Special Edition Using Red Hat Linux
by Alan Simpson, John Ray, and Neal Jamison
Special Edition Using Red Hat Linuxfocuses on the fastest growing operating system available, Linux. This book provides you with everything you need to know to become an accomplished Linux user. Covered topics include the following installing, running, and removing packages, troubleshooting, dual-booting Windows and Linux, configuring various DNS and email services, managing user accounts, files, and directories, configuring the GUI and the kernel, shell programming and scripting, building an In...
Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux 8 in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself)
by Aron Hsiao
Linux is an open-source, Unix-like operating system that has become a viable desktop system for many users, especially those involved with system and network administration.Red Hat Linux has remained a leading choice of Linux distributions for years, owning more than 80 percent of the U.S. Linux market.Sams Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux in 24 Hours covers all the most important topics for the reader who wants to get Red Hat Linux up-and-running and to become productive with the operating system a...
Linux Kernel in a Nutshell (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly))
by Greg Kroah-Hartman
Written by a leading developer and maintainer of the Linux kernel, "Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" is a comprehensive overview of kernel configuration and building, a critical task for Linux users and administrators. No distribution can provide a Linux kernel that meets all users' needs. Computers big and small have special requirements that require reconfiguring and rebuilding the kernel. Whether you are trying to get sound, wireless support, and power management working on a laptop or incorporati...
A competent system administrator knows that a Linux server is a high performance system for routing large amounts of information through a network connection. Setting up and maintaining a Linux server requires understanding not only the hardware, but the ins and outs of the Linux operating system along with its supporting cast of utilities as well as layers of applications software. There's basic documentation online but there's a lot beyond the basics you have to know, and this only comes fro...
If you've been looking for an economical, powerful desktop and server operating system that does everything you need to do and is easy to work with, Caldera OpenLinux may be exactly what you had in mind. At the heart of Caldera OpenLinux is the amazing Linux kernel - fast, versatile, and able to function magnificently with a minimum of RAM. Add to that one of the easiest installation procedures and some of the most valuable commercial software add-ons available, and you have a versatile system t...
As e-mail traffic continues to increase, system administrators must be able to guarantee that their e-mail servers can deliver reliable performance today and bear larger loads tomorrow. sendmail Performance Tuning is a handbook for building, tuning, and testing e-mail servers using sendmail to function more efficiently, handle more messages, and resist both accidental and malicious load-related incidents. This practical guide begins with an introduction to sendmail and performance tuning. Author...
Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition (Missing Manual)
by Pogue, David
CVS Pocket Reference (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))
by Gregor N Purdy
The beauty of open source is that it makes code freely available. The curse is that, without some method of organizing it, code development can devolve into chaos. CVS, the Concurrent Version System, is an open source tool for managing source code, designed to allow multiple users to work on the same file at the same time, using a shared directory. Under CVS, multiple users can check out files from a directory tree, make changes, and then commit those changes back into the directory. The "CVS Po...
Get up and running with system programming concepts in LinuxKey FeaturesAcquire insight on Linux system architecture and its programming interfacesGet to grips with core concepts such as process management, signalling and pthreadsPacked with industry best practices and dozens of code examplesBook DescriptionThe Linux OS and its embedded and server applications are critical components of today’s software infrastructure in a decentralized, networked universe. The industry's demand for proficient L...
Sybase has proven to be a performance leader over other relational database systems. Its transaction processing capabilities have made it the database of choice for forward-looking financial institutions and airlines. This book serves as an all-in-one programmer's guide for creating Sybase applications using SQL and C within the UNIX operating system. Both novices and seasoned database pros will find coverage of data manipulation, data integrity, command structures, SQL and C language interfacin...
FreeBSD is by far the most popular version of BSD(r), the legendary operating system that has contributed a great deal to every version of Unix(r) in use today (including Mac OS(r) X). Originally a community effort by the University of California at Berkeley, FreeBSD was aimed at making Unix a little friendlier and easier to use. By the time other free operating systems came along, BSD was firmly established and very reliable. And it continues to be today. For seven years, the FreeBSD community...
It's not a question of "if" but "when." Will you be ready to protect your system when a cracker comes? Real World Linux Security goes beyond the books that merely detail system vulnerabilities by offering system administrators practical solutions for safeguarding Linux systems and actively responding to break-in attempts. Veteran Bob Toxen shows you how to know your enemies and stop them at the front gate, before they can damage your system. The book is organized into four sections: securing you...
Linux System Programming: Talking Directly to the Kernel and C Library
by Robert Love
"Essential Systems Administration" provides an introduction to the tasks faced by everyone responsible for a UNIX system. This guide is for those who use a stand-alone UNIX system, those who routinely provide administrative support for a larger shared system, or those who want an understanding of basic administrative functions. It aims to covers all major versions of UNIX.