Question

I am web programmer and I deal with html, css, javascript, php and asp.net.

Is there some good books/sites that I can use to become also a bit of a sys admin? And by sys admin I mean to have knowledge of TCP/IP, Linux/Win Networks etc.

Please don’t say ‘google is your friend’ I know it is but I just want either good sites or books and not the trillion of links google gives me.

I know this isn’t an easy step, but it isn’t impossible right?

Answer 1

Don’t know of any sites since I learned most of my sys admin stuff before there was a web. 🙁

Here’s a few, non-technical things that I learned to get you started:

• Backups are your friend, but only if you verify them.
• Track every change you make to the system.
• A test environment is just as important to a sysadmin as it is to a developer.
• Get used to working while everyone else is asleep.