MasteringTM Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 3 - Softcover

Jang, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0782143474 ISBN 13: 9780782143478

Publisher: Sybex, 2004

Synopsis

Your Complete Guide to the World′s Leading Linux Enterprise Distribution

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is emerging as the corporate Linux standard. One of the first books to focus on this robust product, Mastering Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 gives you the practical information you need to install, configure, and network Linux on a large number of computers. For experienced administrators, this book uniquely features detailed coverage of Apache, TUX, Samba, NFS, vsFTP, Squid, SSH, DNS, DHCP, iptables, CUPS, sendmail, Postfix, NIS, LDAP, MySQL, system administration command line and GUI tools and utilities for each phase of the management process. It also helps you configure the GUI for enterprise workstations. Topics include:

• Installing Linux on a standalone system, over a network, and automatically on multiple computers
• Navigating the command line interface
• Administering users and groups securely
• Managing packages with the RPM GUI tool
• Configuring and troubleshooting the boot process
• Upgrading and recompiling kernels
• Backing up your system with RAID
• Understanding basic TCP/IP networking
• Managing Linux on your LAN
• Securing Linux firewalls
• Ensuring secure remote access
• Installing, configuring, and testing DNS, DHCP, CUPS, sendmail and Postfix mail servers
• Configuring and troubleshooting FTP, NFS, Samba, Apache, TUX, and Squid
• Effectively using Linux authentication services––NIS and LDAP
• Using Red Hat GUI administrative tools appropriately
• Setting up MySQL for databases
• Managing X servers and X clients
• Working with GNOME and KDE

About this title

Synopsis

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is the premier operating system for open source computing, it creates a reliable, secure, high performance platform designed for today's commercial environments. Since its product launch in February 2004, RHEL 3 has maintained a 90% retention rate for its subscribers and expects nearly 44,000 new users. As the new 'corporate Linux standard", many analysts see RHEL 3 as the preferred operating system for businesses and governments who choose to move towards Linux.

About the Author

Michael Jang, RHCE, Linux+ LCP, specializes in books on Linux and Linux certifications. With over 10 years experience, he s written or contributed to over a dozen books on Linux, specialized Linux certification and Windows.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0782143474
• ISBN 13: 9780782143478
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 942