WinXP administration guide for unix guru

[Kurt Buff]

Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On August 20, 2005 6:02:18 PM -1000 Kent Hauser
> <kent.hauser at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>>
>> I've been a Unix sysadmin  (SunOS 3.x, 4.x, Solaris, FreeBSD) for 15
>> years, but am now being forced to learn how to run a collection of XP
>> boxes.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a book which explains this confusing beast? I'm
>> talking about a book which explains where things are put (equiv of
>> /var/mail, /etc/passwd, /etc/rc.conf), where application data is stored,
>> how printers, disks, etc are shared, how to book in "fixit disk" mode,
>> how to
>> backup/restore, how to configure swap space. And also questions like why
>> XP is "professional", etc.
>>
> First I'll say a prayer for you.  Having been a long time Windows expert
> and now a competent journeyman on *nix, I can tell you that your
> learning curve will be high.
> 
> I'm afraid I don't know any books that I can recommend.  I can tell you
> that your biggest frustration will be the strong emphasis on the GUI for
> management and the almost complete lack of the tools you're used to
> using (find, grep, awk, sed, cut, tail, vi, etc.)

If that's the worst of his worries, he'll be doing just fine.

All he has to do is visit a couple of web sites:

http://unxutils.sourceforge.net - many of the unixish tools you lament.

http://www.sysinternals.com - all sorts of nifty tools for Windows

http://www.vim.org - VIM for Windows

But, for more complete knowledge, a visit to another web site might be
in order:

http://www.bookpool.com - perhaps one or both of the following:

http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0596008988

http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0735621675

Kurt