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Linux Administration : A Beginner's Guide

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ISBN-10: 0072122293

ISBN-13: 9780072122299

Edition: 2000

Authors: Steve Shah

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This guide covers the latest Linux kernel (2.2), with a focus on the most recent release of the leading distribution Linux, Red Hat Linux 6.1, as well as coverage of the current release of Caldera's OpenLinux 2.2 and SuSE Linux 6.0.
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Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 542
Size: 7.28" wide x 9.09" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 2.552
Language: English

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.

Technical summary of Linux distributions and Windows 2003p. 3
Installing Linux in a server configurationp. 15
Installing softwarep. 45
Managing usersp. 71
The command linep. 99
Booting and shutting downp. 137
File systemsp. 161
Core system servicesp. 187
Compiling the Linux kernelp. 209
Knobs and dials : the proc file systemp. 227
TCP/IP for system administratorsp. 241
Network configurationp. 285
Configuring the Linux firewallp. 301
Local securityp. 327
Network securityp. 343
DNSp. 357
FTPp. 395
Setting up your Web server using Apachep. 413
SMTPp. 429
POP and IMAPp. 441
The secure shell (SSH)p. 453
Network file system (NFS)p. 473
Network information service (NIS)p. 493
Sambap. 517
LDAPp. 537
Printingp. 557
DHCPp. 573
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