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A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (Versions 8.10 and 8.04)

A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux (Versions 8.10 and 8.04)

          
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The Most Complete, Easy-to-Follow Guide to Ubuntu Linux   Mark Sobell’s A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux®, Second Edition, isn’t just the most thorough and up-to-date reference to installing, configuring, and working with Ubuntu. It also provides comprehensive server coverage you won’t find in any other Ubuntu book.   The fully updated JumpStart sections help you get complex servers running quickly. Whatever your questions may be, the completely revamped index gives you even faster access to the answers you’re searching for. And a brand new chapter on Perl programming teaches you the basics of this powerful system administration language.   Sobell walks you through every feature and technique you’ll need, from installing Ubuntu to working with GNOME, Samba, exim4, Apache, DNS, NIS, LDAP, ufw, firestarter, and iptables. His exceptionally clear explanations demystify everything from system security to Windows file/printer sharing. You’ll find full chapters on running Ubuntu from the command line and GUI, administering systems and security, setting up networks and Internet servers, and much more.    Along the way, you’ll learn both the “hows” and the “whys” of Ubuntu. Sobell knows every Linux nook and cranny: He’s taught hundreds of thousands of readers–and never forgets what it’s like to be new to Linux. Whether you’re a user, administrator, or programmer, this book gives you all you need–and more.   The world’s most practical Ubuntu Linux book is now even more useful!   This book delivers Hundreds of easy-to-follow, easy-to-use examples Updated JumpStarts for setting up Samba, Apache, Mail, FTP, NIS, OpenSSH, DNS, and other complex servers Deeper coverage of the command line, GNOME GUI, and desktop customization Coverage of crucial Ubuntu topics such as sudo and the Upstart init daemon More detailed, usable coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache, exim4, and DNS/BIND More state-of-the-art security techniques, including firewall setup using ufw, firestarter, and iptables, plus a full chapter on OpenSSH Deeper coverage of essential system and network administration tasks–from managing users to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to building a kernel Complete instructions on keeping Ubuntu systems up-to-date using aptitude, Synaptic, and the Software Sources window And much more...including a 500+ term glossary and five detailed appendixes  Includes DVD!  Get the full version of the Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) release!

