Red Hat Linux Pocket Administrator

Name: Red Hat Linux Pocket Administrator
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ISBN: 9780072229745

ISBN-10: 0072229748

ISBN-13: 9780072229745

Edition: 2003

Authors: Richard Petersen, Ibrahim Haddad

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Suitable for Red Hat Linux network administrators and IT staff involved in day-to-day administration tasks, this text offers clear and concise information for daily, on-the-job tasks.

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 7/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 4.40" wide x 7.90" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Introduction	p. xi
Basic System Administration	p. 1
Superuser Control: the root user	p. 1
Root User Password	p. 2
Root User Access: su	p. 3
System Time and Date	p. 5
Using the redhat-config-date Utility	p. 5
Using the date Command	p. 6
Scheduling Tasks: cron	p. 7
The crond Service	p. 7
crontab Entries	p. 8
cron Environment Variables	p. 9
cron.d Directory	p. 9
crontab Command	p. 10
cron Editing	p. 10
Organizing Scheduled Tasks	p. 11
Running cron Directory Scripts	p. 12
Cron Directory Names	p. 13
System Runlevels: telinit, initab, and shutdown	p. 13
runlevels	p. 13
initab runlevels	p. 14
Changing runlevels with telinit	p. 16
runlevel Command	p. 16
shutdown	p. 17
Managing Services	p. 19
chkconfig	p. 19
service Command	p. 19
redhat-config-services	p. 19
Red Hat Administration Tools	p. 20
System Directories	p. 21
Program Directories	p. 22
Configuration Directories and Files	p. 22
Configuration Files: /etc	p. 22
/etc/sysconfig	p. 24
System Logs: /var/log and syslogd	p. 26
redhat-logviewer	p. 26
syslogd and syslog.conf	p. 27
syslogd.conf Entries	p. 28
Priorities	p. 28
actions and users	p. 30
/etc/syslog.conf Example	p. 31
Performance Analysis Tools and Processes	p. 31
ps Command	p. 32
vmstat, free, top, iostat, Xload, and sar	p. 32
Procman System Manager	p. 34
Gnome System Manager (GTop)	p. 34
KDE Process Manager (kpm)	p. 35
KDE Task Manager and Performance Monitor (KSysguard)	p. 35
Managing Users	p. 37
User Configuration Files	p. 37
The Password Files	p. 38
/etc/passwd	p. 39
/etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow	p. 40
Password Tools	p. 40
Managing User Environments	p. 41
Profile Scripts	p. 41
/etc/skel	p. 42
/etc/login.defs	p. 43
/etc/login.access	p. 43
Controlling User Passwords	p. 44
Red Hat User Manager	p. 45
Adding and Removing Users with useradd, usermod, and userdel	p. 47
Useradd	p. 47
usermod	p. 49
userdel	p. 49
Managing Groups	p. 50
/etc/group and /etc/gshadow	p. 50
User Private Groups	p. 51
group directories	p. 51
Managing Groups with the Red Hat User Manager	p. 52
Managing Groups Using groupadd, groupmod, and groupdel	p. 53
Controlling Access to Directories and Files: chmod	p. 53
Permissions	p. 54
chmod	p. 56
Ownership	p. 57
Changing a File's Owner or Group: chown and chgrp	p. 58
Absolute Permissions: Binary Masks	p. 59
Setting Permissions: Permission Symbols	p. 61
Directory Permissions	p. 62
Ownership Permissions	p. 64
Sticky Bit Permissions	p. 65
Permission Defaults: umask	p. 66
Disk Quotas	p. 67
Quota Tools	p. 67
edquota	p. 68
quotacheck, quotaon, and quotaoff	p. 70
repquota and quota	p. 70
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol	p. 71
LDAP Clients and Servers	p. 71
LDAP Configuration Files	p. 72
LDAP Tools	p. 72
LDAP and PAM	p. 73
LDAP and the Name Service Switch Service	p. 74
Pluggable Authentication Modules	p. 74
PAM Configuration Files	p. 75
PAM Modules	p. 75
Software Management	p. 77
Software Repositories	p. 78
Software Package Types	p. 79
Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)	p. 80
RPM Tools	p. 81
RPM Packages	p. 81
Installing from the Desktop: redhat-config-packages	p. 82
Updating Software	p. 84
Command-Line Installation: rpm	p. 84
Installing Software from RPM Source Code Files: SRPMs	p. 92
Source Code RPM Directories	p. 93
Building the Source Code	p. 93
Installing Software from Compressed Archives: .tar.gz	p. 94
Decompressing Software	p. 94
Selecting an Install Directory	p. 95
Extracting Software	p. 96
Compiling Software	p. 97
Command and Program Directories: PATH	p. 101
The Concurrent Versions System: CVS	p. 103
Checking in and Checking out	p. 104
Importing	p. 105
Logging Messages	p. 105
Committing Changes	p. 106
Updating, Adding, and Removing CVS Files	p. 106
Internet CVS Repositories	p. 107
Packaging Your Software with RPM	p. 108
The Build Components	p. 109
