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Linux Administration A Beginner's Guide

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ISBN-10: 0072225629

ISBN-13: 9780072225624

Edition: 3rd 2003

Authors: Steven Graham, Steve Shah

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This volume is a practical guide to Linux for systems and network administrators who are moving from Windows NT to Linux or are experimenting with bringing Linux into their network topology.
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List price: $39.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 11/25/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 484
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

For years I have worked in High Technology, but once things got outsourced away (with the help of my so-called representatives) I needed to re-invent my skills so that I am not always in the Dawg House [sic] with my wife.

Steve Shah (Riverside, CA) has been a UNIX systems/network administrator since 1992 and a programmer since 1986. Currently, he is responsible for administering five variants of UNIX and three variants of Windows NT. He has been working with Linux since version 1.09 (1994) and has administered Linux workstations since 1996. Steve has contributed as an author of several publications including Unix Unleashed (Editions 1-3), Red Hat Linux Unleased (Editions 2-3), and Using Unix, 2nd Edition. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and Creative Writing and is graduating from the University of California, Riverside with an M.S. in Computer Science in 1999.

Acknowledgmentsp. xxi
Introductionp. xxiii
Installing Linux as a Server
Technical Summary of Linux Distributions and Windows 2000p. 3
Installing Linux in a Server Configurationp. 17
GNOME and KDEp. 49
Installing Softwarep. 69
Single-Host Administration
Managing Usersp. 87
The Command Linep. 105
Booting and Shutting Downp. 139
File Systemsp. 163
Core System Servicesp. 187
Compiling the Linux Kernelp. 207
Securing an Individual Serverp. 223
Internet Services
DNSp. 239
FTPp. 271
Setting Up Your Web Server Using Apachep. 283
SMTPp. 299
Post Office Protocol (POP)p. 311
The Secure Shell (SSH)p. 325
Intranet Services
Network File System (NFS)p. 343
Network Information Service (NIS)p. 357
Sambap. 375
Printingp. 395
DHCPp. 405
Network Configurationp. 419
Appendixes
Mastery Check Answersp. 435
Programming Languages that Accompany Linuxp. 453
Getting the Usual Donep. 457
Indexp. 463
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