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Managing NFS and NIS [Kindle Edition]

Mike Eisler (Author), Ricardo Labiaga (Author), Hal Stern (Author)

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Cross-platform file sharing under Network File System (NFS) is so reliable that in most organisations, it works pretty much unattended. Ditto for the directory services that Network Information System (NIS) provides. Managing NFS and NIS is for people who want to know more about how NFS and NIS do their vital work, and how to make them operate in unusual circumstances. Focused on the Solaris and Linux implementations of NFS and NIS, this book is ideal for the UNIX system administrator who's familiar with TCP/IP networking and everyday system administration. The second edition of this book eliminates much of the programming material that appeared in its predecessor and replaces it with information on NFS 3, its support of IPSec and Kerberos security, and its operation under Solaris 8.

This is a blue O'Reilly book, packed to the gunwales with information of interest to people in a hurry to optimise their systems and resolve difficulties. It's easy to locate the passage you need via the index or through the table of contents, and most entries provide a great mix of how-to material (in the form of input-and-output listings) and explanatory text (expert commentary, often with notes on applicable variations). If there's a command, option, or configuration parameter associated with NIS or NFS, you'll find documentation of it here. --David Wall

Topics covered: Network File System (NFS) and Network Information System (NIS) for UNIX machines, especially Solaris (through version 8) and Linux (through version 2.2). Automounting, security, diskless workstations, and performance tuning are among the many details the authors address.

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"If you administrate a collection of Unix systems of any flavour then buy this book. There will always be something of interest that will make your Unix network easier to use and manage - guaranteed. If your network involves NT interconnectivity then still buy it but read the opinion on PCNFS verses SAMBA with an open mind." - Jon Wilks, Cvu, June 2002

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Print Length: 512 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 2 edition (9 Feb 2009)
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Language English
ASIN: B0043EWV6U
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #139,173 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Pretty good for general stuff 8 Nov 2000

By Dewi Morgan

Format:Paperback

Well, I found it was OK, but it didn't go into the really DEEP issues. I bought this book because I had a problem and needed some ideas to help solve it. The book did not help much. It is not a book really for people who have been sysadmins for many years, since this will all probably be second nature to you anyway.

Anything you don't normally need to do is not really covered. How do you disable NIS, or NFS? What are the file locations? what about on AIX or OSF/1? If you cannot use the standard configuration tools, what files do you need to manually edit to get it all up and working? What's the syntax?

That said, as a primer to get you up and running with NIS and NFS, it's good, and goes into some detail on related issues as well. It also looks like it'll be a useful resource for administrating them under less extreme circumstances than I've recently been experiencing.

It's also quite readable. A little dry, but you expect that in a computer book. The tone is conversational rather than tutorial, which helps.

However, the book seems to waver between being a reference and a tutorial, and is not sure which to be.

Not the most essential of my O'Reilly books, but I'll certainly be reserving it a place on my desk.

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Valuable tool for UNIX systems administrators 5 Aug 1997

By A Customer

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I was formerly the UNIX Systems Administrator of
large company where we had several variants of the UNIX operating system employed.

We had a very robust NIS and NFS environment with hundreds of NFS mount points and a dozen or more NIS maps.

The text and examples of this book enabled me to better maintain and update our environment. The practical guidelines for NIS map and application building provided concise information that was easily implemented.

In the area of NFS administration, the book provided valuable performance and tuning information, as well as diagnostic information to determine where problems could lie.

Additionally, I enjoyed the sections on Networking Fundamentals and NFS Design and operation. These were a nice refresher for knowledge previously attained.

While no one book can give all the answers to real world problems, this one at least shows practical application whereby a professional can apply the fundamentals to solve their own problems.

Overall, as a UNIX systems administrator, I found this book to be a "MUST HAVE" item for the professionals' bookshelf.

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A clear, comprehensive but consise guide to NFS and NIS 11 Mar 2000

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For anyone who has to build of maintain an NFS or NIS environment this book is an invaluable resource. The coverage is broad but detailed enough to be really useful.

The only downside is that the age of the book means that if you use Solaris the examples have to be modified to take account of things like /etc/dfs/dfstab rather than /etc/exports , etc.

Basically a must have.

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