Softcover

ISBN 10: 078214179X ISBN 13: 9780782141795

Publisher: Sybex, 2003

Your Complete Guide to the World's Leading Linux Distribution

Whether you depend on Linux as a server or desktop OS, Mastering Red Hat Linux 9 gives you the practical information you need to install, configure, and administer the latest version of Red Hat's operating system to suit your specific computing needs. Clear, step-by-step instruction teaches you basic, intermediate, and advanced techniques, and the Publisher's Edition of Red Hat Linux 9—included on two CDs—lets you get started right away. Coverage includes:

• Installing Linux from multiple sources
• Automating Linux installation over a network
• Navigating the command line interface
• Administering users and groups
• Managing RPM packages
• Troubleshooting the boot process
• Recompiling a kernel
• Configuring the X Window
• Working with GNOME and KDE
• Using Red Hat GUI administrative tools
• Understanding basic TCP/IP networking
• Securing Linux firewalls
• Setting up secure remote access
• Installing and testing DNS, DHCP, CUPS, and sendmail
• Configuring and troubleshooting FTP, NFS, Samba, and Apache
• Online Bonus Chapters: Linux Certification requirments (not yet available)

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

From the Author:

Open source development makes Linux robust and rock solid. IBM’s billion dollar investment in Linux adds to its credibility. A recent Goldman Sachs study suggests that Linux will emerge as the dominant operating system in the corporate data center.

If you want to be a part of this revolution in computing, you need to know Linux. This is the book that can help you become a part of the change by Mastering Red Hat Linux.

This book provides the skills you need to install, configure, secure and maintain Red Hat Linux 9. It shows you how to install Linux from a CD or over a network. You can even automate the process with Kickstart.

This book can help you become a competent Linux administrator. It gives you the skills you need to manage Red Hat Linux from the command line, administer users, and work with RPMs. It includes a step-by-step guide to reconfiguring the kernel. It also covers the new Red Hat tools that can help you configure major services from the GUI. If you want a server, this book helps you configure Linux for, DNS, DHCP, CUPS, sendmail, FTP, NFS, Samba, Apache and Tux.

There are 100 pages of bonus material available online at the Sybex website. It can help you prepare for various Linux certification exams (Linux+, Sair, LPI, RHCE). It is a command reference. It also includes a detailed analysis of comps.xml, which can help you create custom Red Hat Linux CDs.

About the Author:

Michael Jang is a full-time author covering networks and operating systems. An avid Linux user since 1995, his works include Linux+ Exam Cram, Sair Linux/GNU Installation and Configuration Exam Cram, Mastering Linux 2nd Edition, and Linux Networking Clearly Explained. Michael is also a Red Hat Certified Engineer.