                    Linux Network Administrator's Guide
                               by Olaf Kirch
                              Published by SSC
                            Reviewed by Chip Cox

        Normally I purchase a book for one of three reasons; I like fiction,
as a reference book, or to learn more about a subject. I am still trying to
determine which area this book falls into. It isn't fiction although any
book which claims to provide knowledge on UNIX and in the case of Linux a
particular version of Unix almost qualifies. It wasn't written in a format
which works well as a reference book. It does however manage to tell you
generally how things work and give you a good background into the
development of Linux.
        Olaf has done a good job of providing general information about a
wide variety of systems administration tasks. Subjects range from TCP/IP,
UUCP, sendmail and news configuration. However the information is not
accurate for all versions of Linux. It's hard for me to tell how much of my
review regarding this book is being influenced by the implementation of
Linux I am running. The book refers to several configuration files which I
don't have and the configuration information regarding the files I had was
not accurate. However, in Olaf's defense the same could be said concerning
the documentation sent on the CD with my version of Linux.
        In conclusion, Linux Network Administrator's Guide focuses to
intently on one release of Linux. Linux, like NIX in general, is a changing
environment. Any book written to address Linux needs to address the variety
of configurations available. For this reason I did not find this book
helpful.

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