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BOOK LINUX ALL-IN-ONE FOR DUMMIES, 4TH EDITION
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Items Found: 491
- Introduction 1
- Book I: Linux Basics 7
- Chapter 1: Introducing Linux 9
- Chapter 2: Installing Linux 31
- Chapter 3: Installing Linux on a Flash Drive 41
- Chapter 4: Troubleshooting and Confi guring Linux 45
- Chapter 5: Trying Out Linux 65
- Book II: Linux Desktops 75
- Chapter 1: The GNOME Desktop 77
- Chapter 2: The KDE Desktop 87
- Chapter 3: Commanding the Shell 99
- Chapter 4: Navigating the Linux File System 119
- Chapter 5: Introducing Linux Applications 137
- Chapter 6: Using Text Editors 161
- Book III: Networking 173
- Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet 175
- Chapter 2: Setting Up a Local Area Network 195
- Chapter 3: Going Wireless 207
- Chapter 4: Managing the Network 217
- Book IV: The Internet 231
- Chapter 1: E-Mailing and IMing in Linux 233
- Chapter 2: Browsing the Web 249
- Chapter 3: Reading Newsgroups and RSS Feeds 261
- Chapter 4: Using FTP 277
- Book V: Administration 289
- Chapter 1: Introducing Basic System Administration 291
- Chapter 2: Managing Users and Groups 331
- Chapter 3: Managing File Systems 343
- Chapter 4: Installing and Updating Applications 367
- Book VI: Security 389
- Chapter 1: Introducing Linux Security 391
- Chapter 2: Securing Linux 407
- Chapter 3: Performing Computer Security Audits 437
- Book VII: Linux Servers 453
- Chapter 1: Managing Internet Services 455
- Chapter 2: Managing Mail and News Servers 473
- Chapter 3: Managing DNS 495
- Chapter 4: Working with Samba and NFS 515
- Book VIII: Programming 525
- Chapter 1: Programming in Linux 527
- Chapter 2: Introductory Shell Scripting 553
- Chapter 3: Advanced Shell Scripting 565
- Appendix: About the DVD 573
- Index 589
- Introduction 1
- About This Book 2
- Conventions Used in This Book 2
- What You Do not Have to Read 3
- Who Are You? 3
- How This Book Is Organized 3
- What is on the DVD? 5
- Icons Used in This Book 5
- Where to Go from Here 6
- Book I: Linux Basics 7
- Chapter 1: Introducing Linux 9
- What Is Linux? 9
- Linux distributions 11
- Making sense of version numbers 14
- Linux Standard Base (LSB) 15
- Contents of a Linux Distribution 16
- GNU software 17
- GUIs and applications 20
- Networks 21
- Internet servers 22
- Software development 22
- Online documentation 23
- Managing Your PC with Linux 24
- Disks, CD-ROMs, and DVD-ROMs 25
- Peripheral devices 26
- File systems and sharing 26
- Network 27
- Getting Started 27
- Step 1: Install 27
- Step 2: Confi gure 28
- Step 3: Explore28
- Step 4: Find out more 29
- Chapter 2: Installing Linux 31
- Following the Installation Steps 31
- Checking Your PCs Hardware 35
- Trying the Ubuntu Live CD 36
- Burning CDs or DVDs from ISO Images 37
- Setting Aside Space for Linux 38
- Installing Ubuntu 39
- Chapter 3: Installing Linux on a Flash Drive 41
- Creating the Bootable Flash Drive 41
- Troubleshooting the Workstation 43
- Working Daily with the New Drive 44
- Chapter 4: Troubleshooting and Confi guring Linux45
- Using Text Mode Installation 46
- Troubleshooting X 46
- Resolving Other Installation Problems 48
- Using Knoppix boot commands 48
- The fatal signal 11 error 51
- Getting around the PC reboot problem 51
- Using Linux kernel boot options 51
- Setting Up Printers 55
- Managing DVDs and CD-ROMs 58
- Installing Other Software 58
- Installing software in Debian and Ubuntu 58
- Installing software in Fedora 61
- Installing software in SUSE 62
- Installing software in Xandros62
- Chapter 5: Trying Out Linux65
- Starting Linux 65
- Playing with the Shell 68
- Starting the bash shell69
- Understanding shell commands 70
- Trying a few Linux commands 70
- Shutting Down 72
- Book II: Linux Desktops 75
- Chapter 1: The GNOME Desktop 77
- Getting to Know the GNOME Desktop 78
- Desktop context menus 78
- Icon context menus 79
- Understanding the GNOME Panels 80
- The top panel 81
- The Main Menu button 81
- The Places Menu button 83
- The System Menu button 84
- Top panel icons 85
- The bottom panel 85
- Chapter 2: The KDE Desktop 87
- Getting to Know the KDE Desktop 87
- Desktop context menus 88
- Icon context menus 89
- Understanding the KDE Panel 90
