Mac OS X, 22–23
accessing a UNIX system from, 40
system administration menus, 360, 363
Machine
connecting to, 37–40
finding on the network, 504–505
Machine-independent sharable files, 366
Machine-private files, 366
Machine-specific sharable files, 366
Madriva Linux, 39
Mail clients
explained, 227
types of, 228
mail command, 102, 575
Mail domains (sendmail), 508
Mail programs, 49.
See also E-mail
command-line, 228–229
graphical, 229, 238–242
sendmail, 350, 483, 490, 506–508
screen-oriented, 229–238
Mailing list managers, 285
Mailing lists, 285–286
mailto URL, 298
mailx utility
deleting messages, 50
getting started, 49–51
notification of new mail, 49
quitting, 51
reading mail, 49–50
replying to messages, 51
saving messages, 50
sending messages, 51
Maintenance tasks, 386–395
Majordomo program, 285
make command, 465, 476–477, 709–714
make install command, 465–466, 476–477
makefiles, 709–714
automatic variables, 712
commands, 711
comments, 710
complex C++, 713–714
dependencies, 711
with multiple dependencies, 711–713
non-programming, 714
syntax, 710–711
variables, 710
man command, 48, 723–725, 833–843
man grep command, 834–835
man -k command, 835–836
man man command, 833
man passwd command, 837
man -T command, 835
Mandriva, 19
Manual (man) pages, 723–725, 833–843
detailed structure of, 838–841
example, 725
online, 843
saving, 569
section categories, 836–837
Master DNS servers, 502–503
Mathematical calculations, 578–583, 788
Mathematical equations, TeX for, 764
Mathematical functions
in awk, 629
in Perl, 645–646
in Python, 677–679
Mathematical operations, 595–597, 677–679
Menu, printing, 606–607
MEPIS Linux, 39
Message of the day, 388
Method overriding, in Java, 739–740
Methods
in Java, 741
in OOP, 729
mget command, 259
Microsoft Windows. See Windows
Mid-range computer, 440
Minimal protection level (Orange book), 353
Minimal Technical applications (HP-UX), 24
Mission Critical applications (HP-UX), 24
mkdir (make directory) command, 73, 660
mkfs command, 405, 407
MKS toolkit, 537–538
Moderated newsgroups, 285
Modules directory, 462–463
more command, 85, 87
Mosaic web browser, 290–291
motd messages (/etc/motd), 388
Motif, 15, 193–194
Motif 2.1API, 194
mount command, 390–391, 409, 450–451, 453
Mount point, 366, 408, 445
mountall command, 451
Mounted file systems, displaying, 390–391
Mounted resources, displaying, 453
Mounting
explained, 366, 523
of a remote resource, 445
Mounting a file system, 408, 442, 445
from CD-ROM, 409
from floppy disk, 408
from hard disk, 408
move command, with xargs, 615
Movie players, 775–777
Mozilla web browser, 291, 781–782
MpegTV Player (mtv), 777
MPlayer, 775–776
mput command, 259–260
msg command, 48
MTAs (mail transport agents), 227
MUA (mail user agent), 227, 506
Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing System), 9
Multimedia add-on tools, 777–778
Multimedia players and viewers, Internet, 785–787
Multiprotocol instant messaging, 784
Multitasking concepts, 5, 358
Multitasking machines, 528
Multithreaded programming, 750–751
Multiuser concepts, 358
Multiuser states, 373
Multiuser UNIX, 5
Multivalued variables, 119
mutt (mail reader), 234–238
address book, 236
configuring, 236–237
mail list, 235
obtaining, 235
reading mail, 235–236
remote mail, 237–238
sending mail, 236
mv command, 68–69
MySQL Query Browser, 768–769, 825–827