Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8, A

by Sobell, Mark G.

• ISBN13: 9780201703139
• ISBN10: 0201703130
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

Combines the strengths of a tutorial and those of a reference to give you the knowledge and skills to master Red Hat Linux. Takes a truly practical approach to the study of Red hat Linux by the use of tutorial examples that show you what you will see on the screen each step of the way. Softcover. CD-ROM included.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xxxiii
GNU/Linux Basics	p. 1
GNU/Linux: A Product of the Internet	p. 3
The GNU/Linux Connection	p. 4
The Heritage of GNU/Linux: UNIX	p. 7
What Is So Good about GNU/Linux?	p. 8
Overview of GNU/Linux	p. 12
Additional Features of GNU/Linux	p. 17
Chapter Summary	p. 20
Exercises	p. 21
Getting Started	p. 23
Before You Start	p. 24
Red Hat Linux	p. 28
passwd: Changes Your Password	p. 40
Documentation	p. 42
Tutorial: Using pico to Create/Edit a File	p. 49
Basic Utilities	p. 53
Special Characters	p. 55
Chapter Summary	p. 56
Exercises	p. 58
Advanced Exercises	p. 59
Introduction to the GNU/Linux Utilities	p. 61
Working with Files	p. 61
(Pipe): Communicates between Processes	p. 69
Four More Utilities	p. 69
Compressing and Archiving a File	p. 72
Locating Commands	p. 77
Obtaining User and System Information	p. 80
Communicating with Other Users	p. 84
E-Mail	p. 87
Chapter Summary	p. 95
Exercises	p. 98
Advanced Exercises	p. 99
The GNU/Linux Filesystem	p. 101
The Hierarchical Filesystem	p. 101
Directory and Ordinary Files	p. 103
Working with Directories	p. 115
Access Permissions	p. 118
Links	p. 123
Chapter Summary	p. 130
Exercises	p. 132
Advanced Exercises	p. 134
The Shell I	p. 137
The Command Line	p. 137
Standard Input and Standard Output	p. 142
Redirection	p. 145
Pipes	p. 151
Running a Program in the Background	p. 154
Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion	p. 157
Builtins	p. 161
Chapter Summary	p. 162
Exercises	p. 163
Advanced Exercises	p. 165
Intermediate/Advanced GNU/Linux	p. 167
X Window System and Graphical User Interface	p. 169
X and GUI: Desktop, Window, and Mouse	p. 170
X Window System	p. 185
X Applications	p. 197
Chapter Summary	p. 199
Exercises	p. 200
Advanced Exercises	p. 201
GNOME Desktop Manager	p. 203
Choosing Your Window Manager	p. 203
Getting Started	p. 204
Nautilus: File Manager	p. 214
GNOME Utilities	p. 227
Customizing GNOME	p. 236
The Sawfish Window Manager	p. 254
Chapter Summary	p. 263
Exercises	p. 264
Advanced Exercises	p. 265
KDE Desktop Environment	p. 267
Getting Started	p. 268
KDE Utilities	p. 278
Konqueror Browser/File Manager	p. 286
Menus	p. 308
Customizing KDE	p. 313
Chapter Summary	p. 347
Exercises	p. 348
Advanced Exercises	p. 349
Networking and the Internet	p. 351
Types of Networks and How They Work	p. 353
Communicate over a Network	p. 370
Network Utilities	p. 373
Distributed Computing	p. 387
Usenet	p. 399
Tutorial: Using pine as a Newsreader	p. 401
Netnews with Mozilla	p. 405
WWW: World Wide Web	p. 406
Chapter Summary	p. 409
Exercises	p. 410
Advanced Exercises	p. 411
The vim Editor	p. 413
History	p. 413
Tutorial: Creating and Editing a File with vim	p. 414
Introduction to vim Features	p. 421
Command Mode: Moving the Cursor	p. 427
Input Mode	p. 431
Command Mode: Deleting and Changing Text	p. 433
Searching and Substituting	p. 438
Miscellaneous Commands	p. 445
Yank, Put, and Delete Commands	p. 446
Reading and Writing Files	p. 449
Setting Parameters	p. 451
Advanced Editing Techniques	p. 455
Units of Measure	p. 460
Chapter Summary	p. 463
Exercises	p. 469
Advanced Exercises	p. 470
The emacs Editor	p. 473
History	p. 473
Tutorial: Getting Started with emacs	p. 475
Basic Editing Commands	p. 481
Online Help	p. 488
Advanced Editing Topics	p. 490
Language-Sensitive Editing	p. 505
Customizing emacs	p. 515