Build Tree Directories	p. 110
RPM Spec File	p. 111
RPM Build Operation	p. 114
Filesystem Hierarchy Standard	p. 117
Root Directory: /	p. 118
System Directories	p. 119
Program Directories	p. 120
Configuration Directories and Files	p. 121
/usr Directory	p. 121
/mnt Directory	p. 122
/home Directory	p. 122
/var Directory	p. 122
/proc File System	p. 124
Device Files: /dev	p. 125
Floppy Devices	p. 127
Hard Disk Devices	p. 127
CD-ROM Devices	p. 127
File System Administration	p. 129
File Systems	p. 130
Mounting File Systems	p. 131
File System Information	p. 132
Journaling	p. 134
ext3 Journaling	p. 135
ReiserFS	p. 135
Mounting File Systems Automatically: /etc/fstab	p. 136
Auto Mounts	p. 137
mount Options	p. 137
Boot and Disk Check	p. 140
CD-ROM and Floppy Defaults	p. 141
Partition Labels: e2label	p. 141
Windows Partitions	p. 142
Linux Kernel Interfaces	p. 142
noauto	p. 143
Mounting File Systems Directly: mount and umount	p. 144
mount Command	p. 145
unmount Command	p. 146
Mounting Floppy Disks	p. 147
Mounting CD-ROMs	p. 148
Mounting Hard Drive Partitions: Linux and Windows	p. 150
Installing IDE CD-R/RW and DVD-R/RW Devices	p. 151
SCSI Emulation	p. 151
Kernel Parameters at Boot Time	p. 152
Grub and CD Writers	p. 152
scanbus	p. 153
Creating File Systems: mkfs, mke2fs, mkswap, parted, and fdisk	p. 154
fdisk	p. 154
parted	p. 156
mkfs	p. 157
mkswap	p. 159
CD-ROM Recording	p. 160
mkisofs	p. 160
cdrecord	p. 163
Backups	p. 163
Anacron	p. 164
Amanda	p. 164
RAID and LVM	p. 165
Enabling RAID and LVM in the Kernel	p. 165
Configuring RAID Devices	p. 166
Linux Software RAID Levels	p. 167
RAID Devices: md	p. 169
Corresponding Hard Disk Partitions	p. 169
Booting from a RAID Device	p. 171
Automatic Detection: Persistent Superblocks	p. 172
RAID Tools	p. 172
Creating and Installing RAID Devices	p. 173
RAID Example	p. 179
Logical Volume Manager	p. 180
LVM Structure	p. 181
Creating LVMs with Disk Druid	p. 182
LVM Tools	p. 183
LVM Example	p. 185
Devices and Modules	p. 187
Device Files	p. 187
Device Symbolic Links	p. 188
Hardware Device Installation: Kudzu	p. 189
Creating Device Files Manually	p. 190
Device Information: /proc and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf	p. 192
Installing and Managing Terminals and Modems	p. 193
Serial Ports	p. 194
mingetty, mgetty, and agetty	p. 194
termcap and inittab Files	p. 195
tset	p. 195
Input Devices	p. 196
Installing Sound, Network, and Other Cards	p. 196
Sound Devices	p. 197
Video, TV, and DVD Devices	p. 198
Modules	p. 199
Kernel Module Tools	p. 199
Module Files and Directories	p. 200
Managing Modules with /etc/modules.conf	p. 201
Installing New Modules for the Kernel	p. 205
Print Servers	p. 207
CUPS and LPRng	p. 207
Printer Devices and Configuration	p. 208
Printer Device Files	p. 209
Spool Directories	p. 209
Printer Configuration with redhat-config-printer	p. 209
Configuring a New Printer	p. 210
Editing Printer Configurations	p. 211
Configuring Network Printers	p. 211
Managing Printers with CUPS	p. 212
CUPS Configuration Tool	p. 213
Configuring Remote Printers on CUPS	p. 214
CUPS Printer Classes	p. 215
CUPS Configuration	p. 216
CUPS Command-line Print Clients	p. 217
CUPS Administrative Tools	p. 220
The Line Printer Server: LPRng	p. 222
LPRng Print Clients	p. 223
printcap File	p. 223
Configuring Ipd	p. 225
LPRng Print Clients	p. 227
Kernel Administration	p. 229
Kernel Versions	p. 229
Kernel Tuning: Kernel Runtime Parameters	p. 231
Installing a New Kernel Version	p. 233
Red Hat Kernel Packages	p. 234
CPU Kernel Packages	p. 234
Support Packages	p. 235
Installing Kernel Packages: /boot	p. 235
Precautionary Steps for Modifying a Kernel of the Same Version	p. 238
Boot Loader	p. 239
Boot Disk	p. 240
Compiling the Kernel from Source Code	p. 240
Installing Kernel Sources: Kernel Archives and Patches	p. 241
Configuring the Kernel	p. 242
Important Kernel Configuration Features	p. 244
Compiling and Installing the Kernel	p. 247
Installing the Kernel Image Manually	p. 249
Kernel Boot Disks	p. 250
Boot Loader Configurations	p. 251
GRUB Configurations	p. 252
LILO Configurations	p. 252
Module RAM Disks	p. 253
Service Management Tools: chkconfig and redhat-config-services	p. 255
redhat-config-services	p. 256
chkconfig	p. 256
Listing Services with chkconfig	p. 257
Starting and Stopping Services with chkconfig	p. 258
Enabling and Disabling xinetd Services with chkconfig	p. 259
Adding and Removing Services with chkconfig	p. 259
Index	p. 261
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