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Copyright
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Praise for A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Second Edition
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Preface
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Chapter 1. Welcome to Linux
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The GNULinux Connection
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The Linux 2.6 Kernel
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The Heritage of Linux: UNIX
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What Is So Good About Linux?
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Overview of Linux
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Additional Features of Linux
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Conventions Used in This Book
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Part I: Installing Red Hat Linux
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Chapter 2. Installation Overview
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More Information
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Planning the Installation
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How the Installation Works
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The Medium: Where Is the Source Data?
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Downloading, Burning, and Installing a CD Set or a DVD (FEDORA)
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Rescue CD
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Gathering Information About the System
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Finding the Installation Manual
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 3. Step-by-Step Installation
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Installing Red Hat Linux
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Installation Tasks
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The X Window System
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Part II: Getting Started with Red Hat Linux
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Chapter 4. Introduction to Red Hat Linux
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Curbing Your Power: Superuser/root Access
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A Tour of the Red Hat Linux Desktop
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Getting the Facts: Where to Find Documentation
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More About Logging In
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 5. The Linux Utilities
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Special Characters
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Basic Utilities
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Working with Files
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(Pipe): Communicates Between Processes
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Four More Utilities
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Compressing and Archiving Files
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Locating Commands
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Obtaining
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Communicating with Other Users
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Email
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Tutorial: Creating and Editing a File with vim
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 6. The Linux Filesystem
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The Hierarchical Filesystem
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Directory Files and Ordinary Files
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Pathnames
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Directory Commands
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Working with Directories
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Access Permissions
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ACLs: Access Control Lists
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Links
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 7. The Shell
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The Command Line
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Standard Input and Standard Output
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Running a Program in the Background
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Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion
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Builtins
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Part III: Digging into Red Hat Linux
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Chapter 8. Linux Guis: X, Gnome, and KDE
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X Window System
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Using GNOME
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Using KDE
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 9. The Bourne Again Shell
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Background
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Shell Basics
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Parameters and Variables
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Special Characters
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Processes
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History
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Aliases
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Functions
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Controlling bash Features and Options
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Processing the Command Line
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 10. Networking and the Internet
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Types of Networks and How They Work
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Communicate Over a Network
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Network Utilities
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Distributed Computing
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Usenet
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WWW: World Wide Web
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Part IV: System Administration
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Chapter 11. System Administration: Core Concepts
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System Administrator and Superuser
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Rescue Mode
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SELinux
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System Operation
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System Administration Utilities
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Setting Up a Server
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nsswitch.conf: Which Service to Look at First
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PAM
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 12. Files, Directories, and Filesystems
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Important Files and Directories
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File Types
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Filesystems
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 13. Downloading and Installing Software
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yum: Keeps the System Up-to-Date (FEDORA)
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pirut: Adds and Removes Software Packages (FEDORA)
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BitTorrent (FEDORA)
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rpm: Red Hat Package Manager
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Installing Non-rpm Software
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Keeping Software Up-to-Date
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wget: Downloads Files Noninteractively
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 14. Printing with CUPS
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Introduction
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JumpStart I: Configuring a Local Printer Using system-config-printer
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JumpStart II: Configuring a Remote Printer Using CUPS
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Traditional UNIX Printing
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Configuring Printers Using CUPS
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The KDE Printing Manager
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Integration with Windows
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 15. Rebuilding the Linux Kernel
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Preparing the Source Code
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Read the Documentation
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Configuring and Compiling the Linux Kernel
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Installing the Kernel and Associated Files
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Rebooting
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Boot Loader
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dmesg: Displays Kernel Messages
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 16. Administration Tasks
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Configuring User and Group Accounts
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Backing Up Files
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Scheduling Tasks
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System Reports
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Keeping Users Informed
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Creating Problems
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Solving Problems
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 17. Configuring a LAN
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Setting Up the Hardware
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Configuring the Systems
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Setting Up Servers
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Part V: Using Clients and Setting Up Servers
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Chapter 18. OpenSSH: Secure Network Communication
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Introduction
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About OpenSSH