emacs and the X Window System	p. 520
Resources for emacs	p. 527
Chapter Summary	p. 528
Exercises	p. 536
Advanced Exercises	p. 538
The Shell II: The Bourne Again Shell	p. 541
Background	p. 542
Shell Basics	p. 543
Separating and Grouping Commands	p. 547
Redirecting Standard Error	p. 552
Noclobber: Avoids Overwriting Files	p. 554
Job Control	p. 554
Manipulating the Directory Stack	p. 557
Processes	p. 560
Parameters and Variables	p. 566
History	p. 588
Editing the Command Line	p. 591
Alias	p. 602
Command Line Expansion	p. 606
Chapter Summary	p. 616
Exercises	p. 620
Advanced Exercises	p. 622
Programming the Bourne Again Shell	p. 625
Control Structures	p. 626
Expanding Null or Unset Variables	p. 661
String Pattern Matching	p. 664
Filename Generation	p. 664
Builtins	p. 665
Functions	p. 672
Chapter Summary	p. 674
Exercises	p. 676
Advanced Exercises	p. 678
The TC Shell	p. 681
Shell Scripts	p. 682
Entering and Leaving the TC Shell	p. 683
Features Common to the Bourne Again and TC Shells	p. 685
Redirecting Standard Error	p. 691
Command Line Expansion	p. 693
Editing the Command Line	p. 696
Correcting Spelling	p. 696
Variables	p. 698
Control Structures	p. 714
Builtins	p. 724
Chapter Summary	p. 730
Exercises	p. 731
Advanced Exercises	p. 732
The Z Shell and Advanced Shell Programming	p. 735
Z Shell Basics	p. 736
Variables	p. 741
Builtins	p. 767
Command Line Editing	p. 791
Processing a Command	p. 797
Shell Programs	p. 808
Z Shell Options	p. 824
Chapter Summary	p. 828
Exercises	p. 833
Advanced Exercises	p. 835
Programming Tools	p. 837
Programming in C	p. 837
Using Shared Libraries	p. 846
make: Keeps a Set of Programs Current	p. 849
Debugging C Programs	p. 857
Threads	p. 867
System Calls	p. 868
Source Code Management	p. 870
Chapter Summary	p. 890
Exercises	p. 891
Advanced Exercises	p. 892
Red Hat Linux System Administration	p. 895
System Administrator and Superuser	p. 896
Installing Red Hat Linux (Overview)	p. 905
Installing and Removing Software	p. 926
Keeping Software Up-to-Date	p. 933
System Operation	p. 942
File, Directory, and Filesystem	p. 956
GUI System Administration Tools	p. 985
Configuring User and Group Accounts	p. 992
Backing Up Files	p. 997
Printing	p. 1005
Configuring Network Services	p. 1015
Rebuilding the Linux Kernel	p. 1031
PAM	p. 1043
Administration Utilities	p. 1049
Administration Tasks	p. 1055
Getting Help	p. 1075
Chapter Summary	p. 1076
Exercises	p. 1077
Advanced Exercises	p. 1078
The GNU/Linux Utility Programs	p. 1081
sample - Very brief description of what the utility does	p. 1087
aspell - Checks a file for spelling errors	p. 1089
at - Executes a shell script at a time you specify	p. 1093
cal - Displays a calendar	p. 1096
cat - Joins or displays files	p. 1098
cd - Changes to another working directory	p. 1100
chgrp - Changes the group associated with a file	p. 1102
chmod - Changes the access mode of a file	p. 1103
chown - Changes the owner of a file	p. 1108
ci - Creates or records changes in an RCS file	p. 1110
cmp - Checks whether two files differ	p. 1113
co - Retrieves an unencoded revision of an RCS file	p. 1115
comm - Compares sorted files	p. 1118
configure - Configures source code automatically	p. 1120
cp - Copies one or more files	p. 1122
cpio - Creates an archive or restores files from an archive	p. 1124
crontab - Maintains crontab files	p. 1129
cut - Selects characters or fields from input lines	p. 1132
cvs - Manages concurrent access to files in a hierarchy	p. 1134
date - Displays or sets the time and date	p. 1141
dd - Converts and copies a file	p. 1144
df - Displays disk space usage	p. 1147
diff - Displays the differences between two files	p. 1149
2du - Displays information on disk usage	p. 1155
echo - Displays a message	p. 1157
expr - Evaluates an expression	p. 1159
file - Displays the classification of a file	p. 1163
find - Uses criteria to find files	p. 1165
