Unix Unleashed

by Johnston, Andy; Anderson, Robin

• ISBN13: 9780672322518
• ISBN10: 067232251X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Sams

Summary

The fourth edition of 'Unix Unleashed' will take a different tack from previous editions and other Unix books:It is readable as though it is a series of lectures on individual topics from Unix Wizards. This different approach will take the reader through the following topics:

Basic operation of the system and system administration in its simplest form: managing users and disks, starting up and shutting down the system, authenticating user connections, and administering the X Window System.

Common subsystems - the typical day-to-day tasks of system administration: sharing files, providing basic web services, printing, e-mail, and backing up the system.

The Unix toolset to make system administration more reliable and more powerful, and to administer more complex and important systems running on top of Unix.

System administration as a profession: much work needs to be done not to do the job in a purely technical sense but in a practical, real-world sense.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Part I Basic Operation	5	(422)
Startup and Shutdown	7	(46)
Managing Disk Hardware	53	(44)
Filesystem Administration	97	(62)
User Administration	159	(60)
Getting on the Network	219	(34)
Logging	253	(48)
Authentication	301	(40)
Securing a System for Rollout	341	(56)
Day-to-Day System Management	397	(30)
Part II Critical Subsystems	427	(288)
The X Window System	429	(32)
Name Service (DNS)	461	(28)
Mail	489	(54)
File Sharing	543	(64)
Printing	607	(32)
Basic Web Services	639	(36)
Backups	675	(40)
Part III Applications and Tools	715	(178)
Open Source Software Management	717	(48)
Databases	765	(44)
Automation	809	(30)
Advanced Web Services	839	(54)
Part IV Towards Better Sysadmin	893	(152)
Security	895	(28)
Intrusion Detection	923	(54)
Requirements Analysis and Performance Monitoring	977	(30)
Working with People	1007	(38)
Part V Appendixes	1045	(76)
A High-Level Installation Steps	1047	(8)
B From Disk to Filesystem	1055	(14)
C User Creation Checklist	1069	(4)
D Binary-Hex Notation Summary	1073	(12)
E Cryptography in UNIX	1085	(18)
F Handy Commands	1103	(10)
G References	1113	(8)
Index	1121