Index_P

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P

Package Management utility. See redhat-config-packages

Package Selection section, Kickstart Configurator, 203-204

packages. See RPM (Red Hat Package Manager)

PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules), 614-621

account command, 617, 618

auth command, 615-616

configuration example, 617-619

configuring, 619

control flags, 615-616

controlling user access, 620-621

modules, 615

overview, 614

password command, 618-619

self test, answers, 653

self test, questions, 649

two-minute drill, 645

vsFTP and, 457

panel, GNOME, 399

Parallel Port Support menu, kernel options, 341

parallel ports, 54

parameters, shells, 25

part command, 196

Parted utility, GNU, 184

Partition Information options, Kickstart Configurator, 201-202

partitioning utilities

df command, 169

fdisk utility, 82, 170-174

mount command and, 169-170

self test, answers, 213

self test, questions, 209

two-minute drill, 207

partitions

automatic vs. manual, 119

basic, 121-122

BIOS limits and, 80

creating with Disk Druid, 119-122

creating with fdisk, 172-173

cylinders of, 75

deleting, 171-172

Disk Druid and, 119-122

formatting, 13

Kickstart options for, 196

LVM partitioning, 125-128

mounting, 15

naming conventions, 76-77

overview, 75-76

planning, 77

RAID, 123-125

self test, questions, 146

servers, 139-142

setting up filesystem on multiple, 14-15

sizing, 79

stability and security, 78

swap partitions, 80, 173-174

troubleshooting, 160

two-minute drill, 144

passphase, private keys, 697

password (password management) command, PAM, 615, 618-619

password command

assigning passwords, 225

changing passwords, 29

passwords

aging, 231

assigning to user accounts, 225

changing, 29

configuration options, 230

host security and, 612

root user and, 130

Samba user management and, 505-507, 511-512

services for managing, 603

shadow passwords, 30-31

single-user mode and, 681

usernames and, 497-498

patches, kernel, 325-326

paths, 25-26

paths, absolute and relative, 17

PC Cards (PCMCIA), 55, 341

PCI bus, 53

PCMCIA (PC cards), 55, 341

pcmciadd.img, 112

PDC (Primary Domain Controller), 505

PE (Physical Extents), 185

permissions, 27-30

changing user default, 299

file permissions, 28

.htaccess files and, 435

numeric values assigned to, 28

overriding inherited, 442-443

overview, 27

SUID and SGID, 29-30

umask variable and, 29-30

personal information manager, 101

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), 697

Physical Extents (PE), 185

Physical Volumes (PV), 185, 186

ping command, 38-39, 638

Ping of Death, 317

Plug and Play Configuration menu, kernel options, 341

PnP (Plug and Play), 51-53

conflicts, 52-53

overview, 51-53

support, 52

POP (Post Office Protocol)

configuring, 469-470

e-mail client configuration and, 410

overview, 42

port security, TCP/IP, 44

portmap, 563-564, 575

ports

parallel, 54

serial, 54

TCP/IP, 627-628

postfix, 103, 466-467

PostgreSQL, 104

prefdm, 403

preferred master command, 498-499

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), 697

Primary Domain Controller (PDC), 505

primary groups, 665

print services

adding printers, 23

commands, 23

CUPS. See CUPS (Common Unix Printing System)

GUI front-ends, 524-525

LPD commands, 522-524

overview, 22-23

Samba, 490-491, 493

self test, answers, 539

self test, questions, 533

two-minute drill, 531

printconf-gui, 518

Printer Configuration tool. See redhat-config-printer

Printing Support, package groups, 107

printtool, 518

privacy, NFS, 574-575

private keys, SSH, 692-693, 697

/proc filesystem, 314-318

graphic management of, 317

IP forwarding and, 316-317

overview, 235, 314-315

preventing SYN flood attacks, 317

/proc/dma, 47, 52

/proc/interrupts, 47, 52

/proc/ioports, 47, 52

/proc/pci, 53

processes, identifying with ps command, 21

Processor Type and Features menu, kernel options, 340

Profiling Support, kernel options, 346

programming, shell, 24

proxy server, Squid, 451-452

ps command, 21

public keys, SSH, 693-694

public shares, Samba, 512-514

publishing, Authoring and Publishing group, 102

PV (Physical Volumes), 185, 186

pvm command, 101

pwconv command, 31

pwd command, 17

pwunconv command, 31

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