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Table of Contents:
I. LINUX BASICS. 1. Introducing the Shell. Welcome to Linux. What is a Shell? Logging On to Linux. Logging Out of Linux. Getting Help. 2. Entering Commands. Entering Commands at the Shell Command Line. Creating Shell Commands. Controlling Programs. Using Wildcards. Selecting a Shell. 3. Navigating the Linux File System. Changing Directories. Listing Directories. Viewing Text Files. Creating Files and Directories. Copying Files and Directories. Moving and Renaming Files and Directories. Creating Symbolic Links. Deleting Files and Directories. Finding Files and Directories. Searching Text Files. 4. Using Text Editors. Selecting an Editor. Using Linux Dictionaries. Saving Paper with the mpage Command. Creating Formatted Documents. 5. Printing Files. Adding Printers. Spooling Files to Your Printer. Controlling Printers and Print Jobs. II. CONFIGURING YOUR SYSTEM. 6. Configuring Your Environment. Setting Environment Variables. Customizing Your Logon. Creating Aliases. 7. Working with Hard Drives. Determining the Volume Device and Partition. Choosing a File System. Formatting a Hard Drive. Partitioning a Hard Drive with the fdisk Command. Mounting a Hard Drive or Other Device. 8. Adding Tape and Zip Drives. Adding a Tape Drive. Adding a Zip Drive. 9. Enabling a PC Card Device. Enabling PCMCIA Services. Using the cardmgr Command. Using the cardctl Command. 10. Adding a Pointing Device. Adding a Mouse. Installing a Joystick 11. Configuring a Modem and Fax Service. Selecting a Modem for Linux. Creating the /dev/modem Device. Enabling Dial-In Service. Configuring Fax Service. III. CONNECTING TO YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER. 12. Connecting to Your Internet Service Provider. Configuring a PPP Connection. Configuring PPP for Your ISP. Configuring Your PPP Connection Scripts. Starting a PPP Connection. Checking Your PPP Connection. 13. Using Electronic Mail. Retrieving Electronic Mail. Selecting a Mail Program. Managing Electronic Mail. 14. Using FTP. Using the ftp Command. Using the ncftp Command. Using Netscape to Download Files. 15. Using Web Browsers. Using the lynx Browser. Using Netscape Communicator. 16. Reading Usenet News. Specifying NNTP Service. Selecting a Newsreader. Configuring Newsreaders. 17. Using telnet and Internet Relay Chat. Using the telnet Command. Chatting with Internet Relay Chat. IV. THE X WINDOW SYSTEM. 18. Running and Configuring X11. Starting X11. Customizing the .xinitrc Startup Script. Stopping X11. Customizing Your Workspace. Using X11 Resources. 19. Using a Window Manager. Selecting an X11 Window Manager. Starting a Window Manager. Configuring Window Managers. 20. Performing Common X11 Operations. Using X11 Toolkit Command-Line Options. Moving, Resizing, and Managing Windows. Viewing X11 Fonts. Using the xfd Client to View Font Character Maps Using the Keyboard to Control and Navigate Windows. Copying and Pasting Text. Capturing Windows and the Desktop. 21. Using Graphics and Multimedia Tools. Selecting a Graphics Program. Translating or Converting Graphics. Previewing Graphics and PostScript Documents. Playing Music CDs. Watching and Listening to Internet TV and Radio. Playing Animations and Movies with the xanim Client. V. SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION. 22. Basic Shell Programming. What Shell Scripts Are Used For. Writing Shell Programs. Using Shell Variables. Using Shell Constructs. Writing Shell Functions. 23. Using Basic Programming Tools. Building Programs with the make Command. Getting Started Quickly with New Programs. Specifying Different Makefiles. Building X11 Makefiles with the xmkmf Script. Compiling Programs with gcc. Linking Programs with the ld Linker. 24. Using LILO and LOADLIN. Configuring LILO. Using LOADLIN. 25. Managing Users and Groups. Users, Groups, and Their Relation to the System. Using the usercfg Tool. Adding, Editing, and Deleting Users Using the Command Line. Adding, Editing, and Deleting Groups. Changing User and Group Ownership. Changing File Ownership and Permissions. Advanced Concepts: Password Authentication Module. 26. Managing Scheduling Services. Configuring inittab and rc Files. Configuring crontab Scheduling Service. Configuring the at Command Service. 27. Managing Network Connections. Configuring Network Connections. Adding a SLIP Interface. Adding a PLIP Interface. Adding an Ethernet Interface. Enabling the Network File System Service. Enabling Dial-In Service. 28. Managing Daemons. Editing and Creating Run Levels. Editing inittab. Using chkconfig. Editing Startup and Shutdown Scripts. Customizing the Logon Greeting. Enabling and Customizing the MOTD. Using the tksysv Tool. Using the ntsysv Tool. Enabling FTP Access. Enabling a Web Server. 29. Managing the Filesystem. Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems. Setting Up New Filesystems. Creating New Filesystems Manually. Repairing Filesystems. Disaster Recovery. 30. Managing Applications. Package Management with rpm. 31. System Maintenance. Performing System Backups. Performing File System Maintenance. Maximizing Disk Space. 32. Managing the Kernel. Using the Red Hat kernelcfg Tool. Editing the Linux Kernel Configuration Files. Managing Modules. Managing Processes. Recompiling the Kernel. VI. APPENDIXES. Appendix A. Installation of Red Hat Linux. Finding and Getting Red Hat Linux. Considering Hardware Requirements. The Installation Programs Interface. Creating Installation Diskettes. Making Room for Linux. Beginning the Linux Installation. The First Installation Stage. The Second Installation Stage. Configuring Your Hardware. Selecting Boot Options. Booting Linux. Appendix B. Resources. Usenet Resources. WWW Resources. Appendix C. Using Linux HOWTO Documents. Appendix D. Top 50 Linux Commands and Utilities. General Guidelines. The List. Summary. Appendix E. Glossary.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780789716231
  • Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing (a Pearson Education company)
  • Publisher Imprint: Que
  • Height: 232 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1226 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0789716232
  • Publisher Date: 30 Jun 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Using
  • Width: 187 mm


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