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| Credits | |
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| Preface | |
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| Linux Authentication | |
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| Disable User Accounts Instantly | |
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| Edit Your Password File for Greater Access Control | |
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| Deny All Access in One Second or Less | |
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| Customize Authentication with PAMs | |
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| Authenticate Linux Users with a Windows Domain Controller | |
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| Centralize Logins with LDAP | |
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| Secure Your System with Kerberos | |
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| Authenticate NFS-Lovers with NIS | |
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| Sync LDAP Data with NIS | |
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| Remote GUI Connectivity | |
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| Access Systems Remotely with VNC | |
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| Access VNC Servers over the Web | |
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| Secure VNC via SSH | |
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| Autostart VNC Servers on Demand | |
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| Put Your Desktops on a Thin Client Diet | |
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| Run Windows over the Network | |
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| Secure, Lightweight X Connections with FreeNX | |
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| Secure VNC Connections with FreeNX | |
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| Secure Windows Terminal Connections with FreeNX | |
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| Remote Administration with Webmin | |
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| System Services | |
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| Quick and Easy DHCP Setup | |
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| Integrate DHCP and DNS with Dynamic DNS Updates | |
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| Synchronize Your Watches! | |
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| Centralize X Window System Font Resources | |
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| Create a CUPS Print Server | |
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| Configure Linux Connections to Remote CUPS Printers | |
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| Integrate Windows Printing with CUPS | |
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| Centralize Macintosh Printing with CUPS | |
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| Define a Secure CUPS Printer | |
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| Cool Sysadmin Tools and Tips | |
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| Execute Commands Simultaneously on Multiple Servers | |
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| Collaborate Safely with a Secured Wiki | |
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| Edit Your GRUB Configuration with grubby | |
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| Give Your Tab Key a Workout | |
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| Keep Processes Running After a Shell Exits | |
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| Disconnect Your Console Without Ending Your Session | |
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| Use script to Save Yourself Time and Train Others | |
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| Install Linux Simply by Booting | |
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| Turn Your Laptop into a Makeshift Console | |
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| Usable Documentation for the Inherently Lazy | |
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| Exploit the Power of Vim | |
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| Move Your PHP Web Scripting Skills to the Command Line | |
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| Enable Quick telnet/SSH Connections from the Desktop | |
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| Speed Up Compiles | |
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| Avoid Common Junior Mistakes | |
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| Get Linux Past the Gatekeeper | |
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| Prioritize Your Work | |
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| Storage Management and Backups | |
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| Create Flexible Storage with LVM | |
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| Combine LVM and Software RAID | |
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| Create a Copy-on-Write Snapshot of an LVM Volume | |
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| Clone Systems Quickly and Easily | |
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| Make Disk-to-Disk Backups for Large Drives | |
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| Free Up Disk Space Now | |
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| Share Files Using Linux Groups | |
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| Refine Permissions with ACLs | |
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| Make Files Easier to Find with Extended Attributes | |
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| Prevent Disk Hogs with Quotas | |
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| Standardizing, Sharing, and Synchronizing Resources | |
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| Centralize Resources Using NFS | |
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| Automount NFS Home Directories with autofs | |
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| Keep Filesystems Handy, but Out of Your Way | |
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| Synchronize root Environments with rsync | |
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| Share Files Across Platforms Using Samba | |
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| Quick and Dirty NAS | |
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| Share Files and Directories over the Web | |
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| Security | |
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| Increase Security by Disabling Unnecessary Services | |
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| Allow or Deny Access by IP Address | |
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| Detect Network Intruders with snort | |
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| Tame Tripwire | |
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| Verify Fileystem Integrity with Afick | |
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| Check for Rootkits and Other Attacks | |
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| Troubleshooting and Performance | |
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| Find Resource Hogs with Standard Commands | |
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| Reduce Restart Times with Journaling Filesystems | |
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| Grok and Optimize Your System with sysctl | |
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| Get the Big Picture with Multiple Displays | |
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| Maximize Resources with a Minimalist Window Manager | |
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| Profile Your Systems Using /proc | |
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| Kill Processes the Right Way | |
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| Use a Serial Console for Centralized Access to Your Systems | |
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| Clean Up NIS After Users Depart | |
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| Logfiles and Monitoring | |
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| Avoid Catastrophic Disk Failure | |
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| Monitor Network Traffic with MRTG | |
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| Keep a Constant Watch on Hosts | |
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| Remotely Monitor and Configure a Variety of Networked Equipment | |
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| Force Standalone Apps to Use syslog | |
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| Monitor Your Logfiles | |
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| Send Log Messages to Your Jabber Client | |
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| Monitor Service Availability with Zabbix | |
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| Fine-Tune the syslog Daemon | |
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| Centralize System Logs Securely | |
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| Keep Tabs on Systems and Services | |
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| System Rescue, Recovery, and Repair | |
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| Resolve Common Boot and Startup Problems | |
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| Rescue Me! | |
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| Bypass the Standard Init Sequence for Quick Repairs | |
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| Find Out Why You Can't Unmount a Partition | |
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| Recover Lost Partitions | |
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| Recover Data from Crashed Disks | |
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| Repair and Recover ReiserFS Filesystems | |
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| Piece Together Data from the lost+found | |
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| Recover Deleted Files | |
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| Permanently Delete Files | |
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| Permanently Erase Hard Disks | |
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| Recover Lost Files and Perform Forensic Analysis | |
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| Index | |