Table of Contents

SUSE® LINUX® Enterprise Server 9 Administrator's Handbook
By Peter Kuo, Jacques Beland
...............................................
Publisher: Novell Press
Pub Date: June 29, 2005
ISBN: 0-672-32735-X
Pages: 552

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Preface
		What You'll Learn from Reading This Book
		How This Book Is Organized
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Reader Services
		Part I.  SUSE Server Installation and Configuration
			Chapter 1.  Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server
				Installation Methods and Overview
				Pre-Installation Planning
				Ten Easy Steps to SLES 9 Installation
				Troubleshooting
				Summary
			Chapter 2.  Updating the Server
				Maintaining Your System Configuration
				Adding and Removing Packages
				Adding and Removing Hardware
				Changing Network Configuration
				Summary
			Chapter 3.  Booting and Shutting Down the Server
				Boot Loaders
				Kernel Boot
				init and Understanding Runlevels
				System Shutdown
				Emergency Boot and Recovery
				Summary
		Part II.  User Access and Security Management
			Chapter 4.  User and Group Administration
				User and Group IDs
				User and Group Data Files
				User Account and Group Management Applications
				Security Considerations
				Summary
			Chapter 5.  User Environment Management and Security
				Account Auditing
				Configuring the User Environment
				User Resource Management
				su or sudo
				Summary
			Chapter 6.  Filesystem Security
				A Review of File and Directory Permissions
				Default Access Permissions
				Special File Permissions
				Extended Attributes
				Data and Filesystem Encryption
				Secure File Deletion
				Journaled Filesystems
				Summary
			Chapter 7.  System Management and Monitoring
				Common Linux Commands
				The root Filesystem
				Health Checks and System Monitoring
				System Tuning
				Summary
		Part III.  Data Backup and Disaster Recovery
			Chapter 8.  Network Services
				Angels and Daemons
				Network Time Services
				Email Services
				File Transfer Services
				Network File-Sharing Services
				Remote Management Services
				Network Name Services
				Web Services
				Authentication Services
				Summary
			Chapter 9.  Printing Services
				Printer Configuration
				Print Job Lifecycle
				Queue Management
				Summary
			Chapter 10.  Data Backup and Disaster Recovery
				A Look at Backup Strategies
				Implementing a Backup Strategy
				Backup and Restore Tools
				SLES Boot and Rescue Disks
				Summary
		Part IV.  Securing Your SUSE Server
			Chapter 11.  Network Security Concepts
				Corporate Security Policies
				Summary
			Chapter 12.  Intrusion Detection
				Defining Intrusions
				Reducing Your Target Size
				Vulnerability Assessments
				Detecting a Network-based Intrusion
				Detecting a Host Intrusion
				Additional Tools
				Summary
			Chapter 13.  System Security
				System Hardening Principles
				Using a Central syslog Server
				Avoid Logging in As Root
				Securing Network Services
				System Hardening Packages
				Automating SLES Hardening
				Learning More About Threats
				Summary
		Part V.  Appendixes
			Appendix A.  Security Certifications
			Appendix B.  Resources
				Linux Editors
				Website Resources
		Index