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Unix/Linux for System Administrator

I do windows system Administration (Active Directory, Exchange emai server 2003, WSUS, Folders NTFS permissions).
I have heard that Unix/Linux is a must to learn for the future. Now I have some questions:

1- Do I need to learn Unix or Lunix and which flavor should I pick in order to do the same tasks I mentionned above under windows system administration?
2- which book would you recommend that will enable me to learn and administer Unix or Linux system?
I would like to have a book that teaches how to achieve the same tasks I do under windows system administrator?

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alikaz3

Which flavor of linux? That really is a loaded question. Do you want a full package upon install? Or would you rather have a bare-bones type of distribution. You are talking system adminsitration, so I assume you are focusing on linux server software. Here's a great site:

http://distrowatch.com/

I would pick a distribution that you like before getting any books. Most linux books focus on one distribution, and lot of commands/configuration are different for each distro.

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JonMarkGo

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JonMarkGo

Also, I will add that Ubuntu is very easy to start with, and you could try it on a Virtual Machine or on a 2nd partition or hard drive on your machine. It is very stable, quick, and pretty easily configurable. And there's a TON of resources out there for it.

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jskfan

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If I get Ubuntu linux book.
Does that mean it will teach me:
1-OpenLDAP and Samba as an alternative to Active Directory
2-Postfix as an alternative to Exchange email server
3-Linux group/user permissions as an alternative to NTFS permission

4-And if a company already has Microsoft domain implmented, can they migrate to Linux or they will have to build Linux from scratch?
5-Some companies already have Microsoft , and some servers have Linux as OS and running some applications, in this case Linux servers are managed individually or there is a way to apply a unique policy that will affect all Linux servers? such as we do In active directory group policy?

jskfan

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any updates??????

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