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BackCover Red Hat Linux Bible - Fedora and Enterprise Edition Preface This Book's Learn-through-Tasks Approach What You Need Red Hat Linux Bible Improvements Conventions Used in This Book How This Book Is Organized About the Companion CD-ROMs About the Companion Web Site Reach Out Acknowledgments Part I: Getting Started in Red Hat Linux Chapter 1: An Overview of Red Hat Linux Introducing Red Hat Linux What Is Linux? Linux's Roots in UNIX Common Linux Features Primary Advantages of Linux What Is Red Hat Linux? Why Choose Red Hat Linux? Features in Red Hat Linux The Culture of Free Software Summary Chapter 2: Installing Red Hat Linux Quick Installation Detailed Installation Instructions Installing More Red Hat Linux Packages Special Installation Procedures Special Installation Topics Troubleshooting Your Installation Summary Part II: Using Red Hat Linux Chapter 3: Getting Started with the Desktop Logging in to Red Hat Linux Getting Familiar with the Desktop Using the GNOME Desktop Using the KDE Desktop Troubleshooting Your Desktop Summary Chapter 4: Using Linux Commands The Shell Interface Understanding the Red Hat Linux Shell Using the Shell in Red Hat Linux Working with the Red Hat Linux File System Using the vi Text Editor Summary Chapter 5: Accessing and Running Applications Using Red Hat Linux as an Application Platform Finding Windows-Equivalent Applications in Linux Obtaining Red Hat Linux Applications Installing Red Hat Linux Applications Running X Window Applications Running Window, DOS, and Macintosh Applications Summary Chapter 6: Publishing with Red Hat Linux Using OpenOffice Other Word Processors Using Traditional Linux Publishing Tools Creating Documents in Groff or LaTeX Printing Documents with Red Hat Linux Displaying Documents with Ghostscript and Acrobat Working with Graphics Using Scanners Driven by SANE Summary Chapter 7: Playing Games with Red Hat Linux Basic Linux Gaming Information X Window Games Commercial Linux Games Summary Chapter 8: Multimedia in Red Hat Linux Listening to Audio Viewing TV and Webcams Playing Video Using a Digital Camera with gtkam and gphoto2 Recording Music CDs Summary Chapter 9: Tools for Using the Internet and the Web Browsing the Web Communicating with E-mail Participating in Newsgroups Participating in AOL Instant Messaging with Gaim Using Remote Login, Copy, and Execution Summary Part III: Administering Red Hat Linux Chapter 10: Understanding System Administration Using the root Login Becoming Super User (The su Command) Learning about Administrative GUI Tools, Commands, Configuration Files, and Log Files Administering Your Red Hat Linux System Configuring Hardware Managing File Systems and Disk Space Monitoring System Performance Choosing Software Alternatives Getting Linux Software " up2date " Summary Chapter 11: Setting Up and Supporting Users Creating User Accounts Setting User Defaults Creating Portable Desktops Providing Support to Users Modifying Accounts Deleting User Accounts Checking Disk Quotas Sending Mail to All Users Summary Chapter 12: Automating System Tasks Understanding Shell Scripts System Initialization System Start-Up and Shutdown Scheduling System Tasks Summary Chapter 13: Backing Up and Restoring Files Selecting a Backup Strategy Selecting a Backup Medium Backing Up to a Hard Drive Backing Up Files with dump Automating Backups with cron Restoring Backed Up Files Using the pax Archiving Tool Summary Chapter 14: Computer Security Issues Hacker versus Cracker Understanding Attack Techniques Protecting Against Denial-of-Service Attacks Protecting Against Distributed DOS Attacks Protecting Against Intrusion Attacks Protecting Your Network with Firewalls Detecting Intrusions from Log Files Monitoring Log Files with LogSentry Using Password Protection Using Encryption Techniques Guarding Your Computer with PortSentry Summary Part IV: Red Hat Linux Network and Server Setup Chapter 15: Setting Up a Local Area Network Understanding Local Area Networks Setting Up a Wireless LAN Understanding IP Addresses Troubleshooting Your LAN Summary Chapter 16: Connecting to the Internet Understanding How the Internet Is Structured Using Dial-up Connections to the Internet Connecting your LAN to the Internet Setting up Red Hat Linux as a Router Configuring a Virtual Private Network Connection Setting up Red Hat Linux as a Proxy Server Setting up Proxy Clients Summary Chapter 17: Setting Up a Print Server Choosing CUPS or LPRng Print Services Setting Up Printers Working with CUPS Printing Managing Printing Using Printing Commands Configuring Print Servers Summary Chapter 18: Setting Up a File Server Goals of Setting Up a File Server Setting Up an NFS File Server in Red Hat Linux Setting Up a Samba File Server in Red Hat Linux Setting Up a NetWare File Server in Red Hat Linux Summary Chapter 19: Setting Up a Mail Server Introduction to SMTP and sendmail Installing and Running sendmail Configuring sendmail Introducing Postfix Stopping Spam with SpamAssassin Getting Mail from the Server (POP) Administering a Mailing List Summary Chapter 20: Setting Up an FTP Server Understanding FTP Servers Using the Very Secure FTP Server (vsFTPd) Using the Washington University FTP Server (WU-FTPD) Getting More Information about FTP Servers Summary Chapter 21: Setting Up a Web Server Introduction to Web Servers Quick Starting the Apache Web Server Configuring the Apache Server Starting and Stopping the Server Monitoring Server Activities Summary Chapter 22: Setting Up a News Server Understanding News Transports Planning Your News Server Configuring an INN News Server Setting Up News Feeds Choosing How Articles Are Stored Setting Up Expiration Times Allowing Users to Access Your Server Starting the News Service Checking News Log Files Summary Chapter 23: Setting Up Boot Servers: DHCP and NIS Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Setting Up a DHCP Server Setting Up a DHCP Client Understanding Network Information Service Setting Up Red Hat Linux as an NIS Client Setting Up Red Hat Linux as an NIS Master Server Setting Up Red Hat Linux as an NIS Slave Server Summary Chapter 24: Setting Up a MySQL Database Server Finding MySQL Packages Configuring the MySQL Server Starting the MySQL Server Checking That MySQL Server Is Working Working with MySQL Databases Understanding MySQL Tables Displaying MySQL Databases Making Changes to Tables and Records Adding and Removing User Access Checking and Fixing Databases Summary Chapter 25: Making Servers Public with DNS Determining Goals for Your Server Connecting a Public Server Configuring Your Public Server Setting Up a Domain Name System Server Getting More Information about BIND Summary Chapter 26: Using Linux Servers from a Mac Looking inside Mac OS X Using Network Services from Mac OS X Configuring an AppleTalk Server in Linux Accessing NFS servers from the Mac Summary Appendix A: What's on the CD-ROMs Using Linux Kernel Source Code Appendix B: Red Hat Linux RPMs Comparing Fedora and Enterprise Packages