Table of Contents:
List of JumpStarts xxxvii Preface xxxix   Chapter 1: Welcome to Linux 1 Ubuntu Linux 2 The History of UNIX and GNU—Linux 3 What Is So Good About Linux? 7 Overview of Linux 12 Additional Features of Linux 17 Conventions Used in This Book 19 Chapter Summary 21 Exercises 22   PART I: Installing Ubuntu Linux 23   Chapter 2: Installation Overview 25 The Live/Install Desktop CD/DVD 26 More Information 26 Planning the Installation 27 The Installation Process 41 Downloading and Burning a CD/DVD 42 Gathering Information About the System 46 Chapter Summary 47 Exercises 48 Advanced Exercises 48   Chapter 3: Step-by-Step Installation 49 Basic Installation from the Live/Install Desktop CD/DVD 50 Graphical Partitioners 58 Upgrading to a New Release 64 Installing KDE 65 Setting Up a Dual-Boot System 66 Advanced Installation 67 Chapter Summary 81 Exercises 81 Advanced Exercises 81   PART II: Getting Started with Ubuntu Linux 83   Chapter 4: Introduction to Ubuntu Linux 85 Curbing Your Power: root Privileges/sudo 86 A Tour of the Ubuntu Linux Desktop 87 Getting the Most out of the Desktop 104 Updating, Installing, and Removing Software Packages 116 Where to Find Documentation 121 More About Logging In 130 Working from the Command Line 135 Controlling Windows: Advanced Operations 138 Chapter Summary 140 Exercises 142 Advanced Exercises 142   Chapter 5: The Linux Utilities 145 Special Characters 146 Basic Utilities 147 Working with Files 149 | (Pipe): Communicates Between Processes 156 Four More Utilities 157 Compressing and Archiving Files 160 Locating Commands 164 Obtaining User and System Information 166 Communicating with Other Users 170 Email 171 Tutorial: Using vim to Create and Edit a File 172 Chapter Summary 179 Exercises 182 Advanced Exercises 183   Chapter 6: The Linux Filesystem 185 The Hierarchical Filesystem 186 Directory Files and Ordinary Files 186 Pathnames 191 Working with Directories 193 Access Permissions 201 ACLs: Access Control Lists 207 Links 212 Chapter Summary 218 Exercises 220 Advanced Exercises 222   Chapter 7: The Shell 223 The Command Line 224 Standard Input and Standard Output 229 Running a Command in the Background 240 Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion 242 Builtins 247 Chapter Summary 247 Exercises 248 Advanced Exercises 250   PART III: Digging into Ubuntu Linux 251   Chapter 8: Linux GUIs: X and GNOME 253 X Window System 254 The Nautilus File Browser Window 262 GNOME Utilities 269 Chapter Summary 272 Exercises 273 Advanced Exercises 274   Chapter 9: The Bourne Again Shell 275 Background 276 Shell Basics 277 Parameters and Variables 296 Special Characters 310 Processes 312 History 314 Aliases 330 Functions 333 Controlling bash: Features and Options 336 Processing the Command Line 340 Chapter Summary 349 Exercises 351 Advanced Exercises 353   Chapter 10: Networking and the Internet 355 Types of Networks and How They Work 357 Communicate Over a Network 372 Network Utilities 374 Distributed Computing 381 Usenet 391 WWW: World Wide Web 393 Chapter Summary 395 Exercises 396 Advanced Exercises 397   PART IV: System Administration 399   Chapter 11: System Administration: Core Concepts 401 Running Commands with root Privileges 403 The Upstart Event-Based init Daemon 416 System Operation 426 Avoiding a Trojan Horse 436 Getting Help 438 Textual System Administration Utilities 438 Setting Up a Server 443 nsswitch.conf: Which Service to Look at First 458 PAM 461 Chapter Summary 466 Exercises 467 Advanced Exercises 467   Chapter 12: Files, Directories, and Filesystems 469 Important Files and Directories 470 File Types 482 Filesystems 487 Chapter Summary 497 Exercises 497 Advanced Exercises 498   Chapter 13: Downloading and Installing Software 499 JumpStart: Installing and Removing Packages Using aptitude 501 Finding the Package That Holds a File You Need 503 APT: Keeps the System Up-to-Date 504 dpkg: The Debian Package Management System 514 BitTorrent 521 Installing Non-dpkg Software 523 wget: Downloads Files Noninteractively 525 Chapter Summary 526 Exercises 527 Advanced Exercises 527   Chapter 14: Printing with CUPS 529 Introduction 530 JumpStart I: Configuring a Local Printer 531 system-config-printer: Configuring a Printer 532 JumpStart II: Setting Up a Local or Remote Printer Using the CUPS Web Interface 538 Traditional UNIX Printing 542 Configuring Printers 543 Printing from Windows 550 Printing to Windows 552 Chapter Summary 552 Exercises 552 Advanced Exercises 553   Chapter 15: Building a Linux Kernel 555 Prerequisites 556 Downloading the Kernel Source Code 557 Read the Documentation 559 Configuring and Compiling the Linux Kernel 559 Installing the Kernel, Modules, and Associated Files 566 Rebooting 567 grub: The Linux Boot Loader 567 dmesg: Displays Kernel Messages 575 Chapter Summary 576 Exercises 576 Advanced Exercises 576   Chapter 16: Administration Tasks 577 Configuring User and Group Accounts 578 Backing Up Files 582 Scheduling Tasks 588 System Reports 591 parted: Reports on and Partitions a Hard Disk 593 Keeping Users Informed 597 Creating Problems 598 Solving Problems 599 Chapter Summary 610 Exercises 610 Advanced Exercises 611   Chapter 17: Configuring a LAN 613 Setting Up the Hardware 614 Configuring the Systems 617 Setting Up Servers 622 More Information 623 Chapter Summary 623 Exercises 624 Advanced Exercises 624   PART V: Using Clients and Setting Up Servers 625   Chapter 18: OpenSSH: Secure Network Communication 627 Introduction to OpenSSH 628 Running the ssh, scp, and sftp OpenSSH Clients 631 Setting Up an OpenSSH Server (sshd) 640 Troubleshooting 644 Tunneling/Port Forwarding 645 Chapter Summary 648 Exercises 648 Advanced Exercises 649   Chapter 19: FTP: Transferring Files Across a Network 651 Introduction to FTP 652 Running the ftp and sftp FTP Clients 654 Setting Up an FTP Server (vsftpd) 663 Chapter Summary 675 Exercises 676 Advanced Exercises 676   Chapter 20: exim4: Setting Up Mail Servers, Clients, and More 677 Introduction to exim4 678 Setting up a Mail Server (exim4) 679 Working with exim4 Messages 684 Configuring an exim4 Mail Server 688 SpamAssassin 691 Additional Email Tools 695 Authenticated Relaying 700 Chapter Summary 702 Exercises 702 Advanced Exercises 703   Chapter 21: NIS and LDAP 705 Introduction to NIS 706 Running an NIS Client 708 Setting Up an NIS Server 714 LDAP 722 Setting Up an LDAP Server 724 Other Tools for Working with LDAP 731 Chapter Summary 734 Exercises 735 Advanced Exercises 735   Chapter 22: NFS: Sharing Filesystems 737 Introduction to NFS 738 Running an NFS Client 740 Setting Up an NFS Server 746 automount: Mounts Directory Hierarchies on Demand 756 Chapter Summary 759 Exercises 759 Advanced Exercises 760   Chapter 23: Samba: Linux and Windows File and Printer Sharing 761 Introduction to Samba 762 Setting up a Samba Server 764 Working with Linux Shares from Windows 776 Working with Windows Shares from Linux 777 Troubleshooting 779 Chapter Summary 782 Exercises 782 Advanced Exercises 782   Chapter 24: DNS/BIND: Tracking Domain Names and Addresses 783 Introduction to DNS 784 Setting Up a DNS Server 796 Setting Up Different Types of DNS Servers 811 Chapter Summary 821 Exercises 821 Advanced Exercises 822   Chapter 25: firestarter, ufw, and iptables: Setting Up a Firewall 823 Introduction to firestarter 824 firestarter: Setting Up and Maintaining a Firewall 826 ufw: The Uncomplicated Firewall 834 Introduction to iptables 836 Building a Set of Rules Using iptables 841 Copying Rules to and from the Kernel 847 Sharing an Internet Connection Using NAT 848 Chapter Summary 852 Exercises 853 Advanced Exercises 853   Chapter 26: Apache: Setting Up a Web Server 855 Introduction 856 Running a Web Server (Apache) 858 Configuration Directives 865 Configuration Files 888 Advanced Configuration 891 Troubleshooting 896 Modules 897 webalizer: Analyzes Web Traffic 904 MRTG: Monitors Traffic Loads 904 Error Codes 904 Chapter Summary 905 Exercises 906 Advanced Exercises 906   PART VI: Programming Tools 907   Chapter 27: Programming the Bourne Again Shell 909 Control Structures 910 File Descriptors 943 Parameters and Variables 946 Builtin Commands 958 Expressions 972 Shell Programs 980 Chapter Summary 990 Exercises 992 Advanced Exercises 994   Chapter 28: Perl 997 Introduction to Perl 998 Variables 1004 Control Structures 1011 Working with Files 1020 Sort 1023 Subroutines 1025 Regular Expressions 1027 CPAN Modules 1033 Examples 1035 Chapter Summary 1038 Exercises 1039 Advanced Exercises 1039   PART VII: Appendixes 1041   Appendix A: Regular Expressions 1043 Characters 1044 Delimiters 1044 Simple Strings 1044 Special Characters 1044 Rules 1047 Bracketing Expressions 1048 The Replacement String 1048 Extended Regular Expressions 1049 Appendix Summary 1051   Appendix B: Help 1053 Solving a Problem 1054 Finding Linux-Related Information 1055 Specifying a Terminal 1060   Appendix C: Security 1063 Encryption 1064 File Security 1069 Email Security 1069 Network Security 1070 Host Security 1073 Security Resources 1078 Appendix Summary 1081   Appendix D: The Free Software Definition 1083   Appendix E: The Linux 2.6 Kernel 1087 Native Posix Thread Library (NPTL) 1088 IPSecurity (IPSec) 1088 Asynchronous I/O (AIO) 1088 O(1) Scheduler 1089 OProfile 1089 kksymoops 1089 Reverse Map Virtual Memory (rmap VM) 1089 HugeTLBFS: Translation Look-Aside Buffer Filesystem 1090 remap_file_pages 1090 2.6 Network Stack Features (IGMPv3, IPv6, and Others) 1090 Internet Protocol Virtual Server (IPVS) 1091 Access Control Lists (ACLs) 1091 4GB-4GB Memory Split: Physical Address Extension (PAE) 1091 Scheduler Support for HyperThreaded CPUs 1091 Block I/O (BIO) Block Layer 1091 Support for Filesystems Larger Than 2 Terabytes 1092 New I/O Elevators 1092 Interactive Scheduler Response Tuning 1092   Glossary 1093 JumpStart Index 1143 File Tree Index 1145 Utility Index 1149 Main Index 1155


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780137003884
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Prentice Hall
  • Edition: 0002-
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 2098 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0137003889
  • Publisher Date: 15 Jan 2009
  • Binding: SA
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 1272
  • Spine Width: 53 mm
  • Width: 231 mm


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