Chapter 10. bash Administration

Chapter 10. bash Administration

There are two areas in which system administrators use the shell as part of their job: setting up a generic environment for users and system security. In this chapter, we'll discuss bash 's features that relate to these tasks . We assume that you already know the basics of UNIX system administration. ^[1]

^[1] A good source of information on system administration is Essential System Administration by leen Frisch (O'Reilly & Associates).