M

MAC (Mandatory Access Control), 962

Mac OS 8, AppleTalk, 929

Mac OS X, 925-926

Apache and, 926

AppleTalk, 928-929

BIND and, 926

CUPS and, 926

licensing and, 926

netatalk, 928-929

network services, 926-927

Samba and, 926

Samba servers and, 929-931

Sendmail and, 926

X Window System and, 931

Macintosh

applications, running, 206-207, 216

desktop users, 925

hidden directories, netatalk and, 939-940

hidden files, netatalk and, 939-940

NFS server, access, 945-948

permissions, 932

system administrator and, 925

Macromedia Flash Player, Mozilla and, 323

macros, man pages, 230

magic cookie, remote X applications, 205

magnetic tape backups, 485

drive testing, 486

formatting, 487

ftape driver, 485-486

mail command, mail reader, 340

MAIL environment variable, 147

mail login, 372

mail readers (e-mail), 339

mail command, 340

mutt, 340

pine, 340

mail servers

configuration, 907

dial-up setup and, 637

mail.rc configuration file, /etc directory, 368

mailbombing attacks, 515

Procmail and, 515

sendmail and, 516-517

mailboxes, technical support, 426

mailing lists, mailman.conf file, 815

mailman.conf file, Apache Web server, 815

mailto protocol, URLs and, 315

make tool, 195

man command, shell, 136

man package, Groff, 227

man pages (Groff)

creating, 229

macros, 230

man.config configuration file, /etc directory, 368

Managed Wireless LANs, 588

mapping

/etc/exports file and, 700

username map option, Samba, 718

maps, NIS

Fedora as client, 857

Fedora as master server, 858-860

map database, 860

slave server addition, 861

mass virtual hosting, TUX Web server, 775

master server name, Fedora as NIS client, 854

Matrox video cards, gaming, 258

mattrib mtool, 208

MaxKeepAliveRequests directive, Apache Web server timeouts, 782

mbadblocks mtool, 208

MBR (Master Boot Record), installation and, 34

mcd mtool, 208

mcedit text editor, 163

mcheck mtool, 208

mcopy mtool, 208

mdel mtool, 208

mdeltree mtool, 208

mdir mtool, 208

mdu mtool, 208

me package, Groff, 227

media check, installation and, 29

Media Check, installation and, 22

Memos in Groff, 231-233

message files, vsFTPd, 770

messages, e-mail. See e-mail

messages logfile, intrusion attacks and, 545-546

metacharacters, shell, 135, 158-160

Metacity window manager, 90-92

desktop and, 80

keyboard shortcuts, 91

workspace switcher, 92

metadata, Konqueror, 115

mformat mtool, 208

microphone, soundcards, 280

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) audio players, 291

mil top-level domain, 632

MIME files

Konqueror (KDE), 110

Nautilus, 99

MIME types

defaults, httpd.conf user directories, 796-797

httpd.conf (Apache Web server) configuration, 808

minfo mtool, 208

minix file system, 383

Minolta digital cameras as storage device, 306

mirrordir package

automating mirroring, 493-494

directory clones, 492-493

mirroring

automating, 493-494

cron command and, 493

RAID disks, 392

mkdir command, 157

mkfs command (make file system), 388-389

mkisofs command, writing to CDs and, 488

mkmanifest mtool, 208

mlabel mtool, 209

mm package, Groff, 227

MMC (Multimedia Command) standard, DVD burning, 491

mmd mtool, 209

mmount mtool, 209

mmove mtool, 209

/mnt directory, 155

modems

detecting, PPP connection, 641-642

LAN connection to Internet, 647

modes of installation, 30

modprobe

connection-tracking and, 538

ipchains

loading, 530

stopping, 529

Module section, xorg.conf file, 127

modules

Apache Web server, 814

configuration, 376

availability, 376-377

listing loaded, 377-378

loading, 378-379

removing, 379

httpd.conf file

DSO (Dynamic Shared Object), 787

selecting, 786-789

iptables, 537

loadable, 376, 537

modules.conf configuration file, /etc directory, 368

module-specific configuration files, httpd.conf and, 786

monitor

desktop troubleshooting and, 125-127

installation, hardware and, 27

Monitor Configuration, installation, 23

Monitor section, xorg.conf file, 127

monitoring system performance, 396

computer usage, 396-397

CPU usage, 397

laptop power usage, 398-399

battery status, 399-400

suspend mode, 401

mount command, 385-388

mount point, RAID disks, 393

mounting

file systems, 382-388

fstab file and, 384-385

mount command, 385-388

umount command, 388

NFS directories, 703

automatically, 704-707

bg option, 706

fg option, 706

hard mounting, 706

manually, 703-704

on demand, autofs and, 707-708

retrans=# option, 706

retry=# option, 706

rsize option, 706

soft mounting, 706

timeo=# option, 706

wsize option, 706

Samba shared directories, Linux, 727

mouse

administration and, 365

navigation, KDE desktop, 107

wheel mouse, Navigator (Mozilla), 321

moving files, 162

Mozilla, 335-337

Address Book, 318

application download, 180-181

browsing with, 318-329

chatting and, 318

composing messages, 337

Composer and, 318

e-mail and, 318

e-mail reader, 314

Firefox, 327-329

bookmarks, 328

pop-ups, 329

searches, 329

security, 329

tabbed browsing, 328

LDAP address book access, 838-840

Navigator

controls, 323-324

DOM Inspector, 327

helper apps, 321-322

Java suppport, 326

plugins, 322-324

preferences, 319-321

Preferences toolbar, 325-326

resizing Web page, 327

tabbed browsing, 327

newsgroups, 341

reading messages, 343

server connection, 341-342

subscribing to groups, 343

newsgroups and, 318

proxy configuration, 666-667

receiving messages, 336

sending messages, 337

Thunderbird mail client, 338-339

MozPlugger, 322

MPM (Multi-Processing Module), 782

mrd mtool, 209

mren mtool, 209

msdos file system, 383

mshowfat mtool, 209

MTA (Mail Transport Agent), 401

mtab configuration file, /etc directory, 368

mtools, DOS applications, 208-209

mtools.conf configuration file, /etc directory, 368

mtoolstest mtool, 209

mtype mtool, 209

multipoint antennas, wireless LANs, 600

multitasking, 8

definition, 132

processes, 132

mutt mail reader, 340

my.cnf configuration file, 869-870, 873

my-huge.cnf file, 874

my-large.cnf file, 874

my-medium.cnf file, 874

my-small.cnf file, 873

MySQL

auth_mysql.conf file, 814

data types

numeric, 883-884

string, 885-887

time/date, 884-885

databases, 876

columns display, 889

creating, 877-879

data entry, 879-881

displaying, 887-889

loading data from file, 881-882

mysql command, 876-877

record editing, 890-892

records display, 888

sorting data, 890

user access, 892-894

introduction, 865

my.cnf configuration file, 869-870

my.conf file, 873

my-huge.cnf file, 874

my-large.cnf file, 874

my-medium.cnf file, 874

my-small.cnf file, 873

options

checking, 871-873

selecting, 870-871

setting, 868-873

packages, Fedora installation inclusion, 866

server

checking status, 875-876

configuration, 866-874

starting, 874

tables, 882-887

editing, 890-892

user/group accounts, 866-867

users, administrative, 867

mysql command, 876-879

mysql package, 866

mysql-devel package, 866

mysql-server package, 866

Myth II[col]Soulblighter game, Loki Software, 276

mzip mtool, 209