A

AbiWord, 222-224

About to Install, installation and, 23

access

/etc/exports and, 700

httpd.conf (Apache Web server)

configuration, 792-793

Accessibility, GNOME preferences, 100

Account Info tab, User Manager, 430

accounts

deleting

User Manager, 432

userdel command, 431-432

modifying, User Manager, 429-430

setup, 411

User Manager, 416-418

useradd command, 412-416

usermod command, 428-429

acl (access control list), DNS, 912

Acrobat, document display and, 248-249

Acronis OS Selector partitioning, 64

actions, httpd.conf (Apache Web server) configuration, 808

Active System Attack Alerts, Log Sentry, 547

AD (Active Directory), NIS and, 862

Add NFS Share window, 696

Add to panel option, GNOME Panel menu, 93

Add/Remove Applications window, administration and, 364

AddIcon directive, httpd.conf file, 803

AddIconByEncoding directive, httpd.conf file, 803

AddIconByType directive, httpd.conf file, 803

Additional Language Support, installation, 23

Address Book

Mozilla, 318

LDAP

Mozilla Mail and, 838-840

setup, 832-837

addresses. See also IP addresses

dhcpd.conf file options, 846

IP addresses, 630, 633-634, 902

adfs (acorn disc file system), 382

ADI Technologies video cards, gaming, 257

adjtime configuration file, /etc directory, 367

administration

CUPS, Web-based, 681-682

information servers, 1025

DHCP, 1026

DNS, 1027

LDAP, 1026

NIS (Network Information System), 1026

RARP, 1027

network administration servers, 1024

Arpwatch server, 1025

NTP (Network Time Protocol) server, 1024

portmap server, 1024

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), 1025

SWAT (Samba Web Administration Tool), 1025

administrative logins, 372

administrative users, MySQL, 867

Adobe Acrobat, Mozilla and, 322

Advanced Editor text editor, 226

Advanced Stealth mode, PortSentry, 572

affs file system, 384

afpd daemon, netatalk, 934

agent format, HTTP logging (httpd.conf file), 800

Alias directive, httpd.conf file, 802

aliases

command line completion, 141

configuration file, /etc directory, 367

redirectec content, user directories, httpd.conf file, 801-802

shell commands, 137

shell configuration, 154

ALSA sound system, 16

alternatives for starting installation, 41

booting from hard disk, 41-42

booting from USB devices, 43

booting using PXE, 43

Amanda (Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver) amanda.conf file, 505-507

