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Here's some essential inks for Unix SysAdmins and some tools we made up ...
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| * | Perl: Script, programming and glue language |
| * | Sendmail: Widely used email server |
| * | Postfix: A better email server |
| * | BIND: DNS Server |
| * | Squid: HTTP and FTP Proxy Server |
| * | Apache: Best Web Server |
| * | MySQL: SQL Relational Database |
| * | RPM: Package management on Linux |
| * | FreeBSD Ports: Precompiled binaries for FreeBSD |
| * | SunFreeWare: Precompiled binaries for Solaris |
| * | Samba: Share printers and files better than Windows itself! |
| * | SSH: The safe way to connect on the Internet |
| * | xinetd: A better super-daemon |
| * | autorpm: Keep a linux box up-to-date easy, fast and free |
| * | How to GNU a Unix Host |
| * | Unix Time Stamp |
| * | Solaris Patch Return Codes |
| * | man page for vi (for Solaris 8) |
| * | A shell script to restart common system daemons for Solaris 8 |
| * | Chatsign is a set of perl scripts that use only CGI and javascript for online chatting between an operator for one or more domains and the public from just a link on any website. |
| * | A shell script to tell you the subdirs of a dir you specify (defaults to current dir) and how much diskspace is used by each. dudirs is very handy when you want to reduce the space in a dir but dont know which subdirs are using it all. dudirs /var works well when you log file partition is overflowing! |
| * | An updated version of Daniel Rich's sm.loggerThis perl program gives you a statistical breakdown of your email log file. All you might have to change in the script is your logfile location or system type. |
| * | A sample .profile (for sh, and ksh) or .bash_profile (for bash) |
| * | A sample .kshrc (for ksh) or .bashrc (for bash) with handy short aliases |
| * | A couple of thousand manpages for Solaris 8 (sparc), perl and common programs |