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ISBN-10: 0596009526

ISBN-13: 9780596009526

Edition: 2007

Authors: Tom Adelstein, Bill Lubanovic

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"Linux System Administration" is a practical reference guide that covers administration topics ranging from desktops to servers, with a focus on the real-life problems that require an understanding beyond individual Linux tools. To help you solve problems and troubleshoot, this book is organized around several common scenarios: Linux as a hub for a home or small office, Linux as LAMP web application server, and Linux for remote administration, and desktop Linux.
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Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.13" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.034

Tom Adelstein works as a technical analyst writer for a large international publishing company headquartered in Texas. He became a young author in 1985 and has written prolifically ever since. Tom's career began as a CPA and progressed into investment banking where he excelled by using computer technology to help his companies become industry leaders. In 1993, he decided to change careers and pursue information technology. He says he chose to follow his heart instead of his head.

Bill Lubanovic has developed software with UNIX since 1977, GUIs since 1981, databases since 1990, and the Web since 1993. At a startup named Intran in 1982, he developed MetaForm -- one of the first commercial GUIs (before the Mac or Windows), on one of the first graphic workstations. At Northwest Airlines in the early 1990s, he wrote a graphic yield management system that generated millions of dollars in revenue; got the company on the Internet; and wrote its first Internet marketing test. He co-founded an ISP (Tela) in 1994, and a web development company (Mad Scheme) in 1999. Recently, he developed core services and distributed systems with a remote team for a Manhattan startup.…    

Preface
Requirements for a Linux System Administrator
About This BookHow Can We Help?
Where Do You Start?
Do You Need a Book?
Who Needs You?
What System Managers Should Know About Linux
What's Next
Setting Up a Linux Multifunction Server
Server Requirements
Installing DebianLogging in Remotely
Configuring the Network
Changing the Default Debian Packages
Setting Up Quotas
Providing Domain Name Services
Adding a Relational Database: MySQL
Configuring Mail Securely with Postfix, POP3, and IMAP
Putting Apache to Work
Adding FTP Services with ProFTPD
Summarizing Your Web Statistics with Webalizer
Synchronizing the System Clock
Installing Perl Modules Needed by Spam Assassin
What's Next
The Domain Name System
DNS Basics Getting into the BIND
Setting Up a DNS Server
Configuring an Authoritative DNS Server
Editing the Configuration Files
BIND Tools
Troubleshooting BIND
What's Next
An Initial Internet-Ready Environment
Installing ISPConfig
Setting Up a Server and Users with ISPConfig
Safeguarding a Linux Web Server
What's Next
MailKey Mail Service Terms
Postfix, Sendmail, and Other MT
AsThe Postfix SMTP Mail Server on Debian
Adding Authentication and Encryption
Configuring POP3 and IMAP Mail Delivery Agents
Email Client Configuration
What's Next
Administering Apache
Static and Dynamic Files
A Simple LAMP Setup
Installation Apache Configuration Files
LogfilesSSL/TLS Encryptionsu
EXEC Support
Benchmarking
Installing and Administering Drupal
Troubleshooting
Further Reading
Load-Balanced Clusters
Load Balancing and High Availability
Scaling Without LB and HA
Further Reading
Local Network Services
Distributed FilesystemsIntroduction to Samba
Configuring the Network
DHCP Gateway Services
Print Services
User Management
Virtualization in the Modern Enterprise
Why Virtualization Is Popular
High-Performance Computing
Installing Xen on Fedora 5
Installing VMwareVirtualization: A Passing Fad?
Scriptingbash Beginnings
Useful Elements for bash Scripts
Scripting Language Shootout
Further Reading
Backing Up Data
Backing Up User Data to a Server with rsynctar Archives
Saving Files on Optical Media
Backing Up and Archiving to Tape with Amanda
Backing Up MySQL Data
Appendix. bash Script Samples
Index