SUSE Linux 10.0 Unleashed
SUSE Linux 10.0 Unleashed
ISBN: 0672327260
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 332
Pages: 332
Authors: Mike McCallister
- SUSE Linux 10 Unleashed
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- Why Use Linux?
- Who This Book Is For
- What This Book Contains
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Part I: Installation and Configuration
- Chapter 1. Welcome to SUSE Linux
- What Is SUSE Linux?
- Getting Help: Documentation and Other Sources
- References
- Chapter 2. Preparing to Install SUSE Linux
- Planning Your SUSE Linux Installation
- System Requirements
- References
- Chapter 3. Installing SUSE Linux
- Methods of Installing SUSE Linux
- Preparing to Install from a CD-ROM or DVD
- Installing SUSE Linux with YaST
- Logging In and Shutting Down the First Time
- References
- Chapter 4. Further Configuration with YaST and SaX2
- Troubleshooting Installation Problems
- Configuring Hardware with YaST
- Setting Date and Time
- Power Management
- Portable PC Issues
- Configuring CD, DVD, and Rewritable Drives
- References
- Part II: Using SUSE Linux
- Chapter 5. Getting Started with SUSE Linux
- Logging In to SUSE Linux
- Working with the Linux File System
- Essential File System Commands from the bin and sbin Directories
- Using the boot and dev Directories
- Editing Configuration Files in the etc Directory
- Where All the Good Stuff Goes: Your home Directory
- Finding Desktop Programs in opt
- Where Most of the Programs Go: The usr Directory
- Variable Data: The var Directory
- Changing User Information and the Finger Program
- Choosing and Using a Shell
- Editing Text
- Why Can t I Edit This File? How Permissions Work
- Working as Root
- References
- Chapter 6. Launching Your Desktop
- Understanding the X Window System
- Choosing a Desktop Environment: KDE and GNOME
- Managing Files from Your Desktop
- Configuring Your Desktop Environment
- What Is a Window Manager and Why Would I Want to Use It?
- References
- Chapter 7. Printing with SUSE Linux
- Printing: An Overview
- Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
- Configuring Printers with YaST
- Configuring CUPS and Network Printers with KDEPrint
- Printing with CUPS
- Working with the Portable Document Format (PDF)
- Console Print Control
- Avoiding Printing Problems
- References
- Chapter 8. Shaking Hands with Your Shell
- The Power of the Command Line
- Writing a Shell Script: The Basics
- Scripting in bash
- Variables in Shell Scripts
- Positional Parameters
- Built-In Variables
- References
- Chapter 9. Being Productive: Office Suites and Other Tools
- Comparing Linux Office Suites
- PDA Connectivity
- More Tools to Make You Productive
- References
- Chapter 10. Sights, Sounds, and Other Fun Things
- Starting Out: Configuring Your Sound and Video Cards
- Playing Music and Listening to the Radio
- Making Your Own Music
- Burning CDs and DVDs
- TV and Video: Xine and Mplayer
- Linux and Your Digital Camera
- Editing Images with The GIMP
- Gaming on Linux
- References
- Chapter 11. Going Cross-Platform
- Viewing Files from the Windows Side of Your Computer
- Emulating Other Operating Systems in Linux: An Overview
- Using Wine to Run Windows Applications
- Running Windows Applications with Win4Lin
- Running Windows Applications with VMware
- Emulating a Mac with Basilisk II
- Using dosemu and DOSBox
- Xen: The Future of Virtualization?
- References
- Part III: Using the Internet
- Chapter 12. Connecting to the Internet
- Basic Connectivity Information
- Starting with a localhost Interface
- Configuring Your Dial-up Internet Connection
- Configuring a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Connection
- Connecting Your Computer to a Wireless Network
- When to Call Your Internet Service Provider
- References
- Chapter 13. Using the Internet: Browsing the Web and Writing Email
- Choosing a Web Browser
- Setting Up Your SUSE Linux Email Account
- Choosing a Mail Client (Mail User Agent)
- Sending File Attachments
- References
- Chapter 14. Creating Basic Websites
- Choosing a Web Development Tool
- Practice: Building a Site with Quanta Plus
- Weblogging with SUSE Linux
- References
- Chapter 15. Managing Email Servers
- How Email Works
- MTA Configuration
- Fighting Spam and Viruses
- Alternatives to Postfix
- References
- Chapter 16. Collaborating with Others
- Usenet News Today
- Choosing a Usenet Newsreader
- Collaborating with Wikis
- Hosting Electronic Mailing Lists
- Working with Instant Messengers and Internet Relay Chat
- Linux Videoconferencing
- References
- Chapter 17. Secure File Transfer
- Choosing a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client
- Peer-to-Peer File Transfer
- Building an FTP Server
- Configuring xinetd for Secure File Transfer
- Configuring Secure File Transfer Servers
- References
- Part IV: Basic System Administration
- Chapter 18. Managing Files, Volumes, and Drives
