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- Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 12 and RHEL
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- Deeper coverage of the command line and the newest GUIs,
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- More practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and
FTP
- More and better coverage of automating administration with
Perl
- More usable, realistic coverage of Internet server
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DNS/BIND, and LDAP
- More state-of-the-art security techniques, including SELinux
(Security Enhanced Linux), ACLs (Access Control Lists), firewall
setup using both the Red Hat GUI and iptables, and
a full chapter on OpenSSH
- More and better coverage of system/network administration
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- Complete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Welcome to Linux 1
- The GNU—Linux Connection 2
- The Linux 2.6 Kernel 5
- The Heritage of Linux: UNIX 5
- What Is So Good About Linux? 6
- Overview of Linux 10
- Additional Features of Linux 14
- Conventions Used in This Book 16
- Chapter Summary 19
- Exercises 19
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Part I: Installing Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 21
- Chapter 2: Installation Overview 23
- The Desktop Live CD and the Install DVD 24
- Planning the Installation 24
- The Installation Process 39
- The Medium: Where Is the Source Data? 40
- Downloading a CD/DVD (FEDORA) 41
- Checking and Burning the CD/DVD 45
- Rescue Selection of the Install DVD 46
- Gathering Information About the System 46
- Finding the Installation Manual 47
- More Information 48
- Chapter Summary 48
- Exercises 49
- Advanced Exercises 49
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Chapter 3: Step-by-Step Installation 51
- Running a Fedora Live Session 52
- Installing Fedora/RHEL 55
- Installation Tasks 68
- The X Window System 84
- Chapter Summary 85
- Exercises 85
- Advanced Exercises 86
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Part II: Getting Started with Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 87
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- A Tour of the Fedora/RHEL Desktop 90
- Getting the Most Out of the Desktop 109
- Updating, Installing, and Removing Software Packages 122
- Where to Find Documentation 124
- More About Logging In 132
- Working from the Command Line 138
- Controlling Windows: Advanced Operations 141
- Chapter Summary 143
- Exercises 144
- Advanced Exercises 145
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Chapter 5: The Linux Utilities 147
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(Pipe): Communicates Between Processes 158 http://www.dropshippers.co.za/
- Four More Utilities 159
- Compressing and Archiving Files 161
- Locating Commands 166
- Obtaining User and System Information 168
- Communicating with Other Users 172
- Email 174
- Tutorial: Creating and Editing a File Using vim 174
- Chapter Summary 181
- Exercises 184
- Advanced Exercises 185
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Chapter 6: The Linux Filesystem 187
- The Hierarchical Filesystem 188
- Directory Files and Ordinary Files 188
- Pathnames 193
- Directory Commands 195
- Working with Directories 200
- Access Permissions 202
- ACLs: Access Control Lists 207
- Links 212
- Chapter Summary 218
- Exercises 220
- Advanced Exercises 222
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Chapter 7: The Shell 223
- The Command Line 224
- Standard Input and Standard Output 230
- Running a Program in the Background 241
- Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion 243
- Builtins 247
- Chapter Summary 248
- Utilities and Builtins Introduced in This Chapter 249
- Exercises 249
- Advanced Exercises 251
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Part III: Digging into Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
253
- Chapter 8: Linux GUIs: X and GNOME 255
- X Window System 256
- The Nautilus File Browser Window 264
- The Nautilus Spatial View 270
- GNOME Utilities 272
- Chapter Summary 276
- Exercises 277
- Advanced Exercises 277
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Chapter 9: The Bourne Again Shell 279
- Background 280
- Shell Basics 281
- Parameters and Variables 299
- Special Characters 313
- Processes 314
- History 316
- Aliases 332
- Functions 335
- Controlling bash Features and Options 338
- Processing the Command Line 342
- Chapter Summary 351
- Exercises 353
- Advanced Exercises 355
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Chapter 10: Networking and the Internet 357
- Types of Networks and How They Work 359
- Communicate Over a Network 374
- Network Utilities 376
- Distributed Computing 383
- Usenet 392
- WWW: World Wide Web 395
- Chapter Summary 397
- Exercises 398
- Advanced Exercises 399
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Part IV: System Administration 401
- Chapter 11: System Administration: Core Concepts 403
- System Administrator and Superuser 405
- Rescue Mode 411
- SELinux 414
- The Upstart Event-Based
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nsswitch.conf
: Which Service to Look at First 455 http://www.dropshippers.co.za/
Chapter 12: Files, Directories, and Filesystems 467
- Important Files and Directories 468
- File Types 480
- Filesystems 485
- Chapter Summary 495
- Exercises 495
- Advanced Exercises 496
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Chapter 13: Downloading and Installing Software 497
- yum: Keeps the System Up-to-Date 498
- Adding and Removing Software Packages 505
- BitTorrent 507
- rpm: Red Hat Package Manager 510
- Installing Non-rpm Software 513
- Keeping Software Up-to-Date 515
- wget: Downloads Files Noninteractively 517
- Chapter Summary 518
- Exercises 518
- Advanced Exercises 518
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Chapter 14: Printing with CUPS 519
