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Operating Systems and Linux -- History of Linux and UNIX -- Linux Overview -- Desktops -- Open Source Software -- Linux Software -- Online Information Sources -- Documentation -- Red Hat Commercial Enhancements -- Other Linux Distributions -- Installing Red Hat Linux -- Hardware, Software, Information Requirements -- Opening Disk Space for Linux Partitions for Shared Hard Disks -- Creating the Red Hat Boot Disks -- Installing Linux -- Finishing Installation -- Interface Basics -- User Accounts -- Accessing Your Linux System -- Gnome Desktop -- The K Desktop -- Command Line Interface -- Help -- Online Documentation -- Basic Setup -- System Configuration -- GUI Administration Utilities: Linuxconf and Webmin -- Configuring Users -- Managing File Systems and CD-ROMs -- Printer Configuration -- Configuration Using Red Hat Setup -- Updating Red Hat with the Red Hat Network -- Installing Software Packages -- Network Configuration -- LAN -- Red Hat Network Configuration -- Network Configuration with Linuxconf and Webmin -- DSL and ISDN -- The Red Hat PPP Dialer -- Command Line PPP Access: wvdial -- Modem Setup -- Security Configuration -- GNU Privacy Guard: Encryption and Authentication -- Intrusion Detection: Tripwire -- Setting Up a Simple Firewall with lokkit -- Proxies (Squid) -- Secure Shell (SSH) -- Setting Up a Local Area Network with Red Hat -- Physical Configuration -- Web Access with Squid -- DNS Setup -- Setting Up Your Firewall -- Setting Up E-mail Services -- Internet Access by Local Hosts -- Using Remote Printers -- Setting Up a Web Server -- Red Hat Desktop Workstation -- Gnome -- GTK+ -- The Gnome Interface -- The Gnome Desktop -- Window Managers -- The Gnome (1.4) File Manager: Nautilus -- The Gnome Panel -- Gnome Applets -- Gnome Configuration -- Gnome Directories and Files -- Sawfish Window Manager -- Gnome Themes -- The Ximian Gnome -- Updating Gnome -- The K Desktop Environment: KDE -- Qt and Harmony -- KDE Desktop -- The KDE Help System -- Applications -- Mounting CD-ROMs and Floppy Disks from the Desktop -- KDE File Manager and Internet Client: Konqueror -- KDE Configuration: KDE Control Center -- System Configuration Using KDE -- Updating KDE -- Window Managers -- Window, File, and Program Managers -- Window Managers -- The Shell -- The Command Line -- Wildcards and Filename Arguments: *, ?, [] -- Standard Input/Output and Redirection -- Pipes: I -- Redirecting and Piping the Standard Error: >&,2> -- Shell Variables -- Shell Scripts: User-Defined Commands -- Jobs: Background, Kills, and Interruptions -- Filters and Regular Expressions -- Searching Files: grep and fgrep -- Regular Expressions -- The Linux File Structure -- Linux Files -- The File Structure -- Listing, Displaying, and Printing Files: ls, cat, more, and lpr -- Managing Directories: mkdir, rmdir, ls, cd, and pwd -- File and Directory Operations: find, cp, mv, rm, and ln -- File and Directory Permissions: chmod -- Shell Configuration -- Command and Filename Completion -- Command Line Editing -- History -- Aliases -- Controlling Shell Operations -- Environment Variables and Subshells: export -- Configuring Your Shell with Special Shell Variables -- Office Applications -- Accessibility to Microsoft Office -- KOffice -- Gnome Office, OpenOffice, and Ximian -- WordPerfect -- StarOffice -- Database Management Systems, Graphics Tools, and Multimedia -- Database Management Systems -- Graphics Tools -- Multimedia -- Editors -- Gnome Editor: gedit -- K Desktop Editors: KEdit, Kate, Kjots, and KWord -- Red Hat Network Workstation -- Mail Clients -- Local and Internet Addresses -- Signature Files: .signature -- Mime -- The K Desktop Mail Client: KMail -- Gnome Mail Clients: Balsa, Evolution, Gmail, Mahogany, and Others -- X Window Mail Clients: Mozilla, Netscape, and exmh -- Screen-Based Mail Clients -- Command Line Mail Clients -- Notifications of Received Mail -- Accessing Mail on Remote POP Mail Servers -- Usenet and Newsreaders -- Usenet News -- FTP Clients -- Internet Addresses -- Network File Transfer: FTP -- Online FTP Resources -- Web Browser-Based FTP: Netscape -- The K Desktop File Manager: Konqueror -- Gnome FTP: GNU Midnight Commander, gFTP, Nautilus -- NcFTP -- ftp -- The World Wide Web and Java -- URL Addresses -- Web Pages -- Web Browsers -- Java for Linux: Blackdown -- Web Search Utilities -- Creating Your Own Web Site -- Network Tools -- Network Information: ping, finger, and