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Books about BSD

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UNIX and BSD books

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We are now associated with Amazon.com so that you can order some of these books directly from them. Ordering from these "Order from Amazon" links is a way of helping to fund the OpenBSD project. -

User Guides

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-"Berkeley UNIX" is so widely known that there is no need to list -the basic "how-to" books about it here - there are too many to list! -While some user guides exclusively cover System V Unix, or some -other specific implementation such as Solaris, Linux, or whichever, -most others try to be general. -These are some that cover Berkeley UNIX.

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OpenBSD-specific books

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  • UNIX Made Easy -is one general book that is said to be good, though we've not -tested it. -(Order from Amazon)

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    +Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls +
    by Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates. +
    +This book describes the OpenBSD 2.5 installation process and the elementary management of the system firewalling tools. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +
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  • -Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide - -( -Order from Amazon) +

    BSD-specific books

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    +The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System +
    by Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman +
    +At 549 pages plus an index, this book must be considered comprehensive. +McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at +Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD +period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses +everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not +100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall +system internals manual for OpenBSD. +
    [Order +from Amazon]

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  • For the more ambitious, - -An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C - -( -Order from Amazon) +
    +Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD Operating System Reference +(Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets) +
    by L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz; 1997 +
    +The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture, +and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost +architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described +in articles in Dr. Dobbs Journal. This book goes beyond the articles, +and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code. +Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but +you can still learn a lot from it. +
    [Order +from Amazon]

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  • Every advanced UNIX user will probably want a copy of -UNIX Power Tools, -now in its second edition. -This book discusses hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, -and add-on utilities. -Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD -or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages. -So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port -software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about -the -Ports Mechanism -that is part of OpenBSD. -( -Order from Amazon) +
    +Berkeley Unix: A Simple and Comprehensive Guide +
    by James Wilson +
    +Begins with the basic commands and finishes with advanced programming +techniques. Offers strong coverage of systems calls. +
    [Order +from Amazon]

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    +An Introduction to Berkeley Unix and ANSI C +
    by Jack Hodges +
    +An introduction to the operating system and the programming language. Intended +for self-study, requires no previous knowledge of Unix. Covers the fundamentals +of programming; the correct use of syntax; programming style, debugging, logic, +and system programming with C. +
    [Order +from Amazon]

    - -You may see reference to the - -4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM), -(O'Reilly, 1994). +

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    +4.4 BSD User's Reference Manual (URM) +
    published by O'Reilly, 1994 +
    This is just a reprint of the man pages for users. Your OpenBSD distribution includes the online man pages, which are specific to OpenBSD, and more up-to-date. So you don't need this one: use the man command instead.

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    Administering the OpenBSD System

    - -We can't unreservedly recommend any books specifically on OpenBSD -Administration at present. However, if you're administering OpenBSD -you may also have to administer other versions of UNIX. -A good book on UNIX administration, with special mentions of details in -SunOS, Solaris, and BSDI (the commercial 4.4BSD distribution) is - -UNIX System Administration Handbook -(Second Edition, by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, et al.) -( -Order from Amazon.)

    - -The -4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SSM) -(O'Reilly, 1994) -details what you need to know to run a BSD system. +

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    +4.4 BSD System Manager's Manual (SMM) +
    published by O'Reilly, 1994 +
    +This book details what you need to know to run a BSD system. Quite a bit of this material is relevant to OpenBSD. Unfortunately it is currently out of print. Worse, due to licensing restrictions from AT&T, the electronic editions of these were not included in the 4.4BSD distributions, so most of them are not included with OpenBSD. The few that are may be found via the Documents page. + +
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    Unix user guides

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    Unix Made Easy +
    by John Muster +
    A general Unix book that covers all areas of the system. +
    [Order from Amazon]

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    UNIX Power Tools +
    by Jerry D. Peek, Tim O'Reilly, and Mike Loukides +
    +This book is now now in its second edition. It discusses +hundreds of neat tricks, little-known techniques, and add-on utilities. +Be aware that many of the utilities are either included with OpenBSD +or, more commonly, are already available as ports or packages. +So most of section 52.03, complaining about how hard it is to port +software to different UNIXes, can be disregarded if you learn about the +Ports Mechanism +that is part of OpenBSD. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +
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    -Building Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls -(Wes Sonnenreich, Tom Yates) -describes the OpenBSD 2.5 installation process and the elementary management -of the system firewalling tools. -( -Order from Amazon.)

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    Unix administration

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    UNIX System Administration Handbook +
    by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, Trent R. Hein +
    +This is an excellent book on Unix system administration. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +

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    Essential System Administration +
    by AEleen Frisch +
    +This book covers many fundamental tasks in system administration. It includes +examples for a wide range of Unix operating systems, including BSD. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +
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    -We recommend against buying books that concentrate on installation or -configuration of particular "other" distributions of BSD, as the -installation procedures for each are wildly different.

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    Books on Programming Under the BSD System

    - - -4.4 BSD Programmer's Reference Manual (PRM) -(O'Reilly, 1994) -is a printed version of the Programmer's Manual. -You have the online man pages, which are specific to OpenBSD, instead. -Since the descriptions in the book pre-date the POSIX specification, -please use the online pages, using the man command.

