Red Hat Linux 9 Professional Secrets

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Red Hat Linux 9 Professional Secrets

BackCover Red Hat Linux 9 Professional Secrets Introduction Conventions Used in This Book About the Companion CD-ROMs Reach Out Acknowledgments Part I: Setting Up Red Hat Linux Chapter 1: An Overview of Red Hat Linux What Is Red Hat Linux? Linux as a UNIX Platform Linux Desktop Linux Networking Linux System Administration Windows and Linux Software Development in Linux Linux as an Internet On-Ramp Summary Chapter 2: Red Hat Linux Installation Understanding the Red Hat Linux Installation Process Preparing Your PC for Linux Installation Booting the Red Hat Linux Installer Installing from the Red Hat Linux CD-ROM Troubleshooting the Installation Using Boot Commands during Installation Learning Other Installation Methods Using kickstart Installation Installing Red Hat Linux on a Laptop Summary Chapter 3: 3X Window System Setup Understanding Video Cards and Monitors Understanding the X Window System Setting up X on Red Hat Linux Running X Summary Chapter 4: Printer Setup Configuring CUPS Print Queues Learning the Printing Commands Understanding the CUPS Printing System Summary Chapter 5: Sound Setup Sound Cards Supported by Red Hat Linux Configuring the Sound Card Learning Sound Device Names Testing the Sound Card Playing Audio CD-ROMs Troubleshooting Sound Cards Summary Chapter 6: Network Setup Networking Basics TCP/IP and the Internet TCP/IP Services and Client/Server Architecture TCP/IP Setup in Linux TCP/IP Network Diagnostics Summary Part II: Exploring Red Hat Linux Chapter 7: Red Hat Linux Basics Starting Red Hat Linux for the First Time Looking up Online Documentation Understanding the Linux File System Using the Nautilus Shell Navigating the File System with Linux Commands Learning the Bash Shell Summary Chapter 8: GNU Utilities An Overview of GNU Software Shell Utilities File Utilities and the find Command Text Utilities Binary Utilities Other Utilities Stream Editor - sed Summary Chapter 9: GUI Desktops Setting up a Graphical Login Using GNOME Using KDE Summary Chapter 10: Red Hat Linux Applications and Utilities Applications on the Companion CD-ROMs Editors Office Tools Graphics and Images Summary Chapter 11: Text Processing Text Editing with ed and vi Working with GNU Emacs Writing Man Pages with groff Preparing Documentation with DocBook Summary Chapter 12: Basic System Administration Revisiting Linux System Administration Becoming root Managing User Accounts Exploring the Start Here Window Managing the File System Using mtools Summary Part III: Internetworking with Red Hat Linux Chapter 13: Internet Connection Setup Deciding How to Connect to the Internet Setting Up IEEE 802.11b Wireless Ethernet Networks Learning the Basics of Dial-Up Networking Using IP Masquerading to Share an Internet Connection Setting Up a PPP Server Summary Chapter 14: Web Server Discovering the World Wide Web Surfing the Net Setting Up the Apache Web Server Using Java Servlets with Apache Creating a Secure Server with SSL Summary Chapter 15: Mail Server Installing Mail Software Understanding Electronic Mail Using sendmail Summary Chapter 16: News Server Using Simple News Strategies Installing News Software Understanding Newsgroups Configuring and Starting the INN Server Setting Up Local Newsgroups Summary Chapter 17: FTP Server Installing FTP Software Understanding FTP Configuring the FTP Server Setting up Secure Anonymous FTP Summary Chapter 18: DNS and NIS Using the Domain Name System (DNS) Using Network Information Service (NIS) Summary Chapter 19: Samba and NFS Sharing Files with NFS Setting Up a Windows Server Using Samba Summary Part IV: Managing Red Hat Linux Chapter 20: Advanced System Administration Understanding How Red Hat Linux Boots Scheduling Jobs in Red Hat Linux Backing Up and Restoring Files Managing Devices Monitoring System Performance Summary Chapter 21: Software Installation and Update Working with the Red Hat Package Manager Building Software Packages from Source Files Installing SRPMS Upgrading Red Hat Linux with the Update Agent Upgrading and Customizing the Linux Kernel Summary Chapter 22: System and Network Security Establishing a Security Framework Securing Red Hat Linux Securing the Host Securing the Network Performing Security Audits Keeping up with Security News and Updates Summary Part V: Programming Red Hat Linux Chapter 23: Software Development in Linux Software Development Tools in Linux The GNU Debugger Implications of GNU Licenses Version Control Linux Programming Topics Summary Chapter 24: Shell and Perl Scripting Looking at Some Shell Scripts Learning the Basics of Shell Scripting in Bash Perl as a Scripting Language Summary Chapter 25: Tcl/Tk Scripting Introducing Tcl Introducing Tk Summary Chapter 26: Java Programming Getting Ready for Java Programming Writing Your First Java Program Learning Java Writing GUI Applications in Java Writing Java Servlets Becoming Proficient in Java Summary Part VI: Appendixes Appendix A: Linux Commands apropos bg cal cat cd chattr chgrp chmod chown chsh compress cp cpio cut date dd df diff du expand fdformat fdisk fg file find fold free fsck grep groups gunzip gzip halt id info kill ldd less ln locate lpr ls lsof man mkdir mkfs mknod mkswap more mount mv nice nl passwd paste patch printenv ps pstree pwd reboot rm rmdir sed shutdown sort split su swapoff swapon sync tac tail tar top touch tr tty type umount unalias uname uncompress uniq wc whatis whereis which zcat, zless, zmore Appendix B: Disk Drives Disk Drive Concepts Floppy Disks in Linux Hard Disk Operations in Linux SCSI Disk Controllers and Linux Appendix C: CD-ROM Drives Supported CD-ROM Drives CD-ROM Troubleshooting Appendix D: Ethernet Cards Supported Ethernet Cards Ethernet Driver Modules Ethernet Autoprobing Multiple Ethernet Cards Appendix E: Modems and Terminals Modems Linux and Modems Setting up Linux for Dial-In Terminals and Multiport Serial Boards Appendix F: PC Cards PCMCIA Card Services for Linux Appendix G: Linux Resources Newsgroups FTP Archive Sites Magazines Appendix H: About the CD-ROMs System Requirements CD-ROM Installation Instructions What's on the CD-ROMs Source Code Coupon Troubleshooting List of Figures List of Tables List of Code Examples List of Sidebars