Now covers Red Hat Linux! Written by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent R. Hein with Adam Boggs, Rob Braun, Ned McClain, Dan Crawl, Lynda McGinley, and Todd Miller "This is not a nice, neat book for a nice, clean world. It's a nasty book for a nasty world. This is a book for the rest of us." --Eric Allman and Marshall Kirk McKusick "I am pleased to welcome Linux to the UNIX System Administration Handbook!" --Linus Torvalds, Transmeta "This book is most welcome!" --Dennis Ritchie, AT&T Bell Laboratories This new edition of the world's most comprehensive guide to UNIX system administration is an ideal tutorial for those new to administration and an invaluable reference for experienced professionals. The third edition has been expanded to include "direct from the frontlines" coverage of Red Hat Linux. UNIX System Administration Handbook describes every aspect of system administration--from basic topics to UNIX esoterica--and provides explicit coverage of four popular UNIX systems: This book stresses a practical approach to system administration. It's packed with war stories and pragmatic advice, not just theory and watered-down restatements of the manuals. Difficult subjects such as sendmail, kernel building, and DNS configuration are tackled head-on. Examples are provided for all four versions of UNIX and are drawn from real-life systems--warts and all. "This book is where I turn first when I have system administration questions. It is truly a wonderful resource and always within reach of my terminal." --W. Richard Stevens, author of numerous books on UNIX and TCP/IP "This is a comprehensive guide to the care and feeding of UNIX systems. The authors present the facts along with seasoned advice and numerous real-world examples. Their perspective on the variations among systems is valuable for anyone who runs a heterogeneous computing facility." --Pat Parseghian, Transmeta "We noticed your book on the staff recommendations shelf at our local bookstore: 'Very clear, a masterful interpretation of the subject.' We were most impressed, until we noticed that the same staff member had also recommended Aunt Bea's Mayberry Cookbook." --Shannon Bloomstran, history teacher

Evi Nemeth已經從科羅拉多大學（University of Colorado）計算機科學係教師的崗位上退休瞭，但是她仍然在參與CAIDA的網絡研究工作，CAIDA是聖地亞哥超級計算中心（San Diego Supercomputer Center）的Internet數據分析協作組織（Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis）

Garth Snyder曾經在NeXT和Sun公司工作過，他從斯沃索莫學院（Swarthmore College）獲得瞭電機工程專業的學位，並且在羅徹斯特大學（University of Rochester）取得MD和MBA學位。

Trent R. Hein（trent@atrust.com）是Applied Trust Engineering公司的創辦人之一，這是一傢提供網絡基礎設施的安全和性能谘詢服務的公司。Trent從科羅拉多大學（University of Colorado）獲得瞭計算機科學專業學士學位。