unix please

He-Man

Hello all,
As i am new to boards this question may be a little trivial.
Im doing a CheckPoint Firewall course, and looking for a book/course to further my knowledge of unix.

Cheers

MiCr0

what do u want to do with unix?
sysadmin?
does it have to be unix? can linux do?
try http://www.linux.ie/ for more info

the o'reilly books are good too

Bard

Welcome to Boards, He-Man. How's She-Ra these days?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-keywords=%20Unix&bq=1/026-1280797-6542823

- check out the reviews there.

- may be handy to know what specific "flavour" of Unix you're talking about.

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Gerry

I have Practical Unix & Internet Security , published by O'Reilly. Good book, though it assumes you have a bit of unix knowledge.

Enygma

O'Reillys 'Running Linux' is absolutely fantastic.

'nuff said, buy it.
http://linux.oreilly.com

He-Man

Thanks,
All i was looking for was a book with Basic Unix concepts and commands to get me going.
Im not sure what flavour CheckPoint uses,only that its Unix based.

Cheers

Catch_22

what the hell is windows doing listed in a question about unix,
anyway when your logged you can type man any command to get help on it e.g. man ls

this is probably the best way to find your way around just play with the shell

if you insist on books, o riellys unix in a nut shell is about the best intro book ive come across

c22

marauder

If your company are willing to spring for it, horizon do a basic unix course and others http://www.hos.ie/training/index.html
They are PRICEY but you get a nice manual and a certificate for your office cube...

Manach

A good generic starter book would be
"Teach yourself Unix" by Reichard and Johnson.

ecksor

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Catch_22:
what the hell is windows doing listed in a question about unix</font>

Look again, the previous guy said he wasn't sure what platforms checkpoint ran on.

koriordan

Hmmm ... that "Think Unix" book seemed really good, if I was starting off I'd probably get that. Unix isn't about learning commands, it's a mindset.

Aside from that, "Unix Power Tools" (O'Reilly) is excellent - tons of miscellaneous tips & tricks and probably the best format of any book I've ever read. Certain words are higlighted, with sub-scripted section numbers beside them so you can go straight to a section about that topics. Modelled on hyperlinks. Even if you don't buy it, at least thumb thru a copy.