backups and, 503-509

directories, creating, 504-505

disklist file, 507

network services, adding, 507-508

amanda services, 507-508

amanda.conf file, 505-507

ampersand (&), background programs and, 149

amstex macro, TeX/LaTeX, 236

anonymous users, vsFTPd, 769

antennas, wireless LANs, 599-601

AOLserver 3.5 Web server, 776

Apache Web server, 774

auth_mysql.conf file, 814

auth_pgsql.conf file, 815

configuration, 779

httpd./conf.d/*.conf file, 814-815

httpd.conf file, 779-814

features, 774

host name, 777

htdig.conf file, 815

httpd.conf file

access, 792-793

actions, 808

browser responses, 810-811

caching services, 811-813

canonical name, 791

character sets, 807

command-line arguments, 816

e-mail address, 790

encoding, 806-807

errors, 808-810

groups, 789

handlers, 808

headers, 808

HTTP content directories, 791

indexing, 803-806

language, 806-807

MIME types, 808

port number, 790

proxy services, 811-813

root directory indexes disable, 794

server name, 791

user directory access, 796

user directory aliases, 801-802

user directory host name lookups, 797

user directory HTTP logging, 797-800

user directory identification, 794-795

user directory MIME-type defaults, 796-797

user directory signatures, 801

users, 789

virtual hosting, 813-814

Mac OS X and, 926

mailman.conf file, 815

modules, 814

monitoring activities, 817

error logs, 821-822

server-info page, 818-821

server-status page, 819-821

traffic, 822-824

original.ssl.conf file, 815

perl.conf file, 815

php.conf file, 815

python.conf file, 815

quick start, 776-778

squirrilmail.conf file, 815

starting/stopping, 815-817

subversion.conf file, 815

webalizer.conf file, 815

wordtrans.conf file, 815

AppleDesktop directory, netatalk and, 939

AppleDouble directory, netatalk and, 939

AppleShare file server, netatalk and, 931

AppleTalk. See also netatalk

file types, netatalk and, 941

folder types, netatalk and, 941

host name, netatalk and, 933

Mac OS 8, 929

Mac OS 9, 929

Mac OS X, 928-929

netatalk and, atalkd daemon, 934

printer server, netatalk and, 932

router, netatalk and, 932

server, Linux configuration, 931-945

server settings, 935-936

applets, GNOME and, 94-95

application launchers

GNOME desktop, 95-96

KDE desktop, 122-123

application platforms, Fedora as, 171-173

applications

acquiring, 175-185

downloading, 175-182

desktop availability, 173-175

DOS, running, 206-208

dosemu emulator, 209-210

environment setup, 210

mtools, 208-209

downloading, 175-177

archive formats, 184-185

document formats, 185

formats, 182-184

FTP sites for, 176

Mozilla and, 180-181

ncFTP and, 181-182

package names, 182-184

Web sites for, 176

yum (Yellow Dog Updater, Modified), 177-180

installation, yum (Yellow Dog Updater Modified) software, 177-180

launching, GNOME desktop, 86

links, Konqueror, 113

Macintosh, running, 206-207

ARDI Executor, 216

packaged with desktop environment, 175

selecting, Konqueror (KDE), 110

starting, GNOME desktop, 86

support, 9

Windows, running, 206-207

WINE, 211-216

Windows-equivalent Linux applications, 173

Workspace Switcher, 87

X

remote, 201-206

starting from menu, 198

starting from Run Application window, 199

starting from Terminal window, 200-201

Applications menu

GNOME desktop, 86, 93-94

GNOME Panel menu, 93

KDE versus GNOME, 82

aquota.group files, disk quotas, 433-434

aquota.user file, disk quotas, 433-434

archive file formats, 184-185

archives. See also backups

pax archiving tool, 509

ARDI Executor, Macintosh applications and, 216

arguments

command-line arguments, 442

shell, 135

filenames as, 442

arithmetic in shell scripts, 445

arithmetic expressions, expanding, 145

Arpwatch server, 1025

at command, scheduled job submission and, 471

at.allow, system tasks and, 470

at.deny, system tasks and, 470

atalkd daemon (AppleTalk), 934

ATAPI, CD drives, writing to, 488

atq command, scheduled job view, 472

atrm command, scheduled job deletion, 472

attachments to e-mail messages, 332

.au files, Sox utility, 293

audio

CDs

CD Player (gnome-cd), 282, 284

CDPlay (cdp), 283-286

Grip, 283

KsCD Player (kscd), 282

labels, cdlabelgen and, 311-312

player choices, 282-283

playing automatically, 282

recording, cdrecord command, 307-308

recording, Grip window, 310-311

Rhythmbox, 282, 286-287

X Multimedia System (xmms), 283, 288-291

drivers, 280

file compression, 292, 295

file conversion, 292-295

file formats, SoX utility and, 292-294

full-duplex support, 280

MIDI players, 291

playback, 280

RealPlayer, 304

recording, 280

sound cards, 279-281

configuration, 281-282

input/output ports, 280

internal CD audio, 280

joystick/MIDI, 280

line-in, 280

line-out, 280

microphone, 280

xine, 300-302

auth_mysql.conf file, Apache Web server, 814

auth_pgsql.conf file, Apache Web server, 815

authentication

Samba

mode, 712

passwords, 931

server, 712

netatalk, 933

VPNs, 653

Authentication window, administration and, 364

authoritative zones, DNS, 911

autofs mount director, NFS and, 707-708

autoplay, CDs, 283