Getting Started in Red Hat Linux An Overview of Red Hat Linux p. 3 Introducing Red Hat Linux p. 4 What Is Linux? p. 5 Linux's Roots in UNIX p.

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1 Preface p. ix Getting Started in Red Hat Linux An Overview of Red Hat Linux p. 3 Introducing Red Hat Linux p. 4 What Is Linux? p. 5 Linux's Roots in UNIX p. 6 Common Linux Features p. 8 Primary Advantages of Linux p. 9 What Is Red Hat Linux? p. 10 Why Choose Red Hat Linux? p. 14 Features in Red Hat Linux p. 14 The Culture of Free Software p. 17 Installing Red Hat Linux p. 19 Quick Installation p. 20 Detailed Installation Instructions p. 22 Installing More Red Hat Linux Packages p. 37 Special Installation Procedures p. 38 Special Installation Topics p. 47 Troubleshooting Your Installation p. 71 Using Red Hat Linux Getting Started with the Desktop p. 75 Logging in to Red Hat Linux p. 76 Getting Familiar with the Desktop p. 78 Using the GNOME Desktop p. 87 Using the KDE Desktop p. 101 Troubleshooting Your Desktop p. 119 Using Linux Commands p. 125 The Shell Interface p. 125 Understanding the Red Hat Linux Shell p. 129 Using the Shell in Red Hat Linux p. 130 Working with the Red Hat Linux File System p. 150 Using the vi Text Editor p. 158 Accessing and Running Applications p. 163 Using Red Hat Linux as an Application Platform p. 163 Finding Windows-Equivalent Applications in Linux p. 165 Obtaining Red Hat Linux Applications p. 167 Installing Red Hat Linux Applications p. 176 Running X Window Applications p. 188 Running Window, DOS, and Macintosh Applications p. 195 Publishing with Red Hat Linux p. 205 Using OpenOffice p. 206

2 Other Word Processors p. 207 Using Traditional Linux Publishing Tools p. 210 Creating Documents in Groff or LaTeX p. 211 Printing Documents with Red Hat Linux p. 230 Displaying Documents with Ghostscript and Acrobat p. 232 Working with Graphics p. 234 Using Scanners Driven by SANE p. 237 Playing Games with Red Hat Linux p. 239 Basic Linux Gaming Information p. 240 X Window Games p. 242 Commercial Linux Games p. 251 Multimedia in Red Hat Linux p. 261 Listening to Audio p. 262 Viewing TV and Webcams p. 277 Playing Video p. 283 Using a Digital Camera with gtkam and gphoto2 p. 288 Recording Music CDs p. 292 Tools for Using the Internet and the Web p. 297 Overview of Internet Tools p. 298 Browsing the Web p. 298 Communicating with p. 312 Participating in Newsgroups p. 322 Participating in AOL Instant Messaging with Gaim p. 325 Using Remote Login, Copy, and Execution p. 326 Administering Red Hat Linux Understanding System Administration p. 339 Using the root Login p. 340 Becoming Super User (The su Command) p. 341 Learning about Administrative GUI Tools, Commands, Configuration Files, and Log Files p. 342 Administering Your Red Hat Linux System p. 355 Configuring Hardware p. 356 Managing File Systems and Disk Space p. 359 Monitoring System Performance p. 375 Choosing Software Alternatives p. 380 Getting Linux Software "up2date" p. 382 Setting Up and Supporting Users p. 389 Creating User Accounts p. 390 Setting User Defaults p. 396 Creating Portable Desktops p. 402 Providing Support to Users p. 403 Modifying Accounts p. 405

