Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition
5th Edition
Published on 16. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
688 pages
978-0-07-154588-4 (ISBN)
Description
Administer Any Linux Distribution with EaseFully updated for the most current Linux distributions, Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, shows you how to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux on a single server or an entire network. Get full details on granting user rights and permissions, configuring software and hardware, providing Internet and intranet services, and customizing Linux kernel 2.6. You'll also learn how to get your network services IPv6 ready, implement sound security, create foolproof system backups, and use the latest virtualization technologies. Real-world, hands-on examples are included throughout.
Install and configure popular Linux distributions, including Fedora 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenSuSE, and Ubuntu
Manage users, permissions, files, folders, and applications
Administer Linux servers from the GUI or from the command line (shell)
Understand and manage file systems in Linux
Compile, tune, and customize Linux kernel 2.6
Build robust firewalls and routers using netfilter and Linux
Manage the Linux TCP/IP networking stack and services for both IPv4 and IPv6
Build and deploy Web, e-mail, and FTP servers
Use NIS, NFS, LDAP, and Samba for resource sharing and identity management
Set up and administer print, DNS, POP3, IMAP3, and DHCP servers
Implement Linux virtualization technologies, including the native KVM platform
Install and configure popular Linux distributions, including Fedora 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenSuSE, and Ubuntu
Manage users, permissions, files, folders, and applications
Administer Linux servers from the GUI or from the command line (shell)
Understand and manage file systems in Linux
Compile, tune, and customize Linux kernel 2.6
Build robust firewalls and routers using netfilter and Linux
Manage the Linux TCP/IP networking stack and services for both IPv4 and IPv6
Build and deploy Web, e-mail, and FTP servers
Use NIS, NFS, LDAP, and Samba for resource sharing and identity management
Set up and administer print, DNS, POP3, IMAP3, and DHCP servers
Implement Linux virtualization technologies, including the native KVM platform
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Series
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1116 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-154588-4 (9780071545884)
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Wale Soyinka wears many hats, all fitting to varying degrees. he is a father, an author, a producer, a system administrator, an open source evangelist, a network administrator, a hacker, an entrepreneur, and a chef. Wale has written an extensive librar of Linux administration training materials, including the fifth, and sixth editions of Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide. He is also the author or Wireless Netowrk Administration: A Beginner's Guide.
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Installing Linux as a Server
Chapter 1: Technical Summary of Linux Distributions
Chapter 2: Installing Linux in a Server Configuration
Chapter 3: Managing Software
Part II: Single-Host Administration
Chapter 4: Managing Users
Chapter 5: The Command Line
Chapter 6: Booting and Shutting Down
Chapter 7: File Systems
Chapter 8: Core System Services
Chapter 9: Compiling the Linux Kernel
Chapter 10: Knobs and Dials: proc and SysFS File Systems
Part III: Security and Networking
Chapter 11: TCP/IP for System Administrators
Chapter 12: Network Configuration
Chapter 13: The Linux Firewall
Chapter 14: Local Security
Chapter 15: Network Security
Part IV: Internet Services
Chapter 16: DNS
Chapter 17: FTP
Chapter 18: Apache Web Server
Chapter 19: SMTP
Chapter 20: POP and IMAP
Chapter 21: The Secure Shell (SSH)
Part V: Intranet Services
Chapter 22. Network File System (NFS)
Chapter 23. Network Information Service (NIS)
Chapter 24. Samba
Chapter 25. LDAP
Chapter 26. Printing
Chapter 27. DHCP
Chapter 28. Virtualization
Chapter 29. Backups
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Installing Linux as a Server
Chapter 1: Technical Summary of Linux Distributions
Chapter 2: Installing Linux in a Server Configuration
Chapter 3: Managing Software
Part II: Single-Host Administration
Chapter 4: Managing Users
Chapter 5: The Command Line
Chapter 6: Booting and Shutting Down
Chapter 7: File Systems
Chapter 8: Core System Services
Chapter 9: Compiling the Linux Kernel
Chapter 10: Knobs and Dials: proc and SysFS File Systems
Part III: Security and Networking
Chapter 11: TCP/IP for System Administrators
Chapter 12: Network Configuration
Chapter 13: The Linux Firewall
Chapter 14: Local Security
Chapter 15: Network Security
Part IV: Internet Services
Chapter 16: DNS
Chapter 17: FTP
Chapter 18: Apache Web Server
Chapter 19: SMTP
Chapter 20: POP and IMAP
Chapter 21: The Secure Shell (SSH)
Part V: Intranet Services
Chapter 22. Network File System (NFS)
Chapter 23. Network Information Service (NIS)
Chapter 24. Samba
Chapter 25. LDAP
Chapter 26. Printing
Chapter 27. DHCP
Chapter 28. Virtualization
Chapter 29. Backups
Index