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OpenSSH Clients
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sshd: OpenSSH Server
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Troubleshooting
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Tunneling/Port Forwarding
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 19. FTP: Transferring Files Across a Network
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Introduction
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More Information
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FTP Client
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FTP Server (vsftpd)
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 20. sendmail: Setting Up Mail Clients, Servers, and More
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Introduction
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JumpStart I: Configuring sendmail on a Client
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JumpStart II: Configuring sendmail on a Server
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How sendmail Works
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Configuring sendmail
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Additional Email Tools
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Authenticated Relaying
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Alternatives to sendmail
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 21. NIS: Network Information Service
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Introduction to NIS
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How NIS Works
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Setting Up an NIS Client
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Setting Up an NIS Server
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 22. NFS: Sharing Filesystems
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Introduction
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More Information
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Setting Up an NFS Client
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Setting Up an NFS Server
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automount: Automatically Mounts Directory Hierarchies
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 23. Samba: Integrating Linux and Windows
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Introduction
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About Samba
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JumpStart: Configuring a Samba Server Using system-config-samba
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swat: Configures a Samba Server
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Manually Configuring a Samba Server
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Accessing Linux Shares from Windows
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Accessing Windows Shares from Linux
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Troubleshooting
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 24. DNS/BIND: Tracking Domain
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Introduction to DNS
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About DNS
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JumpStart I: Setting Up a DNS Cache
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JumpStart II: Setting Up a Domain Using system-config-bind (FEDORA)
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Setting Up BIND
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Troubleshooting
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A Full-Functioned Nameserver
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A Slave Server
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A Split Horizon Server
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 25. iptables: Setting Up a Firewall
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How iptables Works
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About iptables
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JumpStart: Building a Firewall Using
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Anatomy of an iptables Command
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Building a Set of Rules
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system-config-securitylevel: Generates a Set of Rules
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Sharing an Internet Connection Using NAT
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 26. Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server
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Introduction
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About Apache
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JumpStart I: Getting Apache Up and Running
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JumpStart II: Setting Up Apache Using system-config-httpd
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Filesystem Layout
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Configuration Directives
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The Red Hat httpd.conf File
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Redirects
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Multiviews
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Server-Generated Directory Listings (Indexing)
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Virtual Hosts
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Troubleshooting
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Modules
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webalizer: Analyzes Web Traffic
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MRTG: Monitors Traffic Loads
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Error Codes
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Part VI: Programming
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Chapter 27. Programming Tools
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Programming in C
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Using Shared Libraries
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make: Keeps a Set of Programs Current
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Debugging C Programs
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Threads
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System Calls
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Source Code Management
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Chapter 28. Programming the Bourne Again Shell
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Control Structures
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File Descriptors
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Parameters and Variables
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Builtin Commands
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Expressions
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Shell Programs
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Chapter Summary
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Exercises
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Advanced Exercises
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Part VII: Appendixes
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Appendix A. Regular Expressions
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Characters
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Delimiters
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Simple Strings
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Special Characters
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Rules
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Bracketing Expressions
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The Replacement String
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Extended Regular Expressions
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Appendix Summary
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Appendix B. Help
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Solving a Problem
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Finding Linux-Related Information
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Specifying a Terminal
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Appendix C. Security
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Encryption
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File Security
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Email Security
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Network Security
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Host Security
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Security Resources
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Appendix Summary
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Appendix D. The Free Software Definition
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Appendix E. The Linux 2.6 Kernel
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Native Posix Thread Library (NPTL)
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IPSecurity (IPSec)
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Asynchronous I/O (AIO)
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0(1) Scheduler
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OProfile
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kksymoops
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Reverse Map Virtual Memory (RMAP VM)
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HugeTLBFS: Translation Look-Aside Buffer Filesystem
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remap_file_pages
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2.6 Network Stack Features (IGMPv3, IPv6, and Others)
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Internet Protocol Virtual Server (IPVS)
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Access Control Lists (ACLs)
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4GB-4GB Memory Split: Physical Address Extension (PAE)
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Scheduler Support for HyperThreaded CPUs
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Block I/O (BIO) Block Layer
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Support for Filesystems Larger Than 2 Terabytes
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New I/O Elevators
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Interactive Scheduler Response Tuning
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