Perl for system administration / David N. Blank-Edelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blank-Edelman, David N.

Blank-Edelman, David N., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perl (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 430 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : O'Reilly, 2000.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Perl for System Administration is aimed at all levels of administrators, from single-box Linux users to card-carrying SAGE members. This book covers the major computing platforms, including Unix, Windows NT and 2000, and MacOS. Assuming some experience with Perl, this book shows you how Perl can increase your productivity in many areas."--Jacket.

Contents:

System Administration Is a Craft 1

How Perl Can Help 1

This Book Will Show You How 3

What You Need 4

Locating and Installing Modules 6

It's Not Easy Being Omnipotent 8

2. Filesystems 13

Perl to the Rescue 13

Filesystem Differences 14

Walking or Traversing the Filesystem 18

Walking the Filesystem Using the File::Find Module 24

Manipulating Disk Quotas 34

Querying Filesystem Usage 40

Module Information for This Chapter 42

3. User Accounts 43

Unix User Identity 44

Windows NT/2000 User Identity 52

Building an Account System to Manage Users 61

Module Information for This Chapter 92

4. User Activity 95

MacOS Process Control 96

NT/2000 Process Control 97

Unix Process Control 113

Tracking File and Network Operations 120

Module Information for This Chapter 129

5. TCP/IP Name Services 132

Host Files

132

NIS, NIS+, and WINS 145

Domain Name Service (DNS) 149

Module Information for This Chapter 168

6. Directory Services 169

What's a Directory? 169

Finger: A Simple Directory Service 170

WHOIS Directory Service 174

LDAP: A Sophisticated Directory Service 176

ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces) 202

Module Information for This Chapter 220

7. SQL Database Administration 223

Interacting with an SQL Server from Perl 224

Using the DBI Framework 227

Using the ODBC Framework 232

Server Documentation 235

Database Logins 241

Monitoring Server Health 243

Module Information for This Chapter 249

8. Electronic Mail 251

Sending Mail 251

Common Mistakes in Sending Email 257

Receiving Mail 270

Module Information for This Chapter 291

9. Log Files 293

Text Logs 293

Binary Log Files 294

Stateful and Stateless Data 300

Disk Space Problems 302

Log Analysis 309

Module Information for This Chapter 335

10. Security and Network Monitoring 337

Noticing Unexpected or Unauthorized Changes 338

Noticing Suspicious Activities 346

SNMP 353

Danger on the Wire 362

Preventing Suspicious Activities 371

Module Information for This Chapter 376

A. Five-Minute RCS Tutorial 379

B. Ten-Minute LDAP Tutorial 382

C. Eight-Minute XML Tutorial 388

D. Fifteen-Minute SQL Tutorial 393

E. Twenty-Minute SNMP Tutorial 405.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780596152505

0596152507