A Practical Guide to Red HatВ® LinuxВ®: Fedoraв„ў Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3rd Edition)
A Practical Guide to Red HatВ® LinuxВ®: Fedoraв„ў Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 0132280272
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 383
Pages: 383
Authors: Mark G. Sobell
- A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Third Edition: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Praise for A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Second Edition
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Welcome to Linux
- The GNULinux Connection
- The Linux 2.6 Kernel
- The Heritage of Linux: UNIX
- What Is So Good About Linux?
- Overview of Linux
- Additional Features of Linux
- Conventions Used in This Book
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Part I: Installing Red Hat Linux
- Chapter 2. Installation Overview
- More Information
- Planning the Installation
- How the Installation Works
- The Medium: Where Is the Source Data?
- Downloading, Burning, and Installing a CD Set or a DVD (FEDORA)
- Rescue CD
- Gathering Information About the System
- Finding the Installation Manual
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 3. Step-by-Step Installation
- Installing Red Hat Linux
- Installation Tasks
- The X Window System
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Part II: Getting Started with Red Hat Linux
- Chapter 4. Introduction to Red Hat Linux
- Curbing Your Power: Superuserroot Access
- A Tour of the Red Hat Linux Desktop
- Getting the Facts: Where to Find Documentation
- More About Logging In
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 5. The Linux Utilities
- Special Characters
- Basic Utilities
- Working with Files
- (Pipe): Communicates Between Processes
- Four More Utilities
- Compressing and Archiving Files
- Locating Commands
- Obtaining User and System Information
- Communicating with Other Users
- Tutorial: Creating and Editing a File with vim
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 6. The Linux Filesystem
- The Hierarchical Filesystem
- Directory Files and Ordinary Files
- Pathnames
- Directory Commands
- Working with Directories
- Access Permissions
- ACLs: Access Control Lists
- Links
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 7. The Shell
- The Command Line
- Standard Input and Standard Output
- Running a Program in the Background
- Filename GenerationPathname Expansion
- Builtins
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Part III: Digging into Red Hat Linux
- Chapter 8. Linux Guis: X, Gnome, and KDE
- X Window System
- Using GNOME
- Using KDE
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 9. The Bourne Again Shell
- Background
- Shell Basics
- Parameters and Variables
- Special Characters
- Processes
- History
- Aliases
- Functions
- Controlling bash Features and Options
- Processing the Command Line
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 10. Networking and the Internet
- Types of Networks and How They Work
- Communicate Over a Network
- Network Utilities
- Distributed Computing
- Usenet
- WWW: World Wide Web
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Part IV: System Administration
- Chapter 11. System Administration: Core Concepts
- System Administrator and Superuser
- Rescue Mode
- SELinux
- System Operation
- System Administration Utilities
- Setting Up a Server
- nsswitch.conf: Which Service to Look at First
- PAM
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 12. Files, Directories, and Filesystems
- Important Files and Directories
- File Types
- Filesystems
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 13. Downloading and Installing Software
- yum: Keeps the System Up-to-Date (FEDORA)
- pirut: Adds and Removes Software Packages (FEDORA)
- BitTorrent (FEDORA)
- rpm: Red Hat Package Manager
- Installing Non-rpm Software
- Keeping Software Up-to-Date
- wget: Downloads Files Noninteractively
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 14. Printing with CUPS
- Introduction
- JumpStart I: Configuring a Local Printer Using system-config-printer
- JumpStart II: Configuring a Remote Printer Using CUPS
- Traditional UNIX Printing
- Configuring Printers Using CUPS
- The KDE Printing Manager
- Integration with Windows
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 15. Rebuilding the Linux Kernel
- Preparing the Source Code
- Read the Documentation
- Configuring and Compiling the Linux Kernel
- Installing the Kernel and Associated Files
- Rebooting
- Boot Loader
- dmesg: Displays Kernel Messages
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 16. Administration Tasks
- Configuring User and Group Accounts
- Backing Up Files
- Scheduling Tasks
- System Reports
- Keeping Users Informed
- Creating Problems
- Solving Problems
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 17. Configuring a LAN
