[share_ebook] Fedora Core 7 & Red Hat Enterprise Linux The Complete Reference

The Definitive Linux Resource--Fully Updated and Expanded

Get full details on the powerful features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora 7 from this fully revised, one-stop guide. Linux expert Richard Petersen covers all the bases, from configuring your desktop, customizing your system, and accessing software repositories to handling files and directories, managing devices and servers, and sharing system resources.

Inside, you'll get in-depth coverage of Fedora 7's device and network autoconfiguration, IPv6 and .NET support, SE Linux, software repository installs, custom distribution spins, and system administration tools. You'll learn how to deploy sound security measures, configure automatic device detection, set up logical volumes for file management, and create your own Fedora distribution using your favorite software. 

• Install, use, secure, and manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the new Fedora 7
• Configure services using Fedora administration tools for network access, software updates, and file management (LVM and GFS2)
• Manage users, services, file systems, hotplug devices, and printers
• Deploy powerful desktop, office, database, graphics, multimedia, e-mail, Web, and FTP applications
• Optimize security with IPsec, SE Linux, Kerberos, and Netfilter 
• Maintain FTP, Web, mail, DNS, proxy, print, news, and database servers
• Administer system resources using GRUB, Yum, HAL, MONO, and udev
• Select, download, and install a Fedora distribution spin
• Auto-configure IPv6, DHCPv6, and DHCP networks
• Access remote files and printers with NFS, GFS2, and SAMBA

Table of contents

Part I: Getting Started 
Chapter 1: Introduction to Red Hat and Fedora Linux 
Chapter 2: Installing Fedora 
Chapter 3: Interface Basics: Login, Desktop, Help Repositories, Multimedia, and Spins 
Chapter 4: System Configuration: Pirut and Pup 
Chapter 5: Network Configuration 
Part II: Environments 
Chapter 6: GNOME 
Chapter 7: The K Desktop Environment: KDE 
Chapter 8: The Shell 
Chapter 9: Shell Configuration 
Chapter 10: Managing Linux Files and Directories 
Part III: Applications 
Chapter 11: Office and Database Applications 
Chapter 12: Graphics Tools and Multimedia 
Chapter 13: Mail and News Clients 
Chapter 14: Web, FTP, and Java Clients 
Chapter 15: Network Tools 
Part IV: Security 
Chapter 16: Encryption, Integrity Checks, and Signatures: GNU Privacy Guard 
Chapter 17: Security Enhanced Linux: SELinux 
Chapter 18: Internet Protocol Security: IPsec 
Chapter 19: Secure Shell and Kerberos 
Chapter 20: Network Firewalls: Netfilter 
Part V: Red Hat and Fedora Servers 
Chapter 21: Managing Services 
Chapter 22: FTP Servers 
Chapter 23: Web Servers: Apache 
Chapter 24: Proxy Server: Squid 
Chapter 25: Mail Servers: SMTP, POP, and IMAP 
Chapter 26: Print, News, and Database Servers: CUPS, INN, and MySQL 
Part VI: System Administration 
Chapter 27: Basic System Administration 
Chapter 28: Managing Users 
Chapter 29: Software Management 
Chapter 30: File System Management 
Chapter 31: RAID and LVM 
Chapter 32: Devices and Modules: udev, HAL, and MAKEDEV 
Chapter 33: Kernel Administration: Virtualization 
Chapter 34: Backup Management: rsync, Amanda, and dump/restore 
Part VII: Network Administration 
Chapter 35: Administering TCP/IP Networks 
Chapter 36: Domain Name System 
Chapter 37: Network Autoconfiguration: IPv6, DHCPv6, and DHCP 
Chapter 38: NFS, NIS, and GFS 
Chapter 39: Samba 
INDEX

Biographical note