Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition

by Graham, Steven; Shah, Steve

• ISBN13: 9780072225624
• ISBN10: 0072225629
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-25
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Learn to install and administer Linux -- on an individual workstation or an entire network -- with this practical introductory guide. You'¬"ll find everything you need to get up and running with any Linux distribution, including the latest version of Red Hat. Covering the new Linux kernel and featuring an expanded section on advanced networking, this book shows you how to install and configure Linux, set up Internet services, handle single-host administration, and much more.

Author Biography

Steven Graham is the manager of Software Quality Assurance at Array Networks. He previously managed a large Red Hat Linux server farm at an ISP, and was Manager of Technical Operations of the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Riverside Steve Shah has been a UNIX systems/network administrator since 1992 and a programmer since 1986. He is Director of Product Management at Array Networks, and has worked with Linux since 1994

Table of Contents

PART I: Installing Linux as a Server

1:Technical Summary of Linux Distributions and Windows 2000

2: Installing Linux in a Server Configuration

3: GNOME and KDE

4: Installing Software

PART II: Single-Host Administration

5: Managing Users

6: The Command Line

7: Booting and Shutting Down

8: File Systems

9: Core System Services

10: Compiling the Linux Kernel

11: Securing an Individual Server

PART III: Internet Services

12: DNS

13: FTP

14: Setting Up Your Web Server Using Apache

15: SMTP

16: Post Office Protocol (POP)

17: The Secure Shell (SSH)

PART IV: Intranet Services

18: Network File System (NFS)

19: Network Information Service (NIS)

20: Samba

21: Printing

22: DHCP

23: Network Configuration

PART V: Appendixes

A: Mastery Check Answers

B: Programming Languages that Accompany Linux

C: Getting the Usual Done