- Setting Up the Hardware
- Configuring the Systems
- Setting Up Servers
- More Information
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Part V: Using Clients and Setting Up Servers
- Chapter 18. OpenSSH: Secure Network Communication
- Introduction
- About OpenSSH
- OpenSSH Clients
- sshd: OpenSSH Server
- Troubleshooting
- TunnelingPort Forwarding
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 19. FTP: Transferring Files Across a Network
- Introduction
- More Information
- FTP Client
- FTP Server (vsftpd)
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 20. sendmail: Setting Up Mail Clients, Servers, and More
- Introduction
- JumpStart I: Configuring sendmail on a Client
- JumpStart II: Configuring sendmail on a Server
- How sendmail Works
- Configuring sendmail
- Additional Email Tools
- Authenticated Relaying
- Alternatives to sendmail
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 21. NIS: Network Information Service
- Introduction to NIS
- How NIS Works
- Setting Up an NIS Client
- Setting Up an NIS Server
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 22. NFS: Sharing Filesystems
- Introduction
- More Information
- Setting Up an NFS Client
- Setting Up an NFS Server
- automount: Automatically Mounts Directory Hierarchies
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 23. Samba: Integrating Linux and Windows
- Introduction
- About Samba
- JumpStart: Configuring a Samba Server Using system-config-samba
- swat: Configures a Samba Server
- Manually Configuring a Samba Server
- Accessing Linux Shares from Windows
- Accessing Windows Shares from Linux
- Troubleshooting
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 24. DNSBIND: Tracking Domain Names and Addresses
- Introduction to DNS
- About DNS
- JumpStart I: Setting Up a DNS Cache
- JumpStart II: Setting Up a Domain Using system-config-bind (FEDORA)
- Setting Up BIND
- Troubleshooting
- A Full-Functioned Nameserver
- A Slave Server
- A Split Horizon Server
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 25. iptables: Setting Up a Firewall
- How iptables Works
- About iptables
- JumpStart: Building a Firewall Using system-config-securitylevel
- Anatomy of an iptables Command
- Building a Set of Rules
- system-config-securitylevel: Generates a Set of Rules
- Sharing an Internet Connection Using NAT
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 26. Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server
- Introduction
- About Apache
- JumpStart I: Getting Apache Up and Running
- JumpStart II: Setting Up Apache Using system-config-httpd
- Filesystem Layout
- Configuration Directives
- The Red Hat httpd.conf File
- Redirects
- Multiviews
- Server-Generated Directory Listings (Indexing)
- Virtual Hosts
- Troubleshooting
- Modules
- webalizer: Analyzes Web Traffic
- MRTG: Monitors Traffic Loads
- Error Codes
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Part VI: Programming
- Chapter 27. Programming Tools
- Programming in C
- Using Shared Libraries
- make: Keeps a Set of Programs Current
- Debugging C Programs
- Threads
- System Calls
- Source Code Management
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Chapter 28. Programming the Bourne Again Shell
- Control Structures
- File Descriptors
- Parameters and Variables
- Builtin Commands
- Expressions
- Shell Programs
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- Advanced Exercises
- Part VII: Appendixes
- Appendix A. Regular Expressions
- Characters
- Delimiters
- Simple Strings
- Special Characters
- Rules
- Bracketing Expressions
- The Replacement String
- Extended Regular Expressions
- Appendix Summary
- Appendix B. Help
- Solving a Problem
- Finding Linux-Related Information
- Specifying a Terminal
- Appendix C. Security
- Encryption
- File Security
- Email Security
- Network Security
- Host Security
- Security Resources
- Appendix Summary
- Appendix D. The Free Software Definition
- Appendix E. The Linux 2.6 Kernel
- Native Posix Thread Library (NPTL)
- IPSecurity (IPSec)
- Asynchronous IO (AIO)
- 0(1) Scheduler
- OProfile
- kksymoops
- Reverse Map Virtual Memory (RMAP VM)
- HugeTLBFS: Translation Look-Aside Buffer Filesystem
- remap_file_pages
- 2.6 Network Stack Features (IGMPv3, IPv6, and Others)
- Internet Protocol Virtual Server (IPVS)
- Access Control Lists (ACLs)
- 4GB-4GB Memory Split: Physical Address Extension (PAE)
- Scheduler Support for HyperThreaded CPUs
- Block IO (BIO) Block Layer
- Support for Filesystems Larger Than 2 Terabytes
- New IO Elevators
- Interactive Scheduler Response Tuning
- Glossary
- Index
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A Practical Guide to Red HatВ® LinuxВ®: Fedoraв„ў Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (3rd Edition)
ISBN: 0132280272
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 383
Pages: 383
Authors: Mark G. Sobell