Perl for System Administration (Paperback)

Preface

1. Introduction
System Administration Is a Craft
How Perl Can Help
This Book Will Show You How
What You Need
Locating and Installing Modules
It's Not Easy Being Omnipotent
References for More Information

2. Filesystems
Perl to the Rescue
Filesystem Differences
Walking or Traversing the Filesystem
Walking the Filesystem Using the File::Find Module
Manipulating Disk Quotas
Querying Filesystem Usage
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

3. User Accounts
Unix User Identity
Windows NT/2000 User Identity
Building an Account System to Manage Users
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

4. User Activity
MacOS Process Control
NT/2000 Process Control
Unix Process Control
Tracking File and Network Operations
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

5. TCP/IP Name Services
Host Files
NIS, NIS+, and WINS
Domain Name Service (DNS)
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

6. Directory Services
What's a Directory?
Finger: A Simple Directory Service
The WHOIS Directory Service
LDAP: A Sophisticated Directory Service
ADSI (Active Directory Service Interfaces)
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

7. SQL Database Administration
Interacting with an SQL Server from Perl
Using the DBI Framework
Using the ODBC Framework
Server Documentation
Database Logins
Monitoring Server Health
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

8. Electronic Mail
Sending Mail
Common Mistakes in Sending Email
Receiving Mail
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

9. Log Files
Text Logs
Binary Log Files
Stateful and Stateless Data
Disk Space Problems
Log Analysis
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

10. Security and Network Monitoring
Noticing Unexpected or Unauthorized Changes
Noticing Suspicious Activities
SNMP
Danger on the Wire
Preventing Suspicious Activities
Module Information for This Chapter
References for More Information

A. The Five-Minute RCS Tutorial

B. The Ten-Minute LDAP Tutorial

C. The Eight-Minute XML Tutorial

D. The Fifteen-Minute SQL Tutorial

E. The Twenty-Minute SNMP Tutorial

Index