(Ebook) Automating System Administration with Perl Tools to Make You More Efficient 2nd Edition by David N Blank Edelman ISBN 0596555636 9780596555634

(Ebook) Automating System Administration with Perl Tools to Make You More Efficient 2nd Edition by David N Blank Edelman ISBN 0596555636 9780596555634

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ISBN 10: 0596555636 
ISBN 13: 9780596555634
Author: David N Blank Edelman

If you do systems administration work of any kind, you have to deal with the growing complexity of your environment and increasing demands on your time. Automating System Administration with Perl, Second Edition, not only offers you the right tools for your job, but also suggests the best way to approach specific problems and to securely automate recurring tasks. Updated and expanded to cover the latest operating systems, technologies, and Perl modules, this edition of the "Otter Book" will help you: Manage user accounts Monitor filesystems and processes Work with configuration files in important formats such as XML and YAML Administer databases, including MySQL, MS-SQL, and Oracle with DBI Work with directory services like LDAP and Active Directory Script email protocols and spam control Effectively create, handle, and analyze log files Administer network name and configuration services, including NIS, DNS and DHCP Maintain, monitor, and map network services, using technologies and tools such as SNMP, nmap, libpcap, GraphViz and RRDtool Improve filesystem, process, and network security This edition includes additional appendixes to get you up to speed on technologies such as XML/XPath, LDAP, SNMP, and SQL. With this book in hand and Perl in your toolbox, you can do more with less -- fewer resources, less effort, and far less hassle.

(Ebook) Automating System Administration with Perl Tools to Make You More Efficient 2nd Table of contents:

1. Introduction
Automation Is a Must
How Perl Can Help You
This Book Will Show You How
What You Need
Some Notes About the Perl Versions Used for This Book
What About Perl 5.10?
What About Strawberry Perl?
What About Perl 6?
Some Notes About Using Vista with the Code in This Book
Locating and Installing Modules
Installing Modules on Unix
Installing Modules on Win32
It’s Not Easy Being Omnipotent
Don’t Do It
Drop Your Privileges As Soon As Possible
Be Careful When Reading Data
Be Careful When Writing Data
Avoid Race Conditions
Enjoy
References for More Information
2. Filesystems
Perl to the Rescue
Filesystem Differences
Unix
Windows-Based Operating Systems
Mac OS X
Filesystem Differences Summary
Dealing with Filesystem Differences from Perl
Walking or Traversing the Filesystem by Hand
Walking the Filesystem Using the File::Find Module
Walking the Filesystem Using the File::Find::Rule Module
Manipulating Disk Quotas
Editing Quotas with edquota Trickery
Editing Quotas Using the Quota Module
Editing NTFS Quotas Under Windows
Querying Filesystem Usage
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information
3. User Accounts
Unix User Identities
The Classic Unix Password File
Changes to the Password File in BSD 4.4 Systems
Extra fields in passwd files
The binary database format
Shadow Passwords
Windows-Based Operating System User Identities
Windows User Identity Storage and Access
Windows User ID Numbers
Windows Passwords Don’t Play Nice with Unix Passwords
Windows Groups
Windows User Rights
Building an Account System to Manage Users
The Backend Database
Adding to the account queue
The Low-Level Component Library
Unix account creation and deletion routines
Unix account creation and deletion routines—a variation
Windows account creation and deletion routines
The Process Scripts
Account System Wrap-Up
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information
Unix Password Files
Windows User Administration
4. User Activity
Process Management
Windows-Based Operating System Process Control
Using external binaries
Using the Win32::Process::Info module
Using the GUI control modules (Win32::Setupsup and Win32::GuiTest)
Using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Unix Process Control
Calling an external program
Examining the kernel process structures
Using the /proc filesystem
Using the Proc::ProcessTable module
File and Network Operations
Tracking File Operations on Windows
Tracking Network Operations on Windows
Tracking File and Network Operations in Unix
Module Information for This Chapter
Installing Win32::Setupsup
References for More Information

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