- Choosing a File System
- Creating and Managing File Systems with Expert Partitioner
- Mounting a File System
- Logical Volume Management (LVM)
- Finding Files
- File System Manipulation
- Managing Files for Character Devices, Block Devices, and Special Devices
- References
- Chapter 19. Managing Users, Managing Security
- User Accounts and Permissions
- Who Needs What? Managing Groups
- Passwords: The First Line of Security
- Monitoring User Activity
- Letting Mortals Play at Wizardry: SuperUsers
- References
- Chapter 20. Managing Data: Backup, Restoring, and Recovery
- Preparing for Preventing Data Loss
- Choosing Your Backup Medium
- Using YaST System Backup
- Backup Software
- Setting Up Mirror Disks and RAID Arrays
- Rescuing a Broken System
- References
- Chapter 21. Keeping Your System Current: Package Management
- Installing Software with YaST
- The Basics of the Red Hat Package Management System (RPM)
- Updating Your System with YaST Online Update (YOU)
- Updating Your System with apt
- Updating Your System with Red Carpet
- Compiling Software from Source
- References
- Part V: Advanced System Administration
- Chapter 22. Managing the Boot Process and Other Services
- Understanding the Boot Process
- System Services and Runlevels
- Controlling Services at Boot with the YaST Runlevel Editor
- Manually Starting and Stopping Services
- System Monitoring Tools
- References
- Chapter 23. Securing Your Machines
- Understanding Computer Attacks
- Assessing Your Vulnerability
- Protecting Your Machine
- Configuring the SUSE Firewall
- Other Security Utilities to Consider
- What to Do if You ve Been Hacked
- Keeping Up to Date on Linux Security Issues
- References
- Chapter 24. Kernel and Module Management
- Linus s Baby: The Linux Kernel
- Managing Modules
- When to Recompile
- Kernel Versions
- Getting New Kernel Sources
- Patching the Kernel
- Compiling the Kernel
- Troubleshooting Problems
- Kernel Tuning with sysctl
- References
- Chapter 25. Setting Up Networks and Samba
- Networking with TCPIP
- Network Organization
- Hardware Devices in Networking
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Using the Network File System
- Playing Nice with Microsoft Windows with Samba
- Securing Network Services
- References
- Chapter 26. Managing Your Apache Web Server
- What Is Apache?
- Installing Apache
- Starting and Stopping Apache
- Runtime Server Configuration Settings
- File System Authentication and Access Control
- Apache Modules
- Virtual Hosting
- Dynamic Content
- Other Web Servers
- References
- Chapter 27. Managing Domain Names
- Essential DNS Concepts
- DNS Hierarchy
- Configuring DNS with YaST2
- Hosts File
- Basic DNS Tools
- Configuring Name Servers with BIND
- Logging
- Summary
- References
- Part VI: Programming
- Chapter 28. Using the GNU Compiler Collection and Other Programming Tools
- Basic Programming in C Under Linux
- Using the GNU Compiler Collection
- Building Java Applications with Eclipse
- Using the KDevelop Integrated Development Environment
- Using Anjuta to Create GNOME Applications
- Managing Collective Software Development with CVS and Subversion
- Creating RPM Packages
- Other Linux Programming Resources
- References
- Chapter 29. Managing Databases
- What Is a Relational Database?
- Implementing MySQL
- Connecting to a MySQL Database with a Database Client
- Optimizing MySQL
- Summary
- References
- Chapter 30. Using Perl and Python
- What Is Perl?
- Perl Variables and Data Structures
- Operators and Other Statements
- Regular Expressions
- Perl Modules and CPAN
- The Future of Perl
- What Is Python?
- Python Variables and Data Structures
- Indentation
- Extreme Object Orientation
- Python IDEs and the Interactive Shell
- References
- Chapter 31. Creating Dynamic Websites
- Using PHP
- Setting Up an Interactive Site with WordPress
- Setting Up a Web-Based Community Forum
- References
- Chapter 32. Performance Tuning
- Optimizing Services
- Using PowerTweak
- Tuning Hard Disk Drives
- References
- Chapter 33. Command-Line Master Class
- Some Basic Commands
- Combining Commands Together
- References
- Part VII: Appendices
- Appendix A. Versions of Novell s SUSE Linux
- SUSE Linux 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
- Novell Linux Desktop (NLD)
- Open Enterprise Server (OES)
- Appendix B. SUSE and Linux Internet Resources
- Novell SUSE Linux Reference
- Mailing Lists
- Unix General Reference
- General Linux Resources
- Linux News Reference
- Linux Search Reference
- General Web Link Reference
- Linux Networking and Security Reference
- LAMP and Other Programming References
- Worldwide Linux Newsgroups
- What s on the DVD
- Amusements
- Development
- Documentation
- Hardware
- Productivity
- Index
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SUSE Linux 10.0 Unleashed
ISBN: 0672327260
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 332
Pages: 332
Authors: Mike McCallister