Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Third Edition
3rd Edition
Published on 16. December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
484 pages
978-0-07-222562-4 (ISBN)
Description
Learn to install and administer Linux -- on an individual workstation or an entire network -- with this practical introductory guide. You'll find everything you need to get up and running with any Linux distribution, including the latest version of Red Hat. Covering the new Linux kernel and featuring an expanded section on advanced networking, this book shows you how to install and configure Linux, set up Internet services, handle single-host administration, and much more.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
150 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1011 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-222562-4 (9780072225624)
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Person
Steven Graham is currently working at Array Networks as a Senior Performance Engineer. Graham was a Senior Unix System Administrator at an ISP, managing a large Red Hat Linux server farm. Before that he was the Manager of Technical Operations of the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Riverside, overseeing a heterogeneous environment with Linux and Windows 2000. Steven Graham graduated with a B.S in Computer Science from the University of California at Riverside in 1999.
Content
PART I: Installing Linux as a Server 1:Technical Summary of Linux Distributions and Windows 2000 2: Installing Linux in a Server Configuration 3: GNOME and KDE 4: Installing Software PART II: Single-Host Administration 5: Managing Users 6: The Command Line 7: Booting and Shutting Down 8: File Systems 9: Core System Services 10: Compiling the Linux Kernel 11: Securing an Individual Server PART III: Internet Services 12: DNS 13: FTP 14: Setting Up Your Web Server Using Apache 15: SMTP 16: Post Office Protocol (POP) 17: The Secure Shell (SSH) PART IV: Intranet Services 18: Network File System (NFS) 19: Network Information Service (NIS) 20: Samba 21: Printing 22: DHCP 23: Network Configuration PART V: Appendixes A: Mastery Check Answers B: Programming Languages that Accompany Linux C: Getting the Usual Done