- The Main Menu button 90
- Panel icons 93
- Confi guring the KDE Bottom Panel 94
- Confi guring the KDE Desktop 95
- Chapter 3: Commanding the Shell 99
- Opening Terminal Windows and Virtual Consoles 99
- Using the bash Shell 100
- Understanding the syntax of shell commands 100
- Combining shell commands 102
- Controlling command input and output 102
- Typing less with automatic command completion 105
- Going wild with asterisks and question marks 105
- Repeating previously typed commands 107
- Discovering and Using Linux Commands 108
- Becoming root (superuser) 111
- Managing processes 112
- Working with date and time 113
- Processing fi les 114
- Writing Shell Scripts 117
- Chapter 4: Navigating the Linux File System 119
- Understanding the Linux File System 119
- Navigating the File System with Linux Commands 124
- Commands for directory navigation 124
- Commands for directory listings and permissions 126
- Commands for changing permissions and ownerships 128
- Commands for working with fi les 129
- Commands for working with directories 130
- Commands for fi nding fi les 131
- Commands for mounting and unmounting 132
- Commands for checking disk-space usage 133
- Chapter 5: Introducing Linux Applications 137
- Taking Stock of Linux Applications 137
- Introducing Offi ce Applications and Tools 143
- OpenOffi ceorg offi ce suite 143
- Calendars 147
- Calculators 148
- Checking out Multimedia Applications 149
- Using a digital camera 149
- Playing audio CDs 150
- Playing sound fi les 151
- Burning a CD 151
- Using Graphics and Imaging Apps 152
- The GIMP 152
- GNOME Ghostview154
- Using GUI File Managers 154
- Using the Nautilus shell 154
- Using Dolphin 157
- Chapter 6: Using Text Editors 161
- Using GUI Text Editors 161
- Text Editing with ed and vi 163
- Using ed 163
- Using vi 167
- Book III: Networking 173
- Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet 175
- Understanding the Internet 175
- Deciding How to Connect to the Internet 176
- Connecting with DSL 178
- How DSL works 179
- DSL alphabet soup: ADSL, IDSL, SDSL 180
- Typical DSL setup 180
- Connecting with a Cable Modem 184
- How a cable modem works 184
- Typical cable modem setup 186
- Setting Up Dial-up Networking 189
- Connecting the modem 191
- Setting up and activating a PPP connection 192
- Confi guring CHAP and PAP authentication 193
- Chapter 2: Setting Up a Local Area Network 195
- Understanding TCP/IP 195
- IP addresses197
- Internet services and port numbers 198
- Setting Up an Ethernet LAN 199
- How Ethernet works 200
- Ethernet cables 201
- Confi guring TCP/IP Networking 203
- Connecting Your LAN to the Internet 204
- Chapter 3: Going Wireless 207
- Understanding Wireless Ethernet Networks 207
- Understanding infrastructure and ad hoc modes 208
- Understanding Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) 209
- Setting Up Wireless Hardware 211
- Confi guring the Wireless Access Point 212
- Confi guring Wireless Networking 213
- Chapter 4: Managing the Network 217
- Discovering the TCP/IP Confi guration Files 217
- /etc/hosts 218
- /etc/networks 219
- /etc/hostconf 219
- /etc/resolvconf 219
- /etc/hostsallow 220
- /etc/hostsdeny 220
- /etc/nsswitchconf 221
- Checking Out TCP/IP Networks 221
- Checking the network interfaces 222
- Checking the IP routing table 222
- Checking connectivity to a host 223
- Checking network status224
- Sniffi ng network packets 225
- Using GUI Tools 226
- Confi guring Networks at Boot Time 227
- Book IV: The Internet 231
- Chapter 1: E-Mailing and IMing in Linux 233
- Understanding Electronic Mail 234
- How MUAs and MTAs work 234
- Mail message enhancements 235
- Taking Stock of Mail Readers and IM Clients in Linux 236
- E-Mailing in Linux 237
- Introducing Evolution237
- Introducing Thunderbird 241
- Introducing KMail 244
- Instant Messaging in Linux 246
- Using Pidgin 246
- Using Kopete 247
- Chapter 2: Browsing the Web 249
- Discovering the Web 249
- Like a giant spiders web 250
- Links and URLs 251
- Web servers and Web browsers 253
- Web Browsing in Linux 254
- Checking out Web browsers for Linux 255
- Introducing Firefox user interface 255
- Changing your home page 258
- Surfi ng the Net with Firefox 259
- Chapter 3: Reading Newsgroups and RSS Feeds 261
- Understanding Newsgroups 261
