Master the essentials of the Red Hat Linux distribution, including GUI, administration, and software management. Discover updated material on the Linux kernel, the new version of Gnome, and KDE, the new version of the K Desktop. Each is also featured on the included DVD along with Red Hat X. This comprehensive book simplifies Red Hat administration tools including Linuxconf, the Red Hat setup and GUI based tools, and Red Hat implementations of the Kernel, libraries, and system directories.
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The Ultimate In-Depth Linux Resource! Includes the most recent version of Fedora on DVD!
Maximize the powerful capabilities of Red Hat Enterprise and Fedora Linux using this comprehensive and up-to-date reference. You’ll get full details on everything from installation and configuration to system administration and server management of Enterprise Linux--with specifics on the Linux Kernel 2.6. Thorough security coverage includes GPG, IPSec, SSH, Kerberos, and firewalls. Learn to deploy and manage Web, proxy, mail, and print servers, and administer users, software, and file systems. The DVD contains 1,500+ applications and corresponding source code for the entire Red Hat Fedora Core distribution--normally available on multiple CD-ROMs. This is your one-stop guide to the most secure and advanced Linux distribution.
- Install, manage, secure, and administer Enterprise Linux 3.0 and Fedora
- Master Bluecurve, KDE, GNOME, office and multimedia applications, the shell, file systems, and Internet clients
- Deploy and manage servers--vsftpd and ProFTP (FTP), Apache (Web), Sendmail and Postfix (mail), Squid (proxy), CUPS (print), and HTDig (search), SAMBA and NFS (file), NIS, and BIND (DNS), and DHCP
- Master the complete suite of Red Hat system and network administration tools
- Manage users, services, journaling file systems, RAID devices, LVM volumes, and printers
- Reconfigure the 2.6 kernel and its modules
- Ensure system and network security using packet filtering, authentication, digital signatures, VPNs, and encryption
- Deploy powerful desktop, office, database, graphic, editing, and Internet applications
About the Author
Richard Petersen (Berkeley, CA) has an MLIS in library and information studies and teaches UNIX and C/C++ courses at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Linux: The Complete Reference (first and second editions) and Academic Press' Introductory C: Pointers, Functions, and Files.
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This review is from: Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora Edition (DVD): The Complete Reference (Paperback)
First off, I'd like to give some background on myself. I'm a Linux hobbyist. For fun, I have a Linux server in my house that serves files, ssh, vnc, user authentication, web pages, and ftp files. Books I own on the subject are: "Linux NFS and Automounter Administration", "Red Hat 7 for Dummies", "Using Samba", "Linux Administration: a Beginner's Guide", "Managing NFS and NIS", and this one (my most recent purchase). Of the "general purpose" books, I'd say that "Linux Administration" is probably the best of the bunch, but "Complete" isn't bad either. Unfortunately, this book contains a lot of fluff. Each chapter usually starts with the history of whatever it's about. Next, it spends a few pages on giving a rough overview the different applications pertaining to the chapter's subject. Half way through the chapter, it finally gets into the actual implementation. Whether or not these pages are useful is very hit-and-miss. If you want a general purpose book, I'd strongly suggest you get Linux Administration: a Beginner's Guide by Steven Graham and Steve Shah. If you are interested in a certain topic (samba, apache, etc.), I'd suggest you get a book solely on that, and stay away from this book as it doesn't provide satisfactory depth.
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A Complete, but General Introduction,
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This review is from: Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora Edition (DVD): The Complete Reference (Paperback)
One thing I really like about this book is that each section starts off with a little introduction that gives some background on that section. Things like how and why it came about, what it is supposed to be doing. A lot of books start out with something like: To Install GNOME.... This one starts out: GNOME is.... And it gives you a web site where you can go get the latest version. Sure GNOME is on the CD included with the book, but versions change frequently in the open source community and if what's on the CD does happen to be the latest version, it won't be for long.The other good point about this book is that it is a complete reference. In one book it covers the whole system. This means that it cannot go into as much depth as a dedicated book, but here is at least a start on everything that you're likely to need to know. And if it isn't here, there are references as to where to go get things.
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Linux is a fast, stable, and open source operating system for PC computers and workstations that features professional-level Internet services, extensive development tools, fully functional graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and a massive number of applications ranging from office suites to multimedia applications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mydata file, iptables service script, netrc file, files nisplus, myepson printer, nibble format, system process number, terminating directive, depmod command, dynamic virtual hosting, main directory tree, smbclient commands, access control directives, proftpd daemon, gpg command, chris weather, noauto option, noclobber feature, subnet declaration, modprobe command, runlevel directories, chkconfig command, iptables script, central mail server, bashrc file Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Window System, Apache Web, Internet Protocol, Directive Description, File Roller, Options Description, Internet Configuration Wizard, Privacy Guard, Add Record, Choose Share, Desktop Environment, Fedora Linux, Java Web, Ximian Desktop, Application Description, Commit Changes, Disk Druid, Domain Name System, File Transfer Protocol, Internet Connection Wizard, Linux Documentation Project, Software Development Kit, Tool Description, Help Center, Internet Software Consortium New!
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Linux is a fast, stable, and open source operating system for PC computers and workstations that features professional-level Internet services, extensive development tools, fully functional graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and a massive number of applications ranging from office suites to multimedia applications. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mydata file, iptables service script, netrc file, files nisplus, myepson printer, nibble format, system process number, terminating directive, depmod command, dynamic virtual hosting, main directory tree, smbclient commands, access control directives, proftpd daemon, gpg command, chris weather, noauto option, noclobber feature, subnet declaration, modprobe command, runlevel directories, chkconfig command, iptables script, central mail server, bashrc file Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Window System, Apache Web, Internet Protocol, Directive Description, File Roller, Options Description, Internet Configuration Wizard, Privacy Guard, Add Record, Choose Share, Desktop Environment, Fedora Linux, Java Web, Ximian Desktop, Application Description, Commit Changes, Disk Druid, Domain Name System, File Transfer Protocol, Internet Connection Wizard, Linux Documentation Project, Software Development Kit, Tool Description, Help Center, Internet Software Consortium New!
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- Source Code on page 640
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