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Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition
by Wale Soyinka and Steve Shah
Fully updated for the most current Linux distributions, Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, shows you how to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux on a single server or an entire network. Get full details on granting user rights and permissions, configuring software and hardware, providing Internet and intranet services, and customizing Linux kernel 2.6. You'll also learn how to get your network services IPv6 ready, implement sound security, create foolproof system backups, and use the latest virtualization technologies. Real-world, hands-on examples are included throughout.
Install and configure popular Linux distributions, including Fedora 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenSuSE, and UbuntuManage users, permissions, files, folders, and applicationsAdminister Linux servers from the GUI or from the command line (shell)Understand and manage file systems in LinuxCompile, tune, and customize Linux kernel 2.6Build robust firewalls and routers using netfilter and LinuxManage the Linux TCP/IP networking stack and services for both IPv4 and IPv6Build and deploy Web, e-mail, and FTP serversUse NIS, NFS, LDAP, and Samba for resource sharing and identity management Set up and administer print, DNS, POP3, IMAP3, and DHCP serversImplement Linux virtualization technologies, including the native KVM platform
-- Smart, Low Cost OS. Smart network managers have known for some time that running open-source Linux on servers in an efficient, low cost way to manage Web, DNS, and email servers. Now that companies such as IBM, Compaq, Intel, HP, and Dell are all partnering with leading distributors, Linux is really being embraced in the corporate setting.
-- Need for Beginner's Guide. System administrators will not have the same kind of technical support with open-source Linux as they would with other commercial big-vendor OS's. Therefore, there is a huge need for a technically accurate guide to Linux Administration coveting the most current Linux kernel (2.2) and the most current popular vendor offerings, Red Hat, Caldera.
-- A Must Have Guide for Administrators Bringing Linux to Their Network. Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide is a practical guide to Linux for systems and network administrators who are moving from Windows NT to Linux or are experimenting with bringing Linux into their network topology
-- Covers the latest Linux kernel (2.2) with focus on the most recent release of the leading distribution Linux, Red Hat Linux 6.1, but will also include coverage of the current releases of Caldera's OpenLinux 2.2 and SuSE Linux 6.0.
-- Additional features include:
-- CD-ROM contains Red Hat Linux 6.1
-- 16-Page Blueprints will illustrate key differences of administrating Linux vs. NT