LINUX Administration: A Beginner's Guide (With CD-ROM)

by Shah, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780072131369
• ISBN10: 0072131365
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: MCGRAW HILL BOOK COMPANY

Summary

(Osborne) Resource for Linux users at any level of experience, offering a mix of background, technical and how-to instruction. The CD-ROM contains Red Hat Linux 7. System requirements include a CD-ROM drive, and an Intel i386 or better system. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Part I: Installing Linux as A Server.

Chapter 1: Technical Summary of Linux Distributions, NT and Windows 2000.

Chapter 2: Installing Red Hat Linux in a Server Configuration.

Chapter 3: GNOME and KDE.

Chapter 4: Installing Software.

Part II: Single Host Administration.

Chapter 5: Managing Users.

Chapter 6: The Command Line.

Chapter 7: File Systems.

Chapter 8: Core System Services.

Chapter 9: Compiling the Linux Kernel.

Chapter 10: Securing an Individual Server.

Part III: Internet Services.

Chapter 11: DNS.

Chapter 12: FTP.

Chapter 13: Setting Up Your Web Server Using Apache.

Chapter 14: SMTP.

Chapter 15: Post Office Protocol (POP).

Chapter 16: The Secure Shell (SSH).

Part IV: Intranet Services.

Chapter 17: Network File System

Chapter 18: Network Information Service (NIS).

Chapter 19: Samba.

Chapter 20: Printing.

Chapter 21: DHCP.

Chapter 22: Backups.

Part V: Advanced Linux Networking.

Chapter 23: TCP/IP 101.

Chapter 24: Network Configuration.

Chapter 25: The /proc File System (update: revise for 2.4 kernels).

Appendices:

A: Programming Languages that Accompany Red Hat Linux (update: revise for RedHat 7.0).

B: Getting the Usual Done (update: revise for new tools available).