- Introduction 520
- JumpStart I: Configuring a Local Printer 521
- system-config-printer: Configuring a Printer 522
- JumpStart II: Setting Up a Local or Remote Printer Using the
CUPS Web Interface 527
- Traditional UNIX Printing 530
- Configuring Printers 532
- Printing from Windows 538
- Printing to Windows 540
- Chapter Summary 540
- Exercises 541
- Advanced Exercises 541
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Chapter 15: Rebuilding the Linux Kernel 543
- Preparing the Source Code 544
- Read the Documentation 546
- Configuring and Compiling the Linux Kernel 547
- Installing the Kernel and Associated Files 550
- Rebooting the System 550
- Boot Loader 551
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dmesg
: Displays Kernel Messages 553 http://www.dropshippers.co.za/
Chapter 16: Administration Tasks 555
- Configuring User and Group Accounts 556
- Backing Up Files 558
- Scheduling Tasks 565
- System Reports 566
- parted: Reports on and Partitions a Hard Disk 568
- Keeping Users Informed 572
- Creating Problems 572
- Solving Problems 574
- MySQL 584
- Chapter Summary 592
- Exercises 593
- Advanced Exercises 593
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Chapter 17: Configuring and Monitoring a LAN 595
- Setting Up the Hardware 596
- Configuring the Systems 598
- NetworkManager: Configures Network Connections 599
- The Network Configuration Window (
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system-config-network
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iwconfig
: Configures a Wireless NIC 605 http://www.dropshippers.co.za/
- Setting Up Servers 606
- Introduction to Cacti 607
- More Information 617
- Chapter Summary 617
- Exercises 618
- Advanced Exercises 618
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Part V: Using Clients and Setting Up Servers 619
sshd
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Chapter 19: FTP: Transferring Files Across a Network 643
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Chapter 20: sendmail: Setting Up Mail Clients, Servers, and
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Chapter 21: NIS and LDAP 695
- Introduction to NIS 696
- How NIS Works 696
- Setting Up an NIS Client 699
- Setting Up an NIS Server 703
- LDAP 710
- Setting Up an LDAP Server 713
- Chapter Summary 723
- Exercises 724
- Advanced Exercises 724
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Chapter 22: NFS: Sharing Filesystems 727
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Chapter 23: Samba: Integrating Linux and Windows 749
- Introduction 750
- About Samba 751
- JumpStart: Configuring a Samba Server Using system-config-samba
753
- swat: Configures a Samba Server 755
- Manually Configuring a Samba Server 759
- Accessing Linux Shares from Windows 765
- Accessing Windows Shares from Linux 766
- Troubleshooting 768
- Chapter Summary 770
- Exercises 771
- Advanced Exercises 771
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Chapter 24: DNS/BIND: Tracking Domain Names and Addresses
773
- Introduction to DNS 774
- About DNS 785
- JumpStart I: Setting Up a DNS Cache 787
- JumpStart II: Setting Up a Domain Using system-config-bind
789
- Setting Up BIND 793
- Troubleshooting 805
- A Full-Functioned Nameserver 807
- A Slave Server 810
- A Split Horizon Server 811
- Chapter Summary 816
- Exercises 816
- Advanced Exercises 817
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Chapter 25: iptables: Setting Up a Firewall 819
- How iptables Works 820
- About iptables 822
- JumpStart: Building a Firewall Using system-config-firewall
824
- Anatomy of an iptables Command 825
- Building a Set of Rules 826
- system-config-firewall: Generates a Set of Rules 833
- Sharing an Internet Connection Using NAT 835
- Chapter Summary 839
- Exercises 839
- Advanced Exercises 839
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Chapter 26: Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server 841
- Introduction 842
- About Apache 842
- JumpStart I: Getting Apache Up and Running 844
- JumpStart II: Setting Up Apache Using system-config-httpd
846
- Filesystem Layout 848
- Configuration Directives 850
- The Fedora/RHEL
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- Redirects 873
- Multiviews 874
- Server-Generated Directory Listings (Indexing) 874
- Virtual Hosts 874
- Troubleshooting 875
- Modules 876
- webalizer: Analyzes Web Traffic 881
- MRTG: Monitors Traffic Loads 882
- Error Codes 882
- Chapter Summary 883
- Exercises 884
- Advanced Exercises 884
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Part VI: Programming Tools 885
- Chapter 27: Programming the Bourne Again Shell 887
- Control Structures 888
- File Descriptors 921
- Parameters and Variables 924
- Builtin Commands 936
- Expressions 950
- Shell Programs 958
- Chapter Summary 968
- Exercises 970
- Advanced Exercises 972
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Chapter 28: The Perl Scripting Language 975
- Introduction to Perl 976
- Variables 983
- Control Structures 991
- Working with Files 1000
- Sort 1003
- Subroutines 1005
- Regular Expressions 1007
- CPAN Modules 1013
- Examples 1015
- Chapter Summary 1019
- Exercises 1019
- Advanced Exercises 1020
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Part VII: Appendixes 1021
- Appendix A: Regular Expressions 1023
- Characters 1024
- Delimiters 1024
- Simple Strings 1024
- Special Characters 1024
- Rules 1027
- Bracketing Expressions 1028
- The Replacement String 1028
- Extended Regular Expressions 1029
- Appendix Summary 1031
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Appendix B: Help 1033
Appendix C: Security 1043
- Encryption 1044
- File Security 1049
- Email Security 1049
- Network Security 1050
- Host Security 1053
- Security Resources 1058
- Appendix Summary 1061
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Appendix D: The Free Software Definition 1063
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