<DIV><p>If you do systems administration work of any kind, you have to deal with the growing complexity of your environment and increasing demands on your time. <i>Automating System Administration with Perl</i>, Second Edition, not only offers you the right tools for your job, but also suggests the best way to approach specific problems and to securely automate recurring tasks.</p><p> Updated and expanded to cover the latest operating systems, technologies, and Perl modules, this edition of the "Otter Book" will help you:</p><p></p><ul><li>Manage user accounts </li><li>Monitor filesystems and processes </li><li>Work with configuration files in important formats such as XML and YAML </li><li>Administer databases, including MySQL, MS-SQL, and Oracle with DBI </li><li>Work with directory services like LDAP and Active Directory </li><li>Script email protocols and spam control </li><li>Effectively create, handle, and analyze log files </li><li>Administer network name and configuration services, including NIS, DNS and DHCP </li><li>Maintain, monitor, and map network services, using technologies and tools such as SNMP, nmap, libpcap, GraphViz and RRDtool </li><li>Improve filesystem, process, and network security </li></ul><p> This edition includes additional appendixes to get you up to speed on technologies such as XML/XPath, LDAP, SNMP, and SQL. With this book in hand and Perl in your toolbox, you can do more with less -- fewer resources, less effort, and far less hassle.</p></div>