It sounds like you need a lot of different books:
1. PERL is a whole subject in itself. I have the O'Reilly Perl book (in a
nutshell I think) and I have been happy with it.
2. Not sure about this one.
3. Shell scripts might be covered at a basic level in a Linux book. I have
the O'Reilly "Running Linux" book and it covers shell scripts and the
location(s) of a lot of the scripts used by linux. The one I have is a bit
old but it is still useful in a lot of ways. But there are entire books
written on shell scripts or even scripts for a particular shell. There are
also entire books for the standard scripts and locations for each distro
that you might choose.
4. Not sure about this one.
5 I am sure there are books about this but they may depend on what kind of
server you want. They also can become obsolete quickly as the new version
of a server comes out and the configs change.
6. PHP and MYSQL definately are entire books to themselves.
7. I have not run a mail server but I have seen books on the subject.
8. I like the "DNS and BIND" O'Reilly book. There are a lot of others too.
This subject can get complicated.
9. The O'Reilly "Running Linux" book is good for a general understanding of
Linux.
As you can tell I like the O'Reilly in a nutshell books on most topics.
They have and entire in a nutshell book for most of the subjects that you
list. If you dont have a bunch of money to invest in books then all of the
information is also on the web too.
Hope I have been helpful.
- Barry Gaskins
On 6/13/06, WA Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The first book I bought was Redhat 9.0 Bible. That book helped a lot and I
still refer to it. But there is a lot it does not cover.
Here are some things I want to learn to do.
1.Learn how to write PERL scripts.
2.Learn how to add virtual servers to mine.
3.Learn shell scripts.
4.Learn how to build and configure a dial in server.
5.Learn how to write scripts and such to manage my server/servers easily.
6.Learn PHP and MYSQL to be able to use them myself.
7.Learn how to build and configure a mail server.
8.Learn how to build and configure a DNS server.
9.Learn enough UNIX/LINUX to be able to know what people are talking about
and understand when they try to explain something to me.
These are some of the things I want to learn to do.
WA Brown
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Sutton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
> Well, there are quite a few people on the list that are willing to help
> you learn. I believe someone was even working on a wiki entry for
> essential linux knowledge.
>
> When I started...oh, 8 years ago, I relied on a number of resources, but
> primarily they were a Red Hat Linux Unleashed book (Red Hat 4.2 of all
the
> ancient distributions) and a mentor named Mark Spencer (Of Asterisk PBX
> fame, and former classmate of mine).
>
> Generally that's what it takes though, is some basic intro text and
people
> who are willing to take some time to impart their knowledge.
>
> --
> William Sutton
>
>
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, WA Brown wrote:
>
>> I have installed Fedora Core 5 on an extra harddrive. What I want to do
>> at
>> this time is to install a player that will play MP3's and internet
audio
>> and
>> video streaming. I have been trying to learn linux for a couple of
years
>> and
>> have learned a lot but I never have learned the basics(commands,where
>> things
>> go, and such). There is no place around here to learn linux.I have a
>> stack
>> of books 3ft high but none that I can find starts from the basics. All
of
>> them assume that you have a working knowledge of linux. I have been
>> looking
>> for someone who lived close enough to help me on occaision. I was in
>> Raleigh
>> for a class and went by Redhat on Friday. That was a waste of time.
They
>> said that I couldnt talk to anyone unless I had an appointment. That
>> seems
>> to be a bad way to do business. If people cant learn linux then how do
>> they
>> expect to get customers? The people on Trilug and Uclug have helped me
>> tremendously and for that I thank everyone. I know a Newbie can be a
pain
>> but we and I dont have anyplace else to learn. Besides,I hate MS with a
>> passion!
>>
>>
>> Thank You,
>> WA Brown
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Randall Barlow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
>>
>>
>> > WA Brown wrote:
>> >> I dont have the basics of linux. I have all kinds of books and read
a
>> >> world full but nowhere can I find a step by step.
>> > Which mpg123 tarball did you pull? Can you post a link to it so we
can
>> > make a step by step for you?
>> >
>> > R
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> WA Brown
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Sutton"
>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <[email protected]>
>> >> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 7:23 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] tar help?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Did you remember to
>> >>>
>> >>> ./configure <options>
>> >>>
>> >>> before make'ing? :)
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> William Sutton
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Mon, 12 Jun 2006, WA Brown wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> I need a little help. I cannot get a tar.gz to install. I have
>> >>>> fought
>> >>>> this
>> >>>> and its whipped me. Can someone help?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I can unzip it and unpack the tarball but thats as far as I can
go.
>> >>>> I
>> >>>> cannot
>> >>>> get it to install. I have tried "make" and it says there is
nothing
>> >>>> to
>> >>>> do. I
>> >>>> have never really understood how to do this. Couls someone give me
a
>> >>>> step by
>> >>>> step instructions? I am trying to install mpg123 on Fedora Core5.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> WA Brown
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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