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| Introduction | |
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| Who Is This Book's Intended Audience? | |
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| What Do You Need to Know Prior to Reading This Book? | |
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| What Will You Learn from This Book? | |
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| What Software Will You Need? | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Essential OpenLinux | |
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| Introduction to Caldera OpenLinux | |
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| What Is Linux? | |
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| Why Linux? | |
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| Linux Features | |
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| Caldera OpenLinux | |
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| Sources of Linux Information | |
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| Hardware Requirements | |
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| Going Ahead with Linux | |
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| Basic Linux Concepts and Commands | |
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| Logging In and Out | |
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| Why Learn the Command-line Interface? | |
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| The Linux File System | |
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| The Layout of the File System | |
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| Shells | |
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| Basic UNIX Commands | |
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| UNIX Manual Pages: man | |
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| Virtual Consoles | |
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| Typing Shortcuts | |
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| Configuration Files | |
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| Processes | |
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| Common Problems | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using the Shell | |
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| bash | |
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| Shell History | |
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| Shell Variables | |
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| tcsh | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using the X Window System | |
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| The History of X | |
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| Essential X Concepts | |
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| Configuring XFree86 | |
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| Colors | |
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| Fonts | |
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| Starting X | |
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| Some X Clients | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exploring KDE | |
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| The Desktop | |
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| The KDE File Manager | |
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| The KDE Control Center | |
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| Some KDE Applications | |
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| Summary | |
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| Text Editors | |
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| vi | |
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| XEmacs | |
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| Summary | |
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| System Administration | |
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| Software Management with RPM | |
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| Installing New Packages | |
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| Uninstalling Packages | |
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| Upgrading Installed Packages | |
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| Getting Information About Packages | |
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| Summary | |
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| Setting Up File Systems | |
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| Devices | |
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| Partitions | |
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| File Systems | |
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| Mounting a File System | |
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| Checking a File System | |
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| Accounting and Quotas | |
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| File Permissions | |
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| File Ownership | |
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| Swap Space | |
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| Summary | |
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| Printing | |
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| Local Printing from Caldera | |
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| Tools and Locations Used in Printing | |
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| Understanding the Printing Process | |
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| Using COAS to "Administrate" Your Printer | |
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| Setting Up and Using a Remote Printer | |
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| Formatted Printing | |
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| Using Your Printer with Other Applications | |
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| Useful Print Capability Enhancing Programs (and Where to Find Them) | |
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| Some Secrets of the Guru (Junior Division) | |
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| Summary | |
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| OpenLinux Administration Tools | |
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| File System Organization | |
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| Console Administration Tools | |
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| Caldera Open Administration System | |
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| COAStool | |
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| Summary | |
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| Setting Up TCP/IP Networking | |
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| Networking Fundamentals | |
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| Network Devices | |
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| Configuring TCP/IP Networking | |
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| Caldera's Networking Setup | |
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| Name Service | |
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| Useful Diagnostic Programs | |
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| DHCP | |
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| Summary | |
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| Setting Up DNS--The Domain Name System | |
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| DNS Fundamentals | |
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| DNS Configuration | |
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| DNS Database Files | |
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| Using nslookup | |
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| Summary | |
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| Configuring PPP | |
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| PPP Background | |
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| Serial Port Configuration | |
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| Running pppd | |
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| Setting Up a Connection with chat | |
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| IP Configuration Options | |
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| PPP Authentication | |
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| Connecting to an ISP | |
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| Setting Up a Dial-In PPP Server | |
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| Routing Through PPP Links | |
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| Automatically Bringing Up PPP Links | |
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| kppp | |
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| Summary | |
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| Configuring NIS--The Network Information System | |
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| How NIS Works | |
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| RPC | |
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| Setting Up an NIS Server | |
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| Setting Up an NIS Client | |
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| Slave Servers | |
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| NIS Client Tools | |
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| Summary | |
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| Configuring NFS--The Network File System | |
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| How NFS Works | |
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| Configuring an NFS Server | |
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| Configuring an NFS Client | |
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| The showmount Program | |
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| Automounting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Configuring Samba | |
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| Overview of SMB | |
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| Samba Configuration | |
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| Running Samba | |
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| Debugging a Samba Setup | |
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| Mounting SMB Shares | |
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| Checking Samba's Status | |
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| Web-Based Samba Configuration | |
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| Summary | |
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| NetWare Integration | |
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| Introduction to the NetWare Client for Linux | |
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| Getting Started with the NetWare Client | |
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| Activating and Deactivating the NetWare Client | |
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| Using the NetWare Client for Linux | |
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| Printing with the NetWare Client | |
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| NetWare Administration for Bindery Servers | |
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| File Systems and Quotas on Bindery Servers | |
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| Administration for Novell Directory Service | |
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| Managing Disk Quotas on NDS Servers | |
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| File System Trustees on NDS Servers | |
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| Summary | |
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| Configuring Apache | |
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| What Is Apache? | |
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| Server Installation | |
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| Basic Configuration | |
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| Summary | |
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| Mail Services | |
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| The Basics of Email | |
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| Configuring Sendmail | |
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| Setting Up a Mail Hub | |
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| Summary | |
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| Internet News | |
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| About Usenet News | |
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| Linux and Usenet | |
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| InterNet News Server Software | |
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| The tin Newsreader | |
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| Summary | |
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| IP Firewalling and Masquerading | |
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| The Firewall | |
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| Packet Filtering | |
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| IP Firewalling Chains | |
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| Using ipchains to Configure and Check the Firewall | |
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| IP Masquerading | |
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| Saving and Restoring the Firewall | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Summary | |
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| Running Proxies | |
