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Learning Red Hat Linux, 3rd Edition
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By Bill McCarty
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Publisher
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: O'Reilly
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Pub Date
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: March 2003
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ISBN
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: 0-596-00469-9
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Pages
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: 336
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Copyright
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Preface
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Organization of This Book
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Sources of Information
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Conventions Used in This Book
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How to Contact Us
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter 1. Why Run Linux?
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Section 1.1. What Is Linux?
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Section 1.2. Reasons to Choose or Not Choose Linux
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Chapter 2. Preparing to Install Red Hat Linux
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Section 2.1. Minimum Hardware Requirements
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Section 2.2. Collecting Information About Your System
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Section 2.3. Installation Types
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Section 2.4. Preparing Your Hard Disk
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Chapter 3. Installing Red Hat Linux
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Section 3.1. Installing the Operating System and Applications
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Section 3.2. Start the Installation
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Section 3.3. The Setup Agent
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Section 3.4. Logging into GNOME
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Section 3.5. Getting Help
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Chapter 4. How Linux Works
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Section 4.1. User Accounts
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Section 4.2. How Linux Organizes Data
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Section 4.3. Using X
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Chapter 5. Using the GNOME and KDE Desktops
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Section 5.1. Using the GNOME Desktop
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Section 5.2. Using the KDE Desktop
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Chapter 6. Using Linux Applications
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Section 6.1. OpenOffice.org
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Section 6.2. Evolution
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Section 6.3. Pilot/Handspring Tool
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Section 6.4. CD Writer
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Chapter 7. Conquering the bash Shell
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Section 7.1. Issuing Shell Commands
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Section 7.2. Working with the Linux Command Prompt
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Section 7.3. Useful Linux Programs
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Chapter 8. Installing Software Using the RPM Package Manager
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Section 8.1. The Package Management Tool
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Section 8.2. The redhat-install-packages Command
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Section 8.3. The rpm Command
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Section 8.4. Querying the RPM Database
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Section 8.5. Installing a Package
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Section 8.6. Uninstalling a Package
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Section 8.7. Updating a Package
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Section 8.8. Freshening a Package
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Section 8.9. Advanced RPM Techniques
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Section 8.10. Red Hat Network
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Chapter 9. Configuring and Administering Linux
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Section 9.1. Configuring Red Hat Linux by Using the System Settings Menu
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Section 9.2. Administering Red Hat Linux by Using the System Tools Menu
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Section 9.3. Administering Services by Using the Server Settings Menu
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Chapter 10. Connecting to the Internet
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Section 10.1. Networking Overview
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Section 10.2. Configuring an Internet Connection
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Section 10.3. The Mozilla Web Browser
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Section 10.4. gFTP FTP Client
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Section 10.5. Using wvdial
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Section 10.6. Configuring Linux to Use a Cable or DSL Modem
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Chapter 11. Setting Up a Networked Workstation
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Section 11.1. Configuring Hosts
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Section 11.2. Samba
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Section 11.3. Setting Up a DHCP Server
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Chapter 12. Setting Up Internet Services
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Section 12.1. Running an FTP Server
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Section 12.2. Running Apache
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Section 12.3. The Secure Shell
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Section 12.4. Configuring DNS
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Section 12.5. Implementing a Basic Firewall
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Section 12.6. Checking Your Security by Using Nmap
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Section 12.7. Network Security Tips
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Chapter 13. Advanced Shell Usage and Shell Scripts
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Section 13.1. The Power of the Unix Shell
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Section 13.2. Filename Globbing
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Section 13.3. Shell Aliases
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Section 13.4. Using Virtual Consoles
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Section 13.5. X and the Shell
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Section 13.6. Shell Scripts
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Section 13.7. Understanding Shell Scripts
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Appendix A. Linux Directory Tree
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Appendix B. Principal Linux Files
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Appendix C. Managing the Boot Process
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Section C.1. Booting Linux
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Section C.2. Boot Floppies
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Section C.3. The GRUB Loader
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Section C.4. Boot Parameters
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Appendix D. Linux Command Quick Reference
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Colophon
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Index
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