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The job of Linux systems administrator is interrupt-driven and
requires constant learning in byte-wise chunks. This book gives
solutions to modern problemseven some you might not have heard
ofsuch as scripting LDAP, making Mac clients play nice with Linux
servers, and backup, security, and recovery scripts. Author Juliet
Kemp takes a broad approach to scripting using Perl and bash, and
all scripts work on Debian or Red Hat lineage distributions. Plus,
she dispenses wisdom about time management, dealing with desperate
colleagues, and how to avoid reinventing the wheel Learn how to
love LDAP scripting and NFS tuning Make Perl serve you: don't be
enslaved by Perl Learn to change, craft, and feel empowered by
recipes that change your life What you'll learn Centralize your
network using LDAP and NFS Speak the language of different file
systems Know when to use Perl or when to stick to sed and awk Treat
security concerns with Perl, bash, and intelligence Learn how to
trace errant system calls and misbehaving colleagues Who this book
is for
System administrators in need of quick succor and guidance when
interruptions prevent the smooth running of a network. Table of
Contents Saving Yourself Effort Centralizing Your Network:
Kerberos, LDAP, and NFS Monitoring and Updating Taking Backups and
Managing Data Working with Filesystems Securing Your Systems
Working with Apache Using the Command Line Better Working with Text
in Files Things Going In, Things Going Out Tracking Down Bugs
Managing Time and People
Hope alone cannot withstand a rising flood A darkness writhes in
the heart of Teren. The Academy is unleashing demons on dissenters,
and refugees rush to leave the capital with nothing but their lives
and a hope. That hope brings them to the city of Marek, Teren's
only major port, which harbours dreams of independence. But Marek
is not as stable as it seems. Marcia, Heir to House Fereno, has
spent the last two years fighting to keep Marek safe and prosperous
- but with child, her relationship in ruins and the increasing
threat of Teren to worry about, can she find her way through? The
printing houses of the city run rabble-rousing polemic, penned by
an increasingly frustrated majority who feel left out of the rule
and riches of Marek. They demand change, and Marcia can't help but
agree with much of what they're saying. On the other side of the
bridge, the tiny group of Marek's remaining sorcerers must
negotiate their way through troubles of their own. Cato, Marcia's
exiled brother, and Reb, her ex-lover, are trying to train a new
generation of sorcerers and both are having problems. Jonas simply
won't take 'no' for an answer from Cato; and Reb's two students
feel held back, both know that change, and strife, may be coming -
and neither are ready to deal with it. But Reb cannot bring herself
to move faster. Between them, the five sorcerers alongside Marek's
cityangel can expel a single demon. But Teren has many, and other
fears loom on the horizon. Out-of-season storms rampage across the
Oval Sea, threatening trade - and Jonas' family, out plying the
trade winds - and the unseasonable weather threatens Marek itself.
Menaced by the distant capital, by dissension from within, and even
by nature itself - will the rising flood lift all boats? Or will
they be capsized?
Although the city-state of Marek is part of Teren, the Thirteen
Houses and Guilds have long been protective of their de facto
independence. So Marcia, Heir to House Fereno, expects the annual
visit for the Council opening by the Teren Throne's representative,
the Lord Lieutenant, to be nothing more than the usual symbolic
gesture. But this year the Lieutenant has been unexpectedly
replaced by Selene. As Marcia is showing her the view from the top
of Marekhill, she suspects that Selene has her own agenda. After
all, Teren has politics too, just like Marek. In Marek, magic is
mediated by the cityangel. But elsewhere in Teren magic is enabled
by bloodletting. A Teren magician will invoke a demon to do their
bidding and bind them with blood. But demons are devious and will
take advantage of any flaw or loophole to avoid being bound. An
unleashed demon is dangerous and sure to create havoc, and the
Teren way to stop them involves the letting of more of the
magician's blood - often terminally. But if a young magician is
being sought by an unleashed demon, their only hope may be to
escape to Marek where the cityangel can keep the demon at bay.
Probably. Once again Reb, Cato and Jonas must work with Beckett to
deal with a magical problem, while Marcia must tackle a serious
political challenge to Marek's future. But of course magic and
politics never seem to remain separate for long, especially when
Teren politics are involved.
Magic within the city-state of Marek works without the need for
bloodletting, unlike elsewhere in Teren, thanks to an agreement
three hundred years ago between an angel and the founding fathers.
It also ensures that political stability is protected from magical
influence. Now, though, most sophisticates no longer even believe
in magic or the city-angel. But magic has suddenly stopped working,
discovers Reb, one of the two sorcerers who survived a plague that
wiped out virtually all of the rest. Soon she is forced to
acknowledge that someone has deposed the city-angel without being
able to replace it. Marcia, Heir to House Fereno, and one of the
few in high society who is well-aware that magic still exists,
stumbles across that same truth. But it is just one part of a much
more ambitious plan to seize control of Marek. Meanwhile, city
Council members connive and conspire, unaware that they are being
manipulated in a dangerous political game. A game that threatens
the peace and security not just of the city, but all the states
around the Oval Sea, including the shipboard traders of Salina upon
whom Marek relies. To stop the impending disaster, Reb and Marcia,
despite their difference in status, must work together alongside
the deposed city-angel and Jonas, a messenger from Salina. But
first they must discover who is behind the plot, and each of them
must try to decide who they can really trust.
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