Hi guys and girls! I'm quite interested in really getting into Linux, because there seem to be some good opportunities in being a System Administrator in Linux. I know the basics of how to use the command line interface from dabbling with UNIX, but what are the next few steps to becoming a System Admin? I'm prepared to spend a year studying this intensively, but how can I go about structuring my voyage of LINUX Sys Admin self study? What is a logical way to go about it? Why have I asked the same question in different ways? Any recommendations on books or where to how to actually practice System Adminning without being a Sys Admin already? Yours truly, Mishia

[quote]What is a logical way to go about it?[/quote] 1. First Take a look at ... and skiming : 1.1. /etc 1.2. /etc/init.d 1.3. /etc/rc[0-6S].d 2. Second : Trace these man pages and FOLLOWS the SEE ALSO Section (Related Man Pages) 2.1. man 1 man 2.2. man 8 init 2.3. man 7 iinit.d 3. I thinks it'll give you a lot of excellent Infos and Ideas, I like this methods

http://www.amazon.com/Essential-System-Administration-Third-Frisch/dp/0596003439/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214400918&sr=8-1

Try searching for eBooks on sys admin http://search.boocu.com/ http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/sag.pdf http://www.linuxtraining.co.uk/download/new_linux_course_modules.pdf [Modified by: Radikll on June 25, 2008 11:12 AM]

Thanks for the two suggestions guys, so nice, I might try out that book, but the 'man' files seem so intimidating to me for no definable reason! I found my own little oasis of beginner information also: http://tldp.org/LDP/sag/html/index.html I've been going through it slowly and understanding where certain things are placed and what they do. The problem is knowing how to manipulate these; when it comes to the crunch isn't that what a sysadmin is asked to do? Change stuff to fix things and make them better! Still, I guess knowing where elements are and why is the foundation to doing this. ;)

Another good resource is to study up for Linux Certs, you don't actually have to take the cert course, the documentation should cover a good deal of the basics. I would start with the Linux+ cert, it seems to be the most generic one.