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01-18-2009, 11:57 AM #1WHT Addict
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Hey All,
Are their any good box to get me started in the terminal or Putty for you windows people, i am new to SSH and would like something that has commands and things in and general linux information, i have come accross this (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Linux-Pocket-Guide-Essential-Commands/dp/0596006284/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232142395&sr=8-1) any good
Rich
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01-18-2009, 02:09 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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I've had several books and never really learned much from them. They were just walk through tutorials where you follow the commands they give.
Heres a decent online "cheat sheet" for SSH: http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html
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01-18-2009, 04:52 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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I have that pocket book as well as the Essential System Administration one, pretty decent pocket sized books (for reference)!
But I think to use them, you need a grasp of what you want to achieve.
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01-18-2009, 05:11 PM #4WHT Addict
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I have that pocket book as well as the Essential System Administration one, pretty decent pocket sized books (for reference)!
But I think to use them, you need a grasp of what you want to achieve.
I just want to run a decent secure box and eventually be able to fix my own problems instead of outsourcing, is this the book? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-System-Administration-Tools-Techniques/dp/0596003439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232312951&sr=1-1
I am not a host i just have my dedi for fun and to play with.
Richard
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01-18-2009, 05:17 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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I just want to run a decent secure box and eventually be able to fix my own problems instead of outsourcing, is this the book? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Essential-System-Administration-Tools-Techniques/dp/0596003439/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232312951&sr=1-1
I am not a host i just have my dedi for fun and to play with.
Richard
I have the pocket version of that book. If you like the look of the O'Reilly books you can maybe sign up to their web service instead of buying them. I forgot the name of it, if someone knows what I'm talking about.. chime in!
Maybe try setting up Apache,PHP,MySQL,DNS and Email? Should get you comfortable with command line, try not to use yum/apt-get!
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01-19-2009, 04:28 AM #6WHT Addict
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Thanks camers i will look into that :-)
Richard
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01-19-2009, 04:35 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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The O'Reilly book service? Safari Books (http://safari.oreilly.com)
-mike