This special issue of Linux Journal exclusively covers system administration topics. Articles include:

SPECIAL_ISSUE.TAR.GZ
System Administration: Instant
Gratification Edition
Shawn Powers

CFENGINE FOR
ENTERPRISE
CONFIGURATION
MANAGEMENT
How to use cfengine to manage
configuration files across large
numbers of machines.
Scott Lackey

SECURED REMOTE
DESKTOP/APPLICATION
SESSIONS
Different ways to control a Linux
system over a network.
Mick Bauer

BILLIX: A SYSADMIN’S
SWISS ARMY KNIFE
Build a toolbox in your pocket by
installing Billix on that spare USB key.
Bill Childers

ZENOSS AND THE ART OF
NETWORK MONITORING
Stay on top of your network with
an enterprise-class monitoring tool.
Jeramiah Bowling

THIN CLIENTS BOOTING
OVER A WIRELESS
BRIDGE
Setting up a thin-client
network, and some useful
operation/administration tools.
Ronan Skehill, Alan Dunne
and John Nelson

PXE MAGIC: FLEXIBLE
NETWORK BOOTING WITH
MENUS
What if you never had to carry
around an install or rescue CD
again? Set up a PXE boot server
with menus and put them all on
the network.
Kyle Rankin

CREATING VPNS WITH
IPSEC AND SSL/TLS
The two most common and current
techniques for creating VPNs.
Rami Rosen

MYSQL 5 STORED
PROCEDURES: RELIC OR
REVOLUTION?
Do MySQL 5 Stored Procedures
produce tiers of joy or sorrow?
Guy Harrison

GETTING STARTED WITH
HEARTBEAT
Availability in a heartbeat.
Daniel Bartholomew

FEDORA DIRECTORY
SERVER: THE EVOLUTION
OF LINUX
AUTHENTICATION
Want an alternative to OpenLDAP?
Jeramiah Bowling

46 pages.

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