    - - -BSD-Lite 4.4 CD-ROM Companion: International Edition -(UC Berkeley Staff, Computer Systems Research Group; O'Reilly, 1994) -is a neat little package containing a CD-ROM with just the unbundled -portions of 4.4BSD-Lite-1, which is not only obsolete, but also an incomplete -and unbootable system. A small booklet is included listing the original -BSD contributors, and an index to the printed man pages. -Besides being a piece of history, this is not very useful. -We suggest you buy an OpenBSD CD-ROM instead.

    - -A much older book which still sheds much light on the philosophy -of programming UNIX is - -The UNIX Programming Environment, -(Kernighan and Pike). While not specific to BSD, most of it applies today. -( -Order from Amazon).

    - -Brian Kernighan had a hand in two other books which we recommend even -though they're not UNIX specific, but are useful to programmers on UNIX -and elsewhere. - -The Practice of Programming (with Rob Pike, 1999) -covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java. -( -Order from Amazon).

    - -The older of the two is - -The Elements of Programming Style. -This book contains more common sense than many books triple or quadruple -its weight. -( -Order from Amazon).

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    Books about how the System works, for those wanting to modify it

    - - -The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System -Marshal Kirk McKusick, Keith Bostic, Michael J. Karels, John S. Quarterman -Addison-Wesley: 1996. ISBN 0-201-54979-4.
    - -At 549 pages plus an index, this must be considered comprehensive. -McKusick, Bostic and Karels are well known as prime movers at -Berkeley CSRG (Computer Systems Research Group) during the 4.3/4.4BSD -period. This book covers the 4.4 and 4.4-Lite releases, and discusses -everything you wanted to know about how the system operates. Not -100% applicable, but probably the closest there is to an overall -system internals manual for OpenBSD. -( -Order from Amazon).

    - - -The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System -(Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick).
    -An earlier book from many of the same good folk at CSRG. -Slightly dated, but gives an overall feel for the beast if you can find -it real cheap at a garage sale.

    - - -The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System : Answer Book - -Samuel J. Leffler, Marshall Kirk McKusick -1991
    -Answers to the "exercises for the reader" in the 4.3 version of the book.

    - -Source Code Secrets: The Basic 386BSD -Operating System Reference -(Volume 1 of Operating System Source Code Secrets) -(L. W. Jolitz, William Jolitz, 1997)
    -The Jolitzes built the first port of BSD to the PC-386 architecture, -and deserve a lot of credit for making BSD portable to this low-cost -architecture. The earliest versions, called "386bsd", were described -in articles in Dr. Dobbs Journal. This book goes beyond the articles, -and provides a comprehensive annotated collection of source code. -Not all of it applies to modern versions of OpenBSD, of course, but -you can still learn a lot from it. - -Order from Amazon

    - -Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code, -Peer-to-Peer ommunications, 1996. ISBN 1-57398-013-7. +

    Unix programming

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    Unix Systems for Modern Architectures +
    by Curt Schimmel +
    +This book leads its' reader through all the low-level kernel models for +multi-processing architectures. OpenBSD does not implement multi-processing +capabilities as of yet, but what do you think the developers are reading? +
    [Order +from Amazon] +

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    Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code +
    by John Lions +
    Although the UNIX described in this book is to BSD as a Model T Ford is to a 70's Mustang or Thunderbird, UNIX inventor Ken Thompson claims that "After 20 years, this is still the best exposition @@ -218,13 +188,68 @@ UNIX hackers cut their code-teeth on. Recommended as a good introduction to how a timesharing OS works, if you've not been inside one before. Substantially shorter than the McKusick book above. -( -Order from Amazon)

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    [Order +from Amazon] +

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    The Practice of Programming +
    by Brian W. Kernighan and Rob Pike +
    +Brian Kernighan had a hand in two other books which we recommend even though they're not UNIX specific, but are useful to programmers on UNIX and elsewhere. +This book covers practical programming considerations for C, C++ and Java. +Highly recommended. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +

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    The Elements of Programming Style +
    by Brian W. Kernighan and P. J. Plauger +
    +This book is similar to The Practice of Programming, but older. The +examples are given in Fortran and PL/I. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +
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    Network administration

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    TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 +
    by W. Richard Stevens +
    +"Network administration" is really an inappropriate heading for this book. It +is an encyclopedia of the TCP/IP protocol suite. This book provides information, +and diagrams useful to understand the suite to its' lowest level. +Home enthusiasts, developers, and network administrators alike will enjoy this +book. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +

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    DNS and BIND +
    by Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu +
    +This book is an excellent introduction to DNS and BIND, useful for +anyone who has to implement DNS under OpenBSD. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +

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    DHCP +
    by Ted Lemon and Ralph E. Droms +
    +Recommended by the Internet Software Consortium, +which is the organization that produces the DHCP client/server software +included with OpenBSD. +
    [Order from Amazon] +

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    Managing NFS and NIS +
    by Hal Stern +
    +Gives essential information with examples on managing NFS and NIS. +
    [Order +from Amazon] +
    + +OpenBSD +www@openbsd.org +
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