- Newsgroup hierarchy 262
- Top-level newsgroup categories 263
- Linux-related newsgroups 264
- Reading Newsgroups from Your ISP 266
- Taking stock of newsreaders 266
- Reading newsgroups with Thunderbird 267
- Newsgroup subscriptions 269
- Posting news 270
- Using KNode 271
- Reading and Searching Newsgroups at Web Sites 272
- Reading RSS Feeds 273
- Examining an RSS Feed274
- Reading RSS Feeds 275
- Chapter 4: Using FTP 277
- Using Graphical FTP Clients 277
- Using gFTP 278
- Introducing KFTPGrabber280
- Using a Web browser as an FTP client 281
- Using the Command-Line FTP Client 283
- Book V: Administration 289
- Chapter 1: Introducing Basic System Administration 291
- Taking Stock of System Administration Tasks 291
- Introducing Some GUI Sysadmin Tools 293
- GUI sysadmin tools in Debian 293
- GUI sysadmin tools in Fedora 293
- GUI sysadmin tools in Knoppix 294
- GUI sysadmin tools in SUSE 295
- GUI sysadmin tools in Ubuntu 296
- GUI sysadmin tools in Xandros 297
- How to Become root 298
- Using the su - command 299
- Becoming root for the GUI utilities 299
- Recovering from a forgotten root password 299
- Understanding How Linux Boots 301
- Understanding the init process301
- Examining the /etc/inittab fi le 303
- Trying a new run level with the init command 304
- Understanding the Linux startup scripts 305
- Manually starting and stopping servers 306
- Automatically starting servers at system startup 306
- Taking Stock of Linux System Confi guration Files 307
- Monitoring System Performance 310
- Using the top utility 310
- Using the uptime command312
- Using the vmstat utility 313
- Checking disk performance and disk usage 314
- Viewing System Information with the /proc File System 315
- Understanding Linux Devices 319
- Device fi les 319
- Persistent device naming with udev 321
- Managing Loadable Driver Modules 322
- Loading and unloading modules 322
- Using the /etc/modprobeconf fi le 323
- Scheduling Jobs in Linux 324
- Scheduling one-time jobs 325
- Scheduling recurring jobs 327
- Chapter 2: Managing Users and Groups 331
- Adding User Accounts 331
- Managing user accounts by using a GUI user manager 332
- Managing user accounts by using commands 334
- Understanding the /etc/passwd File 335
- Managing Groups 337
- Exploring the User Environment 338
- Changing User and Group Ownership of Files 340
- Chapter 3: Managing File Systems 343
- Exploring the Linux File System 343
- Understanding the fi le-system hierarchy 344
- Mounting a device on the fi le system 347
- Examining the /etc/fstab fi le 349
- Sharing Files with NFS 350
- Exporting a fi le system with NFS351
- Mounting an NFS fi le system 352
- Backing Up and Restoring Files 352
- Selecting a backup strategy and media353
- Commercial backup utilities for Linux 354
- Using the tape archiver — tar 354
- Accessing a DOS or Windows File System 359
- Mounting a DOS or Windows disk partition 359
- Mounting those old DOS fl oppy disks 360
- Mounting an NTFS partition 362
- Using mtools 362
- Trying mtools 363
- Understanding the /etc/mtoolsconf fi le 363
- Understanding the mtools commands 364
- Chapter 4: Installing and Updating Applications 367
- Working with RPM Files 367
- Using the RPM command 368
- Understanding RPM fi lenames 369
- Querying RPMs 369
- Installing an RPM 371
- Removing an RPM 372
- Upgrading an RPM 372
- Verifying an RPM 373
- Working with DEB Files 374
- Understanding DEB fi lenames 374
- Using the dpkg command 375
- Introducing dselect 376
- Using APT to manage DEB packages 377
- Building Software Packages from Source Files 378
- Downloading and unpacking the software 378
- Building the software from source fi les 380
- Installing SRPMs 382
- Updating Linux Applications Online 382
- Keeping Debian and Ubuntu updated with APT 383
- Updating Fedora Applications383
- Updating SUSE online 387
- Using Xandros Networks387
- Book VI: Security 389
- Chapter 1: Introducing Linux Security 391
- Why Worry about Security? 391
- Establishing a Security Framework 392
- Determining business requirements for security 393
- Performing risk analysis 394
- Establishing a security policy 395
- Implementing security solutions (mitigation) 396
- Managing security 397
- Securing Linux 397
- Understanding the host security issues 398