finger - Displays information about users	p. 1171
fmt - Formats text very simply	p. 1174
fsck - Checks and repairs a filesystem	p. 1176
ftp - Transfers files over a network	p. 1180
gawk - Searches for and processes patterns in a file	p. 1185
gcc - Compiles C and C++ programs	p. 1210
grep - Searches for a pattern in files	p. 1215
gzip - Compresses or decompresses files	p. 1219
head - Displays the beginning of a file	p. 1222
kill - Terminates a process	p. 1224
less - Displays text files, one screen at a time	p. 1226
ln - Makes a link to a file	p. 1230
lpr - Prints files	p. 1232
ls - Displays information about one or more files	p. 1235
mail - Sends and receives electronic mail	p. 1241
make - Keeps a set of programs current	p. 1247
man - Displays documentation for commands	p. 1252
mkdir - Makes a directory	p. 1255
mtools - Uses DOS-style commands on files and directories	p. 1256
mv - Moves (renames) a file	p. 1260
nice - Changes the priority of a command	p. 1263
nohup - Runs a command that keeps running after you log out	p. 1264
od - Dumps the contents of a file	p. 1265
paste - Joins corresponding lines from files	p. 1270
patch - Updates source code	p. 1272
pine - Sends and receives electronic mail and news	p. 1278
pr - Paginates files for printing	p. 1286
ps - Displays process status	p. 1288
rcp - Copies one or more files to or from a remote computer	p. 1293
rcs - Creates or changes the attributes of an RCS file	p. 1295
rlog - Prints a summary of the history of an RCS file	p. 1298
rlogin - Logs in on a remote computer	p. 1301
rm - Removes a file (deletes a link)	p. 1303
rmdir - Removes a directory	p. 1305
rsh - Executes commands on a remote computer	p. 1306
scp - Securely copies one or more files to or from a remote computer	p. 1308
sed - Edits a file (not interactively)	p. 1310
ssh - Securely executes commands on a remote computer	p. 1321
sleep - Creates a process that sleeps for a specified interval	p. 1324
sort - Sorts and/or merges files	p. 1326
stty - Displays or sets terminal parameters	p. 1335
tail - Displays the last part (tail) of a file	p. 1340
tar - Stores or retrieves files to/from an archive file	p. 1343
tee - Copies standard input to standard output and one or more files	p. 1348
telnet - Connects to a remote computer over a network	p. 1349
test - Evaluates an expression	p. 1352
top - Dynamically displays process status	p. 1356
touch - Updates a file's modification time	p. 1359
tr - Replaces specified characters	p. 1362
tty - Displays the terminal pathname	p. 1365
umask - Establishes the file-creation permissions mask	p. 1366
uniq - Displays lines of a file that are unique	p. 1368
w - Displays information on system users	p. 1370
wc - Displays the number of lines, words, and bytes in a file	p. 1372
which - Shows where in your path a command is located	p. 1373
who - Displays names of users	p. 1375
xargs - Converts standard output of one command into arguments for another	p. 1377
Appendixes	p. 1381
Regular Expressions	p. 1383
Characters	p. 1383
Delimiters	p. 1384
Simple Strings	p. 1384
Special Characters	p. 1384
Rules	p. 1387
Bracketing Expressions	p. 1388
The Replacement String	p. 1389
Extended Regular Expressions	p. 1390
Appendix Summary	p. 1392
Help	p. 1395
Solving a Problem	p. 1395
Finding GNU/Linux-Related Information	p. 1396
Specifying Your Terminal	p. 1402
Security	p. 1405
Encryption	p. 1406
File Security	p. 1411
E-mail Security	p. 1412
Network Security	p. 1412
Host Security	p. 1416
Security Resources	p. 1421
Appendix Summary	p. 1425
The POSIX Standards	p. 1427
Background	p. 1428
POSIX.1	p. 1428
POSIX.2	p. 1430
POSIX.3	p. 1442
POSIX.4	p. 1442
POSIX.5	p. 1443
Profiles and POSIX Standards	p. 1446
Appendix Summary	p. 1446
The Free Software Definition	p. 1449
Glossary	p. 1453
Index	p. 1505
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