Research Catalog

Title

Linux system administrator's survival guide / Tim Parker.

Author

Parker, Tim, 1958-

Publication

Indianapolis, Ind. : Sams Pub., [1996], ©1996.

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Details

Description

xxiii, 765 pages : illustrations; 23 cm +

Summary

• Linux System Administrator's Survival Guide is your survival kit to managing a Linux system in the real world. With this book, you'll learn all the tools necessary to run an efficient Linux system - both on and off the Internet.
• First, you'll quickly review the basics of Linux and discover how to expand your system. You'll find out the details on tape drives, CD-ROMs, modems, SCSI devices, and hard disks. Next, you'll learn how to manage your system, from booting to shutdown, including the complexities of configuring your Linux system for the Internet. Linux System Administrator's Survival Guide walks you through Linux system administration, providing the detailed information you need to survive as a Linux administrator!

Subject

• Linux
• Operating systems (Computers)

Note

• Includes index.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for computer disc: IBM-compatible PC: CD-ROM drive.

Contents

• 1. Introduction to Linux -- 2. Linux Hardware and Software -- 3. Installing and Updating Linux -- 4. LILO -- 5. Installing and Configuring XFree86 -- 6. Devices and Device Drivers -- 7. SCSI Devices -- 8. Hard Disks -- 9. CD-ROM Drives -- 10. Sound Cards -- 11. Terminals and term -- 12. Tape Drives -- 13. Modems -- 14. Other Devices -- 15. Booting, init, and Shutdown -- 16. Users and Logins -- 17. System Names and Access Permissions -- 18. Filesystems and Disks -- 19. Printers and Print Spoolers -- 20. Managing Processes -- 21. Managing Resources -- 22. Backup, Backup, Backup! -- 23. The cron and at Programs -- 24. Security -- 25. Modifying the Kernel -- 26. Shell Programming -- 27. UUCP -- 28. TCP/IP and Networks -- 29. Configurating Hardware and the Kernel for Networking -- 30. Configuring TCP/IP -- 31. Configuring SLIP and PPP -- 32. TCP/IP Utilities -- 33. NFS and NIS -- 34. E-Mail and Linux -- 35. Configuring sendmail --
• 36. Using smail -- 37. Configuring Elm and Pine -- 38. USENET and Netnews -- 39. NNTP and INN -- 40. C News -- 41. Configuring trn and tin -- 42. Setting Up an Internet Site -- 43. Setting Up an FTP Site -- 44. Configuring a WAIS Site -- 45. Setting Up a Gopher Service -- 46. Configuring a WWW Site -- App. A. Linux FTP Sites and Newsgroups -- App. B. Commercial Vendors for Linux -- App. C. The Linux Documentation Project -- App. D. The GNU General Public License -- App. E. Copyright Information -- App. F. Hardware Compatibility -- App. G. Glossary -- App. H. What's on the CD-ROM.

ISBN

0672308509

LCCN

95070084

OCLC

• 34199066
• ocm34199066

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries