Essential System Administration Pocket Reference

by Frisch, Aeleen

• ISBN13: 9780596004491
• ISBN10: 0596004494
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

This handy practical guide for Unix system administrators is a quick reference to all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent Unix systems as Solaris, Linux, AIX, IRIX, BSD and more. Beginners and experienced administrators alike will quickly be able to apply the principles and advice in Essential System Administration Pocket Reference to solve everyday problems. The book is divided into three parts: Commands, Syntax & their Applications; Configuration Files and Formats; and Operating System Specific Information. Small enough to use anywhere, this valuable reference is an excellent companion to our larger volume, Essential System Administration

Table of Contents

Introduction and Font Conventions	p. 1
The root Account	p. 2
Granting Limited root Powers	p. 3
Essential Administrative Tools	p. 8
Devices and Device Files	p. 15
Special File Formats	p. 15
File Ownership and Protection	p. 19
Access Control Lists (ACLs)	p. 20
System Messages and Log Files	p. 23
Startup and Shutdown	p. 29
User Accounts	p. 34
Solaris Projects	p. 38
User Account Management Commands	p. 39
User Account Attributes	p. 42
User Authentication and Login Controls	p. 43
Password Selection and Aging	p. 48
Process and Resource Management	p. 51
The cron Facility	p. 55
Managing Paging Space	p. 58
Filesystems and Disks	p. 59
Filesystem Configuration File	p. 59
Filesystem-Related Commands	p. 63
Adding a New Disk	p. 68
Logical Volume Managers	p. 70
Sharing Local Filesystems with NFS	p. 74
Backups	p. 75
Printing	p. 79
The BSD and LPRng Spooling Subsystems	p. 79
The System V Spooling Subsystem	p. 85
AIX Spooling Subsystem	p. 89
Serial Lines	p. 91
Serial Line Configuration Files	p. 92
Networking	p. 93
Network Client Configuration	p. 95
Network Servers	p. 98
Networking Administrative Commands	p. 108
Electronic Mail	p. 110
sendmail	p. 110
procmail and fetchmail	p. 117
Security	p. 121
System Hardening Checklist	p. 121
Security Monitoring Commands	p. 125
Kernel Configuration	p. 126
Configuring Boot Loaders	p. 127
Index	p. 131
Table of Contents provided by Syndetics. All Rights Reserved.