Solaris 9 For Dummies

David Taylor (Boulder, Colorado) is the founder of Intuitive Systems, where he provides consulting, teaching, and writing services on technologies, including UNIX and Solaris, and the principal of Growing Ventures, a consulting business for start up companies. Mr. Taylor has been involved with UNIX since 1980 and created the Elm Mail System, one of the most popular UNIX email systems found on all Linux and Solaris distributions. His former positions include Research Scientist at HP s Palo Alto Research Labs and Senior Reviews Editor at SunWorld Magazine. At SunWorld, Mr. Taylor was intimately involved with Solaris and Sun hardware. In addition, he has authored many books, some of which are on UNIX.

Foreword. Introduction. Part I: Getting Aquainted with Solaris. Chapter 1: Logging In and Poking Around. Chapter 2: Graphical Window Managers. Chapter 3: Interacting with the Shell. Chapter 4: Managing Files and Directories. Part II: The Inevitable Internet Section. Chapter 5: Doin' That E Mail Thing. Chapter 6: Exploring the World Wide Web. Chapter 7: Creating Web Pages. Chapter 8: Accessing Internet Services. Part III: Becoming Productive with StarOffice. Chapter 9: Composing Documents with Writer. Chapter 10: The Rest of StarOffice. Part IV: Editing and Controlling Programs. Chapter 11: Exploring Text Files. Chapter 12: Editing Files. Chapter 13: Controlling Processes. Chapter 14: Finding Files. Part V: Administration and Security Issues. Chapter 15: Connecting to the Network. Chapter 16: Essential System Administration. Chapter 17: Keeping Your System Secure. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Best Web Sites. Chapter 19: Ten Key Security Features. Chapter 20: Ten Great Free Add Ons. Index.