Linux Administration : A Beginner's Guide

by Shah, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780072122299
• ISBN10: 0072122293
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill

Summary

-- Linux Sustaining Growth. Linux could be the operating system (OS) of choice for the future according to International Data Corp. (IDC). In its March 31, 1999 bulleting, IDC said Linux commercial shipments will grow faster than the shipments of all other OS environments.
-- Smart, Low Cost OS. Smart network managers have known for some time that running open-source Linux on servers in an efficient, low cost way to manage Web, DNS, and email servers. Now that companies such as IBM, Compaq, Intel, HP, and Dell are all partnering with leading distributors, Linux is really being embraced in the corporate setting.
-- Need for Beginner's Guide. System administrators will not have the same kind of technical support with open-source Linux as they would with other commercial big-vendor OS's. Therefore, there is a huge need for a technically accurate guide to Linux Administration coveting the most current Linux kernel (2.2) and the most current popular vendor offerings, Red Hat, Caldera.
-- A Must Have Guide for Administrators Bringing Linux to Their Network.

Table of Contents

Section I: Installing Linux as a Server.

Technical Summary of Linux Distributions and Windows NT.

Installing Linux in a Server Configuration.

Configuring GNOME and KDE.

Section II: Single Host Administration.

Managing Users.

The UNIX Command Line.

Booting and Shutting Down.

Files Systems.

Core System Services.

Compiling the Linux Kernel.

Securing an Individual Server.

Section III: Internet Services.

DNS.

FTP.

HTTP.

SMTP.

POP.

SSH.

Section IV: Intranet Services.

NFS.

NIS.

CIFS.

LPD.

DHCP.

Backups.

Section V: Advanced Linux Networking.

Configuring Network Interface Card (NIC).

IP Masquerading, Proxies, and Firewalls.

The Linux Router Project.

Miscellaneous Networking Features.