Beginning Fedora 2
Beginning Fedora 2
ISBN: 0764569961
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 170
Pages: 170
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Beginning Fedora 2
- Introduction
- What Is Fedora?
- Why Fedora?
- What Is Linux?
- Who Is Red Hat, Inc.?
- Why Linux?
- Want to Participate?
- Who Is This Book For?
- What Is Covered in This Book?
- What You Need to Use This Book
- Conventions
- Tell Us What You Think
- Errata
- Chapter 1: Installing Fedora 2
- Preparing for the Installation
- The Installation
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 2: Fedora 2 Basics
- Finding Your Way Around the Desktop
- The Filesystem
- Managing the Hardware
- Monitoring the System
- Using Load Average to Measure CPU Usage
- Configuring the Desktop
- Managing Processes
- Managing Services
- Managing Users
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 3: Connecting to the Internet
- Connecting to the Internet
- Connecting Securely
- Managing Multiple ISPs and Connections
- Software and Configuration
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 4: Everyday Applications
- Office Applications
- Internet Applications
- Personal Information Management
- Multimedia Applications
- System Utilities
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 5: The Filesystem
- File Search Utilities
- Navigating the Filesystem
- Managing Drives and Partitions
- Filesystem Maintenance
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 6: The Shell
- The Shell as a Command Line Interface
- Built-in Programs and External Programs
- Some Common Shell Commands
- Special Keys and Shortcuts
- Command Line Syntax
- Configuring the Shell
- Managing Tasks
- Shell Scripting
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 7: Managing Your User Accounts
- The Purpose of Different User Accounts
- The User Manager
- How Linux Stores User Account Information
- Advanced User Account Management
- Advanced Group Management
- Users, Groups, and Filesystem Permissions
- When root Is Not Necessary
- Who Is Logged In?
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 8: Installing and Updating Software
- What Is RPM?
- The RPM Command Line Tool
- Building from Source
- Keeping Systems Up-to-Date
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 9: Building Networks
- Networking
- Setting Up a Web Server
- Setting Up an FTP Server
- Setting Up a Print Server
- Setting Up a File Server
- Setting Up a Mail Server
- Setting Up a DHCP Server
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 10: Security
- Countering the Threats
- Encryption and Verification
- Monitoring Security
- Network Security
- Security Enhanced Linux
- Security Awareness
- Where to Find Out More
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 11: Advanced System Administration
- System Configuration
- Logging
- Backing Up and Archiving
- Building from Source
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 12: Rebuilding the Linux Kernel
- Why Rebuild the Kernel?
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Managing Your System with Perl
- What Is Perl?
- Installation
- Installing Extensions
- Learning Perl
- And Finally . . .
- Summary
- Exercises
- Chapter 14: Contributing to the Fedora Project
- Accessing the Source Code
- Summary
- Chapter 15: Where to Now?
- Online Resources and Licensing Schemes
- System Administration Applications
- Development Applications
- Summary
- Appendix A: Answers to Exercises
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 13
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- Index_X
- Index_Y
- List of Figures
Beginning Fedora 2
ISBN: 0764569961
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 170
Pages: 170