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I've been installing, programming and troubleshooting Linux and Unix systems for more than 25 years. I have the certifications and the scars, I've been there and done that. This book is a brain dump of what I know about troubleshooting Unix and Linux.
This is NOT a "how-to" book, not a rehash of problems you can easily find with a Google search. You don't need a book for answers you can find in Google.
Of course it looks at specific problems, but this is much more about the process of solving problems than it is about anything specific. You'll find troubleshooting tips, techniques, scripts, advice.. everything you need to become a better troubleshooter.
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Check Out What You'll Learn in The Table of Contents!
Introduction 5
Quick Unix Basics and Quirks 7
Slashes: forward or back? 7
Where's my A:? 10
Where's my D:? 10
I can't cd/usr! 11
Where's Help? 12
Why are the command names so short? 13
Why use the command line? 14
WHY WON'T UPPER CASE WORK? 14
I need some files from DOS! 15
Why doesn't "ls *.*" work? 15
I Need files from the Network 16
Why can't I run this program? 16
How do I create a BAT file (shell script)? 16
How do I run a script in background? 17
Why isn't there an undelete? 17
Are you a good Troubleshooter? 19
What skills do you need? 27
Identifying the problem 29
"I don't know .." 29
Rule #1: one variable at a time 33
Assumptions 34
A Dream 36
The Guru Speaks 38
Evidence - the second #1 Rule 43
Modification Time 53
Inode Change Time 54
Permissions and Ownership 55
SELinux 58
Umask 59
Tracing 60
Opensnoop 62
Other Information 64
Logging and trapping 67
Watch out for this when using front-ends! 68
Data Corruption 69
Google 71
Installation Problems 73
Booting Problems and Other Hangs 75
Networking Problems 77
Who said that? 77
A New Firewall 79
A dead rat 80
Alphacom 80
IP renumbering 82
Multiple Nics 84
No Internet 85
Routers and switches and hubs, oh my! 87
Boxing yourself in 88
Disk space 91
Printing 95
Lpd 96
System V 96
Samba 96
Printing 97
Plastering your printer 98
Yet another old SCO system 99
Race conditions 101
Dude, you should have bought the HP 102
Only root could print 104
Couldn't find Samba shares 105
Dodge and weave 107
Y2K 107
Front-ends again 111
Dual printing 113
Why is my system slow? 117
Low Memory 125
Disk Performance 126
Network Performance 129
Other problems 129
Miscellaneous Troubleshooting Cases 131
Interesting thread (ls vs. ls -l) - lessons from an old newsgroup post 131
Can't log in 133
Segmentation Faults 137
Final thoughts 139
Index 140
Change Log 147
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