3 Deleting User Accounts p. 408 Checking Disk Quotas p. 409 Sending Mail to All Users p. 415 Automating System Tasks p. 417 Understanding Shell Scripts p. 418 System Initialization p. 430 System Start-Up and Shutdown p. 435 Scheduling System Tasks p. 446 Backing Up and Restoring Files p. 453 Selecting a Backup Strategy p. 454 Selecting a Backup Medium p. 455 Backing Up to a Hard Drive p. 462 Backing Up Files with dump p. 464 Automating Backups with cron p. 468 Restoring Backed Up Files p. 470 Using the pax Archiving Tool p. 480 Computer Security Issues p. 485 Hacker versus Cracker p. 486 Understanding Attack Techniques p. 486 Protecting Against Denial-of-Service Attacks p. 488 Protecting Against Distributed DOS Attacks p. 491 Protecting Against Intrusion Attacks p. 495 Protecting Your Network with Firewalls p. 500 Detecting Intrusions from Log Files p. 521 Monitoring Log Files with LogSentry p. 526 Using Password Protection p. 535 Using Encryption Techniques p. 539 Guarding Your Computer with PortSentry p. 552 Red Hat Linux Network and Server Setup Setting Up a Local Area Network p. 563 Understanding Local Area Networks p. 563 Setting Up a Wireless LAN p. 574 Understanding IP Addresses p. 592 Troubleshooting Your LAN p. 597 Connecting to the Internet p. 609 Understanding How the Internet Is Structured p. 610 Using Dial-up Connections to the Internet p. 615 Connecting your LAN to the Internet p. 627 Setting up Red Hat Linux as a Router p. 628 Configuring a Virtual Private Network Connection p. 633 Setting up Red Hat Linux as a Proxy Server p. 640

4 Setting up Proxy Clients p. 649 Setting Up a Print Server p. 653 Choosing CUPS or LPRng Print Services p. 654 Setting Up Printers p. 656 Working with CUPS Printing p. 664 Managing Printing p. 669 Using Printing Commands p. 669 Configuring Print Servers p. 671 Setting Up a File Server p. 677 Goals of Setting Up a File Server p. 678 Setting Up an NFS File Server in Red Hat Linux p. 678 Setting Up a Samba File Server in Red Hat Linux p. 692 Setting Up a NetWare File Server in Red Hat Linux p. 715 Setting Up a Mail Server p. 719 Introduction to SMTP and sendmail p. 720 Installing and Running sendmail p. 721 Configuring sendmail p. 724 Introducing Postfix p. 749 Stopping Spam with SpamAssassin p. 750 Getting Mail from the Server (POP) p. 753 Administering a Mailing List p. 755 Setting Up an FTP Server p. 759 Understanding FTP Servers p. 760 Using the Very Secure FTP Server (vsftpd) p. 761 Using the Washington University FTP Server (WU-FTPD) p. 767 Getting More Information about FTP Servers p. 785 Setting Up a Web Server p. 787 Introduction to Web Servers p. 788 Quick Starting the Apache Web Server p. 790 Configuring the Apache Server p. 793 Starting and Stopping the Server p. 829 Monitoring Server Activities p. 831 Setting Up a News Server p. 837 Understanding News Transports p. 838 Planning Your News Server p. 838 Configuring an INN News Server p. 840 Setting Up News Feeds p. 854 Choosing How Articles Are Stored p. 859 Setting Up Expiration Times p. 864 Allowing Users to Access Your Server p. 865 Starting the News Service p. 866

5 Checking News Log Files p. 866 Setting Up Boot Servers: DHCP and NIS p. 867 Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol p. 868 Setting Up a DHCP Server p. 868 Setting Up a DHCP Client p. 878 Understanding Network Information Service p. 879 Setting Up Red Hat Linux as an NIS Client p. 881 Setting Up Red Hat Linux as an NIS Master Server p. 885 Setting Up Red Hat Linux as an NIS Slave Server p. 889 Setting Up a MySQL Database Server p. 889 Finding MySQL Packages p. 890 Configuring the MySQL Server p. 891 Starting the MySQL Server p. 899 Checking That MySQL Server Is Working p. 899 Working with MySQL Databases p. 900 Understanding MySQL Tables p. 906 Displaying MySQL Databases p. 912 Making Changes to Tables and Records p. 916 Adding and Removing User Access p. 917 Checking and Fixing Databases p. 920 Making Servers Public with DNS p. 921 Determining Goals for Your Server p. 922 Connecting a Public Server p. 923 Configuring Your Public Server p. 928 Setting Up a Domain Name System Server p. 931 Getting More Information about BIND p. 944 Using Linux Servers from a Mac p. 945 Looking inside Mac OS X p. 946 Using Network Services from Mac OS X p. 947 Configuring an AppleTalk Server in Linux p. 952 Accessing NFS servers from the Mac p. 966 What's on the CD-ROMs p. 969 Using Linux Kernel Source Code p. 970 Red Hat Linux RPMs p. 975 Comparing Fedora and Enterprise Packages p. 975 Removed Packages p. 976 Red Hat Linux Packages on the CDs p. 977 Running Network Services p Checklist for Running Networking Services p Networking Service Daemons p Choosing Alternatives p. 1015

6 Referencing Network Services p Index p GNU General Public License p Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.