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| Understanding Proxy Technology | |
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| Proxy Server Software | |
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| Putting Proxy Servers to Work | |
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| Summary | |
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| Performing Backup and Restore | |
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| Qualities of a Good Backup | |
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| Selecting a Backup Medium | |
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| Selecting a Backup Tool | |
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| Backup Strategy | |
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| Performing Backups with BRU-2000 | |
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| Summary | |
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| Securing Linux | |
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| Computer Security Basics | |
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| The UNIX Security Model | |
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| Common Attacks | |
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| Preventing Attacks | |
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| Monitoring, Detection, and Logging | |
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| Controlling Access to Services | |
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| Keeping Your System Up-to-Date | |
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| Security Tools | |
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| Privacy | |
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| Summary | |
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| Linux Applications | |
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| Using Productivity Software | |
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| Using WordPerfect | |
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| Using StarOffice | |
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| Summary | |
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| MySQL Essentials | |
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| What Is MySQL? | |
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| Installing MySQL | |
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| MySQL Administration | |
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| Managing Databases with MySQL | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using Image Manipulation Tools | |
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| xv | |
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| Image Magick | |
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| The GIMP | |
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| Summary | |
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| Typesetting Documents | |
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| Creating a Typeset Document | |
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| Typesetting Entry Tools | |
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| Utilities Used with Typesetting | |
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| Exotica (or Really Fancy Typesetting) | |
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| Summary | |
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| Setting Up Sound and Multimedia | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Getting Sound | |
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| Linux Kernel Sound | |
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| OSS--Open Sound System | |
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| ALSA--The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture | |
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| Audio Data Manipulation and Conversion | |
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| Extracting Digital Audio Data | |
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| MPEG 1 Layer 3 Encoding | |
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| Lossless Audio Encoding Using shorten | |
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| SoundTracker Modules | |
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| Introduction to MIDI | |
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| Software MIDI Synthesis | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Programming, Automation, and Kernel Compilation | |
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| Shell and awk Programming | |
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| Shell Programming with bash | |
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| bash Variables | |
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| Environment Variables | |
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| Shell Scripts | |
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| Conditional Constructs | |
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| Looping Constructs | |
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| Built-In Shell Variables and Positional Parameters | |
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| Functions | |
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| Going Further with Shell Programming | |
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| awk Scripting | |
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| Invoking awk | |
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| Built-in awk Variables | |
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| Arrays | |
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| awk Expressions | |
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| Control Statements | |
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| I/O Statements | |
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| Built-in Functions | |
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| User-defined Functions | |
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| Going Further with awk | |
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| Summary | |
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| Configuring and Building the Kernel | |
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| Why Rebuild the Kernel? | |
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| Modules Versus Integrated Drivers | |
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| Building a Kernel | |
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| Configuring the Kernel | |
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| Compiling the Kernel | |
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| Summary | |
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| Development Environment | |
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| Perl Programming | |
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| A Simple Perl Program | |
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| Perl Variables and Data Structures | |
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| Operators | |
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| Conditional Statements: if/else and unless | |
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| Looping | |
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| Regular Expressions | |
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| Access to the Shell | |
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| Switches | |
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| Modules and CPAN | |
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| Code Examples | |
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| Perl-Related Tools | |
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| For More Information | |
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| Summary | |
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| Introduction to Tcl/Tk | |
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| Quick Example | |
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| "Hello, World" in Tk | |
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| Tel Syntax and Concepts | |
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| Variables | |
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| Expressions | |
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| Lists | |
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| Control Structures | |
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| Procedures | |
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| Tk | |
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| Tcl Extensions | |
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| Going Further | |
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| Summary | |
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| Introduction to Python | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| The Power of Python | |
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| More Sequence Types | |
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| Dictionaries | |
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| Comparisons and Looping Constructs | |
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| Functions and Namespaces | |
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| Input and Output | |
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| Exceptions | |
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| The Real World: Example Code | |
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| Object-Oriented Programming | |
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| Standard Modules Overview | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Summary | |
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| Introduction to C and C++ | |
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| A History of C | |
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| "Hello, World" in C | |
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| Data Types | |
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| Declaring Variables | |
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| Statements | |
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| Functions | |
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| Arrays, Structures, and Pointers | |
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| The C Preprocessor | |
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| More C | |
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| C++ | |
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| Classes | |
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| Inheritance | |
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| Operator and Function Overloading | |
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| More C++ | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using GNU Development Tools | |
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| Terminology | |
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| The GNU C Compiler | |
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| GNU Make | |
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| The GNU Debugger | |
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| Summary | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Useful Linux Commands | |
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| Online Documentation | |
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| Managing Files | |
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| Examining Files | |
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| Regular Expressions | |
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| Text Manipulation | |
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| Compressing and Archiving Files | |
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| Informational Commands | |
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| Disk Space | |
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| Process Management | |
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| Starting and Stopping the System | |
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| Miscellaneous Commands | |
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| Installing Caldera OpenLinux | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Installing Caldera OpenLinux | |
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| Installing Caldera OpenLinux Using LIZARD | |
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| Installing Caldera OpenLinux Using LISA | |
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| Introduction to Partitions | |
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| Getting Up to Speed with Partitions | |
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| Advanced Partitioning--Solutions for Optimal Performance | |
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| Partitioning Tutorial 1--Moving Home | |
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| Partitioning Tutorial 2--Using Symlinks | |
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| Linux Software RAID | |
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| Implementing Software RAID | |
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| Configuring a RAID 0 Volume | |
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| Configuring a Linear Volume | |
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| Configuring a RAID 1 Volume | |
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| Summary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| RPM Listing | |
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| Index | |