A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Language: English
Published by Pearson Education (US), 2011
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?I have found this book to be a very useful classroom text, as well as a great Linux resource. It teaches Linux using a ground-up approach that gives students the chance to progress with their skills and grow into the Linux world. I have often pointed to this book when asked to recommend a solid Linux reference.??Eric Hartwell, Chair, School of Information Technology, ITT Technical InstituteThe #1 Fedora and RHEL resource?a tutorial AND on-the-job referenceMaster Linux administration and security using GUI-based tools, the command line, and Perl scriptsSet up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, sendmail, DNS, LDAP, FTP, and more Master All the Techniques You Need to Succeed with Fedora? and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® In this book, one of the world?s leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge you need to master Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and succeed with it in the real world. Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills you?ll actually use as a user, programmer, or administrator. Now an even more versatile learning resource, this edition adds skill objectives at the beginning of each chapter. Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step, you?ll learn how to install and configure Linux from the accompanying DVD, navigate its graphical user interface, provide file/print sharing, configure network servers, secure Linux desktops and networks, work with the command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate administration with Perl scripts. Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux nook and cranny?and he never forgets what it?s like to be new to Linux. Whatever you want to do with Linux?now or in the future?you?ll find it here. Compared with the other Linux books out there, A Practical Guide to Fedora? and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Sixth Edition, deliversComplete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 15 and RHEL 6State-of-the-art security techniques, including up-to-date firewall setup techniques using system-config-firewall and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH (ssh)Coverage of crucial topics such as using su and sudo, and working with the new systemd init daemon Comprehensive coverage of the command line and key system GUI toolsMore practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and FTPSuperior coverage of automating administration with PerlMore usable, realistic coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache (Web), sendmail, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, and LDAP, plus new coverage of IPv6More and better coverage of system/network administration tasks, including network monitoring with CactiDeeper coverage of essential administration tasks?from managing users to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to building a kernelComplete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using yumAnd much more, including a 500+ term glossary and comprehensive indexes Includes DVD! Get the full version of the Fedora 15 release.…
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- Title
- A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Author
- Mark G Sobell
- Publisher
- Pearson Education (US)
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0132757273
- ISBN 13
- 9780132757270
&;Eric Hartwell,&;I have found this book to be a very useful classroom text, as well as a great Linux resource. It teaches Linux using a ground-up approach that gives students the chance to progress with their skills and grow into the Linux world. I have often pointed to this book when asked to recommend a solid Linux reference.&;
Chair, School of Information Technology, ITT Technical Institute
The #1 Fedora and RHEL resource&;a tutorial AND on-the-job reference
Master Linux administration and security using GUI-based tools, the command line, and Perl scripts
Set up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, sendmail, DNS, LDAP, FTP, and more
 
Master All the Techniques You Need to Succeed with Fedora&; and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
 
In this book, one of the world&;s leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge you need to master Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and succeed with it in the real world. Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills you&;ll actually use as a user, programmer, or administrator. Now an even more versatile learning resource, this edition adds skill objectives at the beginning of each chapter.
 
Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step, you&;ll learn how to install and configure Linux from the accompanying DVD, navigate its graphical user interface, provide file/print sharing, configure network servers, secure Linux desktops and networks, work with the command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate administration with Perl scripts.
 
Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux nook and cranny&;and he never forgets what it&;s like to be new to Linux. Whatever you want to do with Linux&;now or in the future&;you&;ll find it here.
 
Compared with the other Linux books out there, A Practical Guide to Fedora&; and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Sixth Edition, delivers
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Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 15 and RHEL 6
-
State-of-the-art security techniques, including up-to-date firewall setup techniques using system-config-firewall and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH (ssh)
-
Coverage of crucial topics such as using su and sudo, and working with the new systemd init daemon
-
Comprehensive coverage of the command line and key system GUI tools
-
More practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and FTP
-
Superior coverage of automating administration with Perl
-
More usable, realistic coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache (Web), sendmail, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, and LDAP, plus new coverage of IPv6
-
More and better coverage of system/network administration tasks, including network monitoring with Cacti
-
Deeper coverage of essential administration tasks&;from managing users to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to building a kernel
-
Complete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using yum
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And much more, including a 500+ term glossary and comprehensive indexes 
Includes DVD! Get the full version of the Fedora 15 release!
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About the Author
Mark G. Sobell is President of Sobell Associates Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in UNIX and Linux training, support, and custom software development. He has more than twenty-five years of experience working with UNIX and Linux systems and is the author of many best-selling books, including A Practical Guide to Linux® Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Second Edition, and A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux®, Third Edition, both from Prentice Hall.
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