Who Is This Book For?

What You Need To Use This Book.

What Is Linux?

What Is Covered In This Book?

Conventions In This Book.

Customer Support.

1. INSTALLING RED HAT LINUX 9.

Preparing For The Installation.

The Installation.

2. RED HAT LINUX 9 BASICS.

Moving Around The Desktop.

The File System.

Managing The Hardware.

Configuring The Desktop.

Managing Users.

3. CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET.

Connecting To The Internet.

Managing Multiple Isps And Connections.

Software And Configuration.

4. INSTALLING SOFTWARE.

What Is Rpm?

The Rpm Command Line Tool.

5. EVERYDAY APPLICATIONS.

Office Applications.

Internet Applications.

Personal Information Management.

Multimedia Applications.

System Applications.

6. THE SHELL.

The Shell As A Command Line Interface.

Built-In Programs And External Programs.

Some Common Shell Commands.

Special Keys And Shortcuts.

Command Line Syntax.

Configuring The Shell.

Managing Tasks.

Shell Scripting.

7. THE FILE SYSTEM.

What Is The File System?

File Search Utilities

Navigating The File System.

Managing Drives And Partitions.

File System Maintenance.

8. MANAGING YOUR USER ACCOUNTS.

The Purpose Of Different User Accounts.

The Red Hat User Manager.

How Linux Stores User Account Information.

Advanced User Account Management.

Advanced Group Management.

Users, Groups, And File System Permissions.

When Root Is Not Necessary.

Who Is Logged In?

9. BUILDING NETWORKS.

Networking.

Setting Up A Web Server.

Setting Up An Ftp Server.

Setting Up A Print Server.

Setting Up A File Server.

Setting Up A Mail Server.

Setting Up A Dhcp Server.

10. ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.

System Configuration.

Logging.

Backing Up And Archiving.

Building From Source.

Rebuilding The Linux Kernel.

11. MANAGING YOUR SYSTEM WITH PERL.

What Is Perl?

Installation.

Learning Perl.

And Finally.…

12. SECURITY.

What Is Meant By Computer Security?

Countering The Threats.

Hardware.

Local Security.

Keeping Software Up To Date.

Monitoring Security.

Network Security.

Where To Find Out More.

13. WHERE TO NOW?

Online Resources And Licensing Schemes.

System Administration Applications.

Development Applications.

INDEX.

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