SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrators Handbook
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrators Handbook
ISBN: 067232735X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 134
Pages: 134
Authors: Peter Kuo, Jacques Beland
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrator s Handbook
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- What You ll Learn from Reading This Book
- How This Book Is Organized
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You
- Reader Services
- PartI.SUSE Server Installation and Configuration
- Chapter1.Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server
- Installation Methods and Overview
- Pre-Installation Planning
- Ten Easy Steps to SLES 9 Installation
- Troubleshooting
- Summary
- Chapter2.Updating the Server
- Maintaining Your System Configuration
- Adding and Removing Packages
- Adding and Removing Hardware
- Changing Network Configuration
- Summary
- Chapter3.Booting and Shutting Down the Server
- Boot Loaders
- Kernel Boot
- init and Understanding Runlevels
- System Shutdown
- Emergency Boot and Recovery
- Summary
- PartII.User Access and Security Management
- Chapter4.User and Group Administration
- User and Group IDs
- User and Group Data Files
- User Account and Group Management Applications
- Security Considerations
- Summary
- Chapter5.User Environment Management and Security
- Account Auditing
- Configuring the User Environment
- User Resource Management
- su or sudo
- Summary
- Chapter6.Filesystem Security
- A Review of File and Directory Permissions
- Default Access Permissions
- Special File Permissions
- Extended Attributes
- Data and Filesystem Encryption
- Secure File Deletion
- Journaled Filesystems
- Summary
- Chapter7.System Management and Monitoring
- Common Linux Commands
- The root Filesystem
- Health Checks and System Monitoring
- System Tuning
- Summary
- PartIII.Data Backup and Disaster Recovery
- Chapter8.Network Services
- Angels and Daemons
- Network Time Services
- Email Services
- File Transfer Services
- Network File-Sharing Services
- Remote Management Services
- Network Name Services
- Web Services
- Authentication Services
- Summary
- Chapter9.Printing Services
- Printer Configuration
- Print Job Lifecycle
- Queue Management
- Summary
- Chapter10.Data Backup and Disaster Recovery
- A Look at Backup Strategies
- Implementing a Backup Strategy
- Backup and Restore Tools
- SLES Boot and Rescue Disks
- Summary
- PartIV.Securing Your SUSE Server
- Chapter11.Network Security Concepts
- Corporate Security Policies
- Summary
- Chapter12.Intrusion Detection
- Defining Intrusions
- Reducing Your Target Size
- Vulnerability Assessments
- Detecting a Network-based Intrusion
- Detecting a Host Intrusion
- Additional Tools
- Summary
- Chapter13.System Security
- System Hardening Principles
- Using a Central syslog Server
- Avoid Logging in As Root
- Securing Network Services
- System Hardening Packages
- Automating SLES Hardening
- Learning More About Threats
- Summary
- PartV.Appendixes
- AppendixA.Security Certifications
- AppendixB.Resources
- Linux Editors
- Website Resources
- Index
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 Administrators Handbook
ISBN: 067232735X
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 134
Pages: 134
Authors: Peter Kuo, Jacques Beland
- Step 1.1 Install OpenSSH to Replace the Remote Access Protocols with Encrypted Versions
- Step 1.2 Install SSH Windows Clients to Access Remote Machines Securely
- Step 3.1 Use PuTTY as a Graphical Replacement for telnet and rlogin
- Step 6.2 Using Port Forwarding Within PuTTY to Read Your E-mail Securely
- Appendix - Sample sshd_config File