Linux administration handbook /
Evi Nemeth . . . [ et al ]
- Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, c2002.
- xxxi, 890 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Content Basic administration
CHAPTER 1 WHERE TO START Suggested background Linux's relationship to UNIX Linux and UNIX history Linux distributions etc.
CHAPTER 2 BOOTING AND SHUTTING DOWN Bootstrapping Booting PC's Boot loaders: LILO and GRUB Booting single -user mode Startup scripts etc.
CHAPTER 3 ROOTLY POWERS Ownership of files and processes The super user Choosing a root password Becoming root Other pseudo-users
CHAPTER 4 CONTROLLING PROCESSES Components of a process The life cycle of a process
CHAPTER 5 THE FILESYSTEM Pathnames Mounting and unmourning file systems The organization of the file tree File types File attributes
Chapter 6: Adding new users The /etc/passwd file The /etc/shadow file The /etc/group file Adding users Removing users
Chapter 7: Serial devices Serial standards Alternative connectors Hard and soft carrier hardware flow control Cable length etc.
Chapter 8: Adding a disk Disk interfaces Disk geometry An overview of the disk installation procedure etc.
Chapter 9: Periodic processes cron: schedule commands The format of crontab files Some common uses for cron
Chapter 10: Backups Motherhood and apple pie Backup devices and media Setting up an incremental backup regime with dump etc.
Chapter 11: Syslog and log files Logging policies Linux log files logrote: manage files etc.
Chapter 12: Drivers and kernel Kernel adaption Why configure the kernel? Configuration methods etc.
Networking Chapter 13: TCP/IP networking Chapter 14: Routing Chapter 15: Network hardware Chapter 16: The domain name system Chapter 17: The network file system Chapter 18: Sharing system files Chapter 19: Electronic mail Chapter 20: Network management and debugging Chapter 21: Security Chapter 22: Web hosting and internet servers
Bunch O'stuff Chapter 23: Software installation and localization Chapter 24: Printing Chapter 25: Maintenance and environment Chapter 26: Performance analysis Chapter 27: Cooperating with windows Chapter 28: Daemons Chapter 29: Policy and politics