Red Hat Linux: The Complete Reference (Book/CD-ROM package) [Paperback]

Richard Petersen (Author), Richard Peterson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 2000 | Series: The Complete Reference

-- Red Hat Linux: The Complete Reference will cover the newest release of Red Hat, Red Hat 6.2. Both the book and the release of 6.2 will be in the spring.
-- A bonus CD-ROM containing Red Hat Linux 6.2 will be included.
-- This book will include in-depth information on:
-- Linuxconf -- An all-purpose configuration which will replace the traditional Red Hat tools
-- Administration with Red Hat tools
-- KDE and Gnome, the major GUI's that come with Red Hat.

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From the Back Cover

The ultimate resource on Red Hat Linux 6.2! Master Red Hat 6.2—the latest and most popular free, open-source distribution of Linux—with the help of this authoritative reference. Linux master Richard Petersen explains the Gnome and KDE GUIs, window managers, the Linux shell, Linuxconf, Kernel management, Network adminstration, libraries, Red Hat tools, and the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM). You’ll also get full coverage of Internet clients, Server support (Apache, wu-ftp, ProFTP, HTDig, Sendmail, POP, and DNS), System and Network administration, including network file systems (Linux, Unix, Windows, and Apple), firewalls, proxies, and encryption.Coverage also includes databases, graphics, and multimedia applications, such as WordPerfect, StarOffice, K Office, and the Gnome Workshop Project. Plus, the bonus CD-ROM includes Red Hat Linux 6.2, Publisher’s Edition. Learn to: Install, configure, and troubleshoot Red Hat Linux 6.2. Administer and configure Gnome, KDE, window mangers, and shell interfaces. Enable Internet mailers, newsreaders, Web browsers, and FTP clients. Deploy Internet servers, including FTP, Apache, DNS, mail, news, proxy, and search servers. Install, remove, and update software and build custom packages using RPM. Perform administrative tasks for users, devices, file systems, the X Window System, and the kernel. Make use of Linuxconf, Red Hat, KDE, and Gnome system administration tools. Configure networks using Linuxconf, Red Hat tools, Samba, NFS, NIS, and Netatalk. Implement network firewalls, masquerading, proxies, and encryption using Ipchains, Squid, and SSH.

About the Author

Richard Petersen has a M.L.I.S. 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 and Linux Programmer's Reference.

Product Details

• Paperback: 926 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media; Bk&CD Rom edition (April 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072125373
• ISBN-13: 978-0072125375
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,133,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A quite incomplete reference :(, May 28, 2000

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This review is from: Red Hat Linux: The Complete Reference (Book/CD-ROM package) (Paperback)

The fact that the book doesn't live up to its claim to be a 'Complete' reference is not surprising given the depth of Linux/Unix. I did however, expect more than what I got. For instance, there is very little mention of Postgres. When talking about partitioning it mentions nothing that isn't covered in the little install book that comes with Linux, and when trying to look up how to do a search and replace with Reg expressions, it didn't mention how to reuse matched elements. In short, everytime I try to look something up in this book I find little 'reference' material and end up looking in a different book. Perhaps a better name for this book would have been, "Red Hat Linux, a cursory sampling."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A book not worth keeping, July 18, 2000

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This review is from: Red Hat Linux: The Complete Reference (Book/CD-ROM package) (Paperback)

Well, I know quite a bit Unix, but little about Linux specifically. This is my first book on Linux which I bought when I was installing Linux on my PC. It helps a little at the beginning for simple things which you can find on many web sites and the Linux manual (I was lazy to surf around so I bought a book). But, after just two days and my experience and demands about the system grow, this book became obsolete. I totally agree with the other reviewer: whenever I want to know something, I end up somewhere else but not in this book. Its instruction on kernel update is very incomplete, for example. For beginners, its instruction is of little use. No expanation about the specific contents of the kernel files and the strange kernel names. And it explains little about update procedure. I found the missing information very annoying throughout the whole book. It's a book of two-days' value, not worth keeping as a "complete" reference at all, even for simple things.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How about zero stars?!!, August 4, 2000

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This review is from: Red Hat Linux: The Complete Reference (Book/CD-ROM package) (Paperback)

This book is anything but complete, including the CD-ROM. The loader for RedHat 6.2 publisher edition is extremely slow and bug-loaded.