an experienced UNIX user. The book will be staying on my bookshelf as a convenient reference.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
OpenBSD for the Practical Paranoid sums up the title of this book and OpenBSD itself very nicely. This book gives the reader a very good overview of UNIX, covering some important features that are exclusive to OpenBSD such as pf and secure levels. Readers interested in pf itself should look at Building Firewalls with pf by Jacek Artymiak [new edition out 2006].
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A great book that gives confidence
OpenBSD has a slightly scary reputation and as someone who has never considered himself a "guru" (or anything close) I was reluctant to attempt an install and setup. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2004
A very readable manual for this great OS.
OpenBSD makes no attempt to be user-friendly and, for someone who is not a Unix guru (and I'm not!), learning from the man pages, FAQ's, HowTo's and source can present a very steep... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2003 by "dheydeck"
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