Reviews for Solaris System Administrator's Guide (Macmillan Technical Series)

1. Not Good.

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, August 12th, 1999

   I bought this book when starting my first full-time Solaris admin job. I read the bad reviews, but bought it on the basis of the Sun logo. MISTAKE. Any useful information in the book is easy to find (and usually easier to read) online or in man pages, and useless information abounds. The whole thing is in a disjointed, un-fun style. It's dusty now, but I use it as a coaster anyway.

2. Ok book

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, June 12th, 1999

   The book is a good overview of very basic tasks within Solaris, and does a good job of improving on the man pages with in Solaris. Which are a hideous mess. If you are looking for a basic overview of the tasks you might do on a day to day basis with in Solaris this is fine. Anything more then that, and this is the wrong book for you. Don't expect anything as advanced as recompiling the kernel, or any tuning advise. The book is how Solaris man pages should have been done in the first place. Very basic, and easy to understand. It lacks indepth coverage of crucial topics though.

3. Good

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, June 12th, 1999

   This book is very easy to understand

4. It has a very poor index, not a good reference book.

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, June 12nd, 1999

   The index is so poor, it will be quicker to find your answer on the net or solaris answerbooks. The information provided (when you were able to find it) is not very detailed. As a solaris reference for a system administrator it's no good.

5. There's more and better information in the man pages

   Rated 1 out of 5 stars, June 12st, 1999

   Anyone with 3-6 months good experience in Solaris knows all of what's in this book plus some.