Red Hat® Linux® Networking and System Administration - Softcover

Collings, Terry; Wall, Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764599496 ISBN 13: 9780764599491

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2005

Synopsis

• Starts with the basics of Red Hat, the leading Linuxdistribution in the U.S., such as network planning and Red Hatinstallation and configuration
• Offers a close look at the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 andFedora Core 4 releases
• New chapters cover configuring a database server, creating aVNC 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 softwarepackages, and back up and restore the file system
• The four CDs contain the full Fedora Core 4 distribution

About this title

About the Author

Terry Collings is the owner of TAC Technology, located ineastern Pennsylvania. He provides Linux consulting and trainingservices to a variety of clients. Terry has been an adjunct facultymember at several colleges in his area where he has taught A+ andNetwork + certification courses. He also has taught courses onUnix, Linux, TCP/IP, and Novell Netware.
Terry is the author of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ForDummies and has co–authored and contributed to several otherLinux books. He has been a technical editor for the followingbooks: KDE Bible, The Samba Book, Unix WeekendCrash Course, Red Hat Linux 9 For Dummies, Solaris 9For Dummies, Fedora Linux 2 For Dummies, and LinuxTimesaving Techniques For Dummies.

Kurt Wall first touched a computer in 1980 when helearned FORTRAN on an IBM mainframe of forgotten vintage; thingshave 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 theCustomer Engineering group at TimeSys Corporation in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. His primary responsibilities include building andmaintaining TimeSys s Developer Exchange and working withportal customers and users. He also fixes broken servers, writesdocumentation, and builds TimeSys software.
Kurt, who dislikes writing about himself in the third person,receives entirely too much e–mail at kwall@kurtwerks.com.

From the Back Cover

Your Complete Red Hat Linux Guide to Networking and SystemAdministration

Here, revised and updated by Linux experts, is your completehandbook for setting up and managing a Linux network using the 2005releases of Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This all–newthird edition starts with the basics network planning, RedHat Linux installation, and system configuration. It providesstep–by–step instructions on monitoring system maintenance,optimizing Internet services, connecting to Microsoft, Apple, orNovell networks, administering users and groups, managing security,and solving problems. Special sections cover configuring a databaseserver, creating a VNC server, providing Web services, and muchmore. With information on upgrading, customizing, andtroubleshooting, this guide provides the ready reference you needto keep your network working.

Learn to do all this and more with your Red Hat Linuxnetwork

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

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764599496
• ISBN 13: 9780764599491
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 992