fdisk utility
about, 14, 804
commands for, 15, 186–187
configuring new PC without
partitions, 189
creating partitions with, 188–189
deleting partitions with, 188
df and mount commands for, 185–186
DOS FDISK.EXE vs., 186
options for, 16
overview, 185–186
parted utility vs., 191, 192
setting up swap partition, 190–191
troubleshooting with, 745, 747–748, 752–753
using, 185, 187
Fedora Core 5/6
about, 53
RHEL installation process vs., 92
using, 54–55
Fedora Linux, 804
FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard), 11, 57, 804
file locking, 504
file permissions, 30–31
file sharing. See network file sharing services
File Transfer Protocol. See FTP; vsFTP servers
files. See also configuration files; httpd.conf file; and specific files
access control lists and permissions for, 208–210
allowing and denying, 48
Apache log, 471–472
changing default user permissions for, 289–290
checking shared Samba, 520–521
compressing, 37–38
configuring SELinux Management
Tool labeling options for, 714–715
contexts for SELinux, 706
corrupted, 755–756
creating, 22
crontab, 355–357
defaults for hidden, 285, 286
downloading kernel tar, 396
editing ks.cfg, 254
executable virtual host, 470
file permissions, 30–31
found in NFS nfs-utils and portmap RPM packages, 496
grub.conf, 390, 391–392
.htaccess, 463–464
index.html, 469
installing from, 92
key Squid, 477
linking, 22
list of /etc/profile.d/, 289
listing hidden, 286
localhost.zone, 567
managing system log, 38
meminfo, 381
modifying configuration, 162
modules.dep, 386
NFS file locking, 504
operating commands for, 19–22
/proc, 380–383, 811
reading, copying, and moving, 21–22
reverse DNS zone, 572–573
sample kickstart, 248–251
searching for, 20–21
sendmail configuration, 592–593
setting up executable, 28–29
sharing with Apache, 458–459
sorting, 23
spec, 815
symbolically linked NFS, 503
system configuration, 169–172
testing changes to /etc/samba/smb.conf, 542
/tmp directory configuration, 129
wildcards for searching for, 25
word count for, 23
zone, 570–572
filesystem device nodes, 11, 12, 13
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), 11, 57, 804
filesystems, 11–19, 184–219. See also partitions
about, 11
access control lists with, 208
administrative tasks for, 210
automounting, 203–207
configuring on multiple partitions, 17–18
converting LVM1 to LVM2, 430
creating LVM partition, 18
defined, 12, 804
directories in, 12
ext2/ext3 attributes for, 199
formatting and checking, 14–17
fsck command for unmounted, 740
journaling, 197–198
kernel configuration options for, 407
lab questions and answers, 213–214, 216–219
local and remote network, 44
logical volumes and, 97
managing, 196–199
media devices compatible with, 12
messages when mounting ext2, 740
mkfs command for creating, 198–199
mounting directory to, 200–207
partitions mounted to, 18–19
self test and answers for, 212–213, 215–216
setting up partitions with separate, 101
standard formatting, 196–197
troubleshooting, 747, 751–755
two-minute drill, 211
types of, 196
filtering files, 23–24
find command, 21, 804
fips (First Interactive Partition Splitter), 804
firewalls
checking network communications with installation server, 87
configuring during first boot, 122
defined, 804
enabling DNS ports for, 564, 565
Kickstart Configurator setup of, 259
maintaining configurations in iptables file, 700
packet filtering by, 697–698
packet IP address replaced with NAT, 703
running NFS through, 501
saving iptables configurations for, 700
setting up with Security Level Configuration tool, 701–703
Squid running with, 482
troubleshooting issues with, 756
using Apache with, 458
First Boot process, 120–126
about, 120–121
configuring regular user, 124
firewall configuration during, 122
installing software from Additional CDs window, 125
kdump service setup, 123, 806
licensing, 122
password requirements in, 125
SELinux configuration during, 122–123
setting system date and time, 123, 124
software updates configured during, 124
testing sound card configuration, 125
text-based steps for, 126
First Interactive Partition Splitter (fips), 804
firstboot, 804
floppy drives, 207
--force switch, 674
forward slash (/)
end of Apache container indicated with, 452
root directory indicated by, 12
forwarding-only name servers, 561, 565–566
fsck command
about, 14, 17
defined, 804
remounting filesystem with, 17
troubleshooting filesystems with, 754–755
using only with unmounted filesystems, 17, 740
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 512–515. See also vsFTP servers
basic vsFTP server
configuration, 515
configuring network installation server, 85–86
defined, 805
installing vsFTP servers, 512
lab questions and answers, 549–551, 553–556
options in SELinux Management Tool for, 711
prerequisite skills for, 45
self test and answers, 548–549, 552
SELinux support for vsFTP servers, 512–513
starting vsFTP servers on reboot, 513
time-efficient installations via FTP servers, 94, 95
two-minute drill, 546–547
vsFTP server security configuration, 513–514