Red Hat Linux: The Complete Reference (Book/CD-ROM package) - Softcover

Richard Petersen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072125373 ISBN 13: 9780072125375

Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2000

Synopsis

Get complete details on Red Hat Linux installation, administration, management, and troubleshooting. You'll learn to master the major GUIs—Gnome, KDE, and the FVWM windows manager, plus you'll get step-by-step coverage of dual boot installation.

About this title

About the Author

Richard Petersen has a M.L.I.S. in library and information studies and teaches UNIX and C/C++ courses at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Linux: The Complete Reference and Linux Programmer's Reference.

From the Back Cover

The ultimate resource on Red Hat Linux 6.2! Master Red Hat 6.2—the latest and most popular free, open-source distribution of Linux—with the help of this authoritative reference. Linux master Richard Petersen explains the Gnome and KDE GUIs, window managers, the Linux shell, Linuxconf, Kernel management, Network adminstration, libraries, Red Hat tools, and the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM). You’ll also get full coverage of Internet clients, Server support (Apache, wu-ftp, ProFTP, HTDig, Sendmail, POP, and DNS), System and Network administration, including network file systems (Linux, Unix, Windows, and Apple), firewalls, proxies, and encryption.Coverage also includes databases, graphics, and multimedia applications, such as WordPerfect, StarOffice, K Office, and the Gnome Workshop Project. Plus, the bonus CD-ROM includes Red Hat Linux 6.2, Publisher’s Edition. Learn to: Install, configure, and troubleshoot Red Hat Linux 6.2. Administer and configure Gnome, KDE, window mangers, and shell interfaces. Enable Internet mailers, newsreaders, Web browsers, and FTP clients. Deploy Internet servers, including FTP, Apache, DNS, mail, news, proxy, and search servers. Install, remove, and update software and build custom packages using RPM. Perform administrative tasks for users, devices, file systems, the X Window System, and the kernel. Make use of Linuxconf, Red Hat, KDE, and Gnome system administration tools. Configure networks using Linuxconf, Red Hat tools, Samba, NFS, NIS, and Netatalk. Implement network firewalls, masquerading, proxies, and encryption using Ipchains, Squid, and SSH.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0072125373
• ISBN 13: 9780072125375
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 926