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