book recommendation

[helenp1983]

Hi,

I am a windows sys admin, and i need to learn some basic linux skills for enterpise administration.

Could some recommend a book(s) that would tell me:

1. how to navigate through the linux command line
2. how to copy and edit files in the command line
3. explain permissions and how to changes them
4. how to use the variables like oracle home $ORACLE_HOME
5.How to back it up
6. Find its name and ip configuration
7. fix driver issues -virtual hyper-v environment
8. fix the linux "boot.ini" ( what ever its called)
9. explain the file system in general

I have muddled my way through these tasks before, but need a reference guide with some explaination

[meton_magis]

I wouldn't say that books are necessary for most of these. for your basic tasks,
Linux Online - Linux Courses
will teach you quite a bit. I think permissions are explained in there. if not, then googling for "linux permissions" should get what you need. Variables are a function of the shell. They are not much different that windows variables such as %APPDATA% or %PATH% (I don't know any others, so I used those.) you can see all variables by typing `env` at a shell prompt. you have to preceed them with the $ to use them.

backups is a topic in itself, and for something like backing up oracle, you're going to need some resource specific to oracle, which I can't help you with. If you were saying general system backups, it all depends on how you're moving files around. You should post its own topic for more suggestions.

`ifconfig` is similar to ipconfig in windows. run ifconfig to get ip information. setting it varies from distribution to distribution, so ask in the forum specific to it. `hostname`
will get you the system's hostname, but again, it varies by system on how to set it.

no idea what 7 is, I do very little with virtualization.

Linux boot.ini ??? don't know what you're talking about there. Linux is booted using grub, maybe google for that. For setting up what services are loaded durring runtime, you can check for init runlevels. it varies by distro though.

the filesystem starts at / instead of C:\. there are no drive letters, everything is mounted onto 1 filesystem. for an explanation of the different directories, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[jayd512]

I have a slightly older version of this one, and it covers quite a bit:Amazon.com: Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions…

But for things that more in depth, you may want to look for a publication that is specific to your needs. Usually anything by O'Reilly or Wiley is a good choice.

Good luck!

[Cabhan]

I've never used a Linux book, and learned most of what I know just from experience, so I won't comment much on books. But there are some good online resources for some of what you asked.

For using variables, this is all shell-dependent. Almost everybody these days uses Bash for their shell, so this might come in handy:
Bash Guide for Beginners

I don't know what a boot.ini is. Are you referring to what happens at startup time? In Linux, we call these init scripts or runlevels, so you may want to try Googling for those terms.

Finally, for the filesystem, the UNIX filesystem is standardized in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard:
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard