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Michael W Lucas

I do everything wrong, but wrong works for me.

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  • Run Your Own Mail Server
  • Sudo Mastery, 2nd Edition
  • Ed Mastery
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  • PAM Mastery
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Run Your Own Mail Server

Run Your Own Mail Server
You Against the Email Empire

Sudo Mastery, 2nd Edition

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Sudo: You’re Doing It Wrong

Ed Mastery

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New for 1 April! (Yes, it’s a real book. On ed(1).)

Ed Mastery: Manly McManface edition

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Only for Real Men™

SSH Mastery

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The standard sysadmin reference on SSH, newly revised and updated!

Httpd and Relayd Mastery

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“I think we’re gonna need a bigger web server”

PAM Mastery

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Pluggable Authentication Modules: Threat or Menace?

Tarsnap Mastery

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Because Life Doesn’t Back Itself Up

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  • 99: An Absence of Moral Fiber August 28, 2025
  • 98: Suffering Builds Character August 21, 2025
  • “Networking for System Administrators, 2nd edition” sent to copyedit August 20, 2025
  • Web Site Reorg August 14, 2025
  • I don’t tell jokes: a “DNSSEC Mastery, 2nd Edition” outtake August 12, 2025
  • July’s Janky Sausage August 11, 2025
  • 97: Tortuous Negotiations July 31, 2025
  • Permanent Discount on Books at My Store July 29, 2025
  • Sysadmin Appreciation Day Sale July 25, 2025
  • 96: Enough Coal for All the Children in Des Moines July 24, 2025
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