Research Catalog

Title

Linux : the complete reference / Richard Petersen.

Author

Petersen, Richard, 1949-

Publication

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2008], ©2008.

Supplementary Content

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Details

Description

xxxiii, 830 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Linux
• Operating systems (Computers)
• LINUX

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Introduction to Linux -- Getting started -- The shell -- The shell scripts and programming -- Shell configuration -- Linux files, directories, and archives -- The X window system, Xorg, and display managers -- Gnome -- KDE -- Software management -- Office and database applications -- Graphics tools and mulitmedia -- Mail and news clients -- Web, FTP, and Java clients -- Network tools -- Encryption, integrirty checks, and signatures -- Security-enhanced Linux -- IPsec and virtual private networks -- Secure shell and Kerberos -- Firewalls -- Managing services -- FTP servers -- Web servers -- Proxy servers -- Mail servers -- Print, news, search, and database servers -- Basic system administration -- Managing users -- File systems -- RAID and LVM -- Devices and modules -- Kernel administration -- Backup management -- Administering TCP/IP networks -- Network autoconfiguration with IPv6, DHCPv6,a and DHCP -- NFS and NIS -- Distributed network file systems.

ISBN

• 9780071492478
• 007149247X

LCCN

2007044521

OCLC

• ocn179106444
• 179106444
• SCSB-5746273

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries