Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration [Paperback]

Terry Collings (Author), Kurt Wall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 21, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0764599496 | ISBN-13: 978-0764599491 | Edition: 3

• Starts with the basics of Red Hat, the leading Linux distribution in the U.S., such as network planning and Red Hat installation and configuration
• Offers a close look at the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Fedora Core 4 releases
• New chapters cover configuring a database server, creating a VNC server, monitoring performance, providing Web services, exploring SELinux security basics, and exploring desktops
• Demonstrates how to maximize the use of Red Hat Network, upgrade and customize the kernel, install and upgrade software packages, and back up and restore the file system
• The four CDs contain the full Fedora Core 4 distribution

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Your Complete Red Hat Linux Guide to Networking and System Administration

Here, revised and updated by Linux experts, is your complete handbook for setting up and managing a Linux network using the 2005 releases of Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This all-new third edition starts with the basics—network planning, Red Hat Linux installation, and system configuration. It provides step-by-step instructions on monitoring system maintenance, optimizing Internet services, connecting to Microsoft, Apple, or Novell networks, administering users and groups, managing security, and solving problems. Special sections cover configuring a database server, creating a VNC server, providing Web services, and much more. With information on upgrading, customizing, and troubleshooting, this guide provides the ready reference you need to keep your network working.

Learn to do all this and more with your Red Hat Linux network

• Install, configure, and test two open-source relational databases, MySQL and PostgreSQL, and the major commercial database, Oracle
• Set up and manage utility services, such as an NTP time server and the Squid caching proxy server
• Add mailing lists, Web-based email, RSS feeds, and site search functionality to a basic Linux Web server
• Understand how SELinux's policy-based security works and how to work with SELinux
• Learn to customize the default RH desktop, GNOME, and KDE and how to manage common applications such as Web browsers, email clients, and productivity and multimedia programs

About the Author

Terry Collings is the owner of TAC Technology, located in eastern Pennsylvania. He provides Linux consulting and training services to a variety of clients. Terry has been an adjunct faculty member at several colleges in his area where he has taught A+ and Network + certification courses. He also has taught courses on Unix, Linux, TCP/IP, and Novell Netware.
Terry is the author of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 For Dummies and has co-authored and contributed to several other Linux books. He has been a technical editor for the following books: KDE Bible, The Samba Book, Unix Weekend Crash Course, Red Hat Linux 9 For Dummies, Solaris 9 For Dummies, Fedora Linux 2 For Dummies, and Linux Timesaving Techniques For Dummies.

Kurt Wall first touched a computer in 1980 when he learned FORTRAN on an IBM mainframe of forgotten vintage; things have improved since then. A professional technical writer by trade, a historian by training, and an all-around Linux guy by avocation, Kurt’s work history is diverse. These days, Kurt works in the Customer Engineering group at TimeSys Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His primary responsibilities include building and maintaining TimeSys’s Developer Exchange and working with portal customers and users. He also fixes broken servers, writes documentation, and builds TimeSys software.
Kurt, who dislikes writing about himself in the third person, receives entirely too much e-mail at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 992 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (October 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764599496
• ISBN-13: 978-0764599491
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #792,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prep for the RHCE, September 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

Clear - accurate map of the topics covered in the RHCE certification. This book includes the RHCE topics and skills but most importantly does things the Red Hat way. This book is not designed for Linux newcomers but with about 3-5 months of study you can get up to speed (assuming you know networking). Not only does it provide explanations but also gives examples. I have found in many Linux books that the examples given do not work or minor details are left out (causing major headaches). The examples in this book are real and accurate. For my Linux courses this is one of three core books I reccommend to my students.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Linux Networking Book in print today!!!, May 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

I have "Red Hat Unleashed" and "Red Hat the complete reference"...both are helpful books if you already know networking. They are both more like dictionaries or reference journals though. "Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration " takes you from planning a network all the way through to the end with very specific instructions...a much better text to start your Linux journey into networking. BUY THIS BOOK!!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST advanced Linux SysAdmin book! (per large Co.), April 23, 2002

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This review is from: Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

This book is THE ONE to buy, for advanced RedHat SA's!
Very complete and in-depth coverage of the more-important topics.
And to "prove" this, the Sr. Linux admins at a large Co. have selected this as the ONE book all the SA's should refer to.
(Also the companion security book)