host -- Red Hat Servers -- Server Management -- Starting Servers: Standalone and xinetd -- Service Management Tools: ntsysv and serviceconf, chkconfig, and System V Init -- SysV Init: init.d Scripts -- Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd) -- FTP Servers -- FTP Daemons -- Anonymous FTP: anon -- The FTP User Account: Anonymous -- FTP Server Tools -- The Washington University FTP daemon: wu-ftpd -- Professional FTP Daemon: ProFTPD -- Red Hat Web Servers: Apache and Tux -- Tux -- Apache Web Server -- Java: Jakarta and Apache-Java -- Apache Configuration and Directives -- Virtual Hosting on Apache -- Server-Side Includes -- Apache GUI Configuration Tools -- Web Server Security--SSL -- Domain Name Service -- Local Area Network Addressing -- BIND -- Domain Name Service Configuration -- named.conf -- Resource Records -- Zone Files -- Subdomains and Slaves -- IP Virtual Domains -- Cache File -- DNS Security: Access Control Lists and DNSSEC -- Split DNS: Views -- Mail Servers: SMTP, POP, and IMAP -- Received Mail: MX Records -- Sendmail -- POP Servers -- IMAP -- News, Proxy, and Search Servers -- News Servers: INN -- Leafnode News Server -- Squid Proxy-Caching Server -- Dig Server -- System Administration -- Basic System Administration -- System Management: Superuser -- System Configuration -- System Directories and Files -- Performance Analysis Tools and Processes -- Configuration Tools and Boot Management -- Red Hat Text Mode Setup Utility -- LILO -- Linuxconf and Webmin -- Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) -- Managing Users -- The Password Files -- Managing User Environments: /etc/skel and /etc/login.defs -- Login Access -- Controlling Access to Directories and Files -- Red Hat User Manger -- Managing Users with Webmin -- Managing Users with kuser -- Adding and Removing Users with useradd, usermod, and userdel -- Managing Groups -- Disk Quotas -- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol -- Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) -- Software Management -- Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) -- Installing Software from Red Hat RPM Source Code Files: SRPMS -- Installing Software from Compressed Archives: .tar.gz -- Packaging Your Software: Building RPMs -- RPM Build Operation -- File System Administration -- Local File Systems -- Installing IDE CD-R and CD-RW Devices -- Formatting File Systems: mkfs, mke2fs, mkswap, and fdisk -- Configuring RAID devices -- Backup and Restore File Systems: dump and restore -- The mtools Utilities: msdos -- Archive Files and Devices: tar -- File Compression: gzip, bzip2, and zip -- Journaling -- Devices and Printers -- Device Files -- Device Information: / proc -- Installing and Managing Printers: LPRng -- Installing and Managing Printers with CUPS -- Installing and Managing Terminals and Modems -- Input Devices -- Installing Sound, Network, and Other Cards -- Multimedia Devices: Sound, Video, and DVD -- Modules -- Kernel Administration -- Precautionary Steps for Modifying Kernels -- Installing Distribution Kernel Binaries and Source: RPM -- Compiling the Kernel from Source Code -- Compiling and Installing the Kernel -- LILO Configurations -- Module RAM Disks -- The X Window System and XFree86 -- The X Protocol -- XFree86 -- XFree86 Configuration: /etc/X11/XF86Config -- X Window System Command Line Arguments -- X Window System Commands and Configuration Files -- X Window System Startup Methods: startx and Display Managers -- Starting Desktops and Window Managers -- Compiling X Window System Applications -- Network Administration -- Configuring Network Connections -- Network Startup Script -- Hardware Specifications -- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) -- NFS, NIS, and AppleTalk -- Network File Systems: NFS and /etc / exports -- Network Information Service: NIS -- Netatalk: AppleTalk -- Samba -- Setting Up Samba -- Passwords -- Samba Configuration: smb.conf -- SWAT and smb.conf -- Testing the Samba Configuration -- Domain Logons -- Accessing Samba Services with Clients -- Administering TCP/IP Networks -- IPv4 and IPv6 -- TCP/IP Network Addresses -- TCP/IP Configuration Files -- Domain Name Service (DNS) -- Network Interfaces and Routes: ifconfig and route -- Monitoring Your Network: ping and netstat -- IP Aliasing -- Network Security: Firewalls, Encryption, and Authentication -- Firewalls: iptables and NAT -- IP Masquerading -- IP Chains (Kernel 2.2) -- Secure Shell (SSH).