- Understanding network security issues 398
- Delving into Computer Security Terminology 399
- Keeping Up with Security News and Updates 404
- Chapter 2: Securing Linux 407
- Securing Passwords 407
- Shadow passwords 408
- Pluggable authentication modules (PAMs) 409
- Protecting Files and Directories 410
- Viewing ownerships and permissions410
- Changing fi le ownerships 411
- Changing fi le permissions 411
- Setting default permission 412
- Checking for set user ID permission 413
- Encrypting and Signing Files with GnuPG 414
- Understanding public key encryption 414
- Understanding digital signatures 415
- Using GPG 417
- Monitoring System Security 421
- Securing Internet Services 421
- Turning off standalone services422
- Confi guring the Internet super server 422
- Confi guring TCP wrapper security 423
- Using Secure Shell (SSH) for Remote Logins 424
- Setting Up Simple Firewalls 426
- Using NAT 430
- Enabling packet fi ltering on your Linux system430
- Chapter 3: Performing Computer Security Audits 437
- Understanding Security Audits 437
- Nontechnical aspects of security audits 438
- Technical aspects of security audits 439
- Implementing a Security Test Methodology 439
- Some common computer vulnerabilities 440
- Host-security review 442
- Network-security review 445
- Exploring Security Testing Tools 447
- nmap 448
- Nessus 449
- Book VII: Linux Servers 453
- Chapter 1: Managing Internet Services 455
- Understanding Internet Services 455
- TCP/IP and sockets 456
- Internet services and port numbers 459
- Using the Internet Super Server 461
- Using inetd 461
- Using xinetd 462
- Running Standalone Servers 464
- Starting and stopping servers manually 465
- Starting servers automatically at boot time 466
- Chapter 2: Managing Mail and News Servers 473
- Installing the Mail Server 473
- Using sendmail 474
- A mail-delivery test 474
- The mail-delivery mechanism 475
- The sendmail confi guration fi le 476
- Syntax of the sendmailcf fi le 481
- Other sendmail fi les 483
- The forward fi le 485
- The sendmail alias fi le 485
- Installing the INN Server 486
- Confi guring and Starting the INN Server 486
- InterNetNews components 487
- The incomingconf fi le 491
- The readersconf fi le 492
- InterNetNews startup 492
- Setting Up Local Newsgroups 493
- Defi ning a newsgroup hierarchy 493
- Updating confi guration fi les 493
- Adding the newsgroups 494
- Testing your newsgroups 494
- Chapter 3: Managing DNS 495
- Understanding Domain Name System (DNS) 495
- What is DNS?495
- Discovering hierarchical domain names 497
- Exploring Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) 498
- Confi guring DNS 501
- Confi guring the resolver 502
- Confi guring a caching name server 503
- Confi guring a primary name server 513
- Chapter 4: Working with Samba and NFS 515
- Sharing Files with NFS 515
- Exporting a fi le system with NFS516
- Mounting an NFS fi le system 518
- Setting Up a Windows Server Using Samba 519
- Installing Samba 521
- Confi guring Samba 521
- Trying out Samba 523
- Book VIII: Programming 525
- Chapter 1: Programming in Linux 527
- An Overview of Programming 527
- A simplifi ed view of a computer 527
- Role of the operating system529
- Basics of computer programming 530
- Exploring the Software-Development Tools in Linux 531
- GNU C and C++ compilers 532
- The GNU make utility 537
- The GNU debugger543
- Understanding the Implications of GNU Licenses 550
- The GNU General Public License 550
- The GNU Lesser General Public License 551
- Chapter 2: Introductory Shell Scripting 553
- Trying Out Simple Shell Scripts 553
- Exploring the Basics of Shell Scripting 555
- Storing stuff 556
- Calling shell functions 556
- Controlling the fl ow 557
- Exploring bashs built-in commands 560
- Chapter 3: Working with Advanced Shell Scripting 565
- Trying Out sed 565
- Working with awk and sed 567
- Step one: Pull out the ISBN 568
- Step two: Calculate the 13th digit 569
- Step three: Add the 13th digit to the other 12 570
- Step four: Finish the process 571
- Final Notes on Shell Scripting 571
- Appendix: About the DVD 573
- System Requirements 573
- DVD Installation Instructions 574
- Starting Linux 575
- Other options 576
- What You will Find on the DVD 576
- Troubleshooting 578
- Index 589
