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About This eBook Title Page Copyright Page Praise for Previous Editions of A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Praise for Other Books by Mark G. Sobell Dedication Page Brief Contents JumpStarts Contents Preface

This Book Includes a Fedora 19 (Schrödinger’s Cat) DVD Features of This Book Key Topics Covered in This Book Supplements Thanks

1. Welcome to Linux

The History of UNIX and GNU–Linux Overview of Linux Choosing an Operating System Chapter Summary Exercises

Part I: Installing Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

2. Installation Overview

Conventions Used in This Book LPI and CompTIA Certification Icons More Information Planning the Installation The Installation Process Downloading an Installation Image File and Writing to/Burning the Installation Medium Gathering Information About the System Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

3. Step-by-Step Installation

The New Anaconda Installer Running a Fedora Live Session Installing Fedora/RHEL Installation Tasks Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

Part II: Using Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

4. Introduction to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Curbing Your Power (Superuser/root Privileges) Logging In on the System The GNOME 3 Standard and Classic Desktops Working with the Desktop Using the Nautilus File Manager The Settings Window Getting Help Updating, Installing, and Removing Software Packages Working from the Command Line More About Logging In and Passwords Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

5. The Shell

Special Characters Ordinary Files and Directory Files The Command Line Standard Input and Standard Output Running a Command in the Background Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion Builtins Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

6. The Linux Filesystem

The Hierarchical Filesystem Ordinary Files and Directory Files Pathnames Working with Directories Access Permissions ACLs: Access Control Lists Links Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

7. The Linux Utilities

Basic Utilities Working with Files Compressing and Archiving Files Displaying User and System Information Miscellaneous Utilities Editing Files Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

8. Networking and the Internet

Introduction to Networking Types of Networks and How They Work Communicate over a Network Network Utilities Distributed Computing WWW: World Wide Web Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

Part III: System Administration

9. The Bourne Again Shell (bash)

Background Startup Files Commands That Are Symbols Redirecting Standard Error Writing and Executing a Shell Script Control Operators: Separate and Group Commands Job Control Manipulating the Directory Stack Parameters and Variables Special Characters Locale Time Processes History Aliases Functions Controlling bash: Features and Options Processing the Command Line Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

10. System Administration: Core Concepts

Running Commands with root Privileges The systemd init Daemon SysVinit (rc) Scripts: Start and Stop System Services System Operation System Administration Tools Setting Up a Server DHCP: Configures Network Interfaces nsswitch.conf: Which Service to Look at First Getting Help Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

11. Files, Directories, and Filesystems

Important Files and Directories File Types Filesystems The XFS Filesystem Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

12. Finding, Downloading, and Installing Software

Introduction JumpStart: Installing and Removing Software Packages Using yum Finding the Package That Holds an Application or File You Need yum: Keeps the System Up-to-Date BitTorrent RPM: The RPM Package Manager Installing Non-rpm Software Keeping Software Up-to-Date curl: Downloads Files Noninteractively Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

13. Printing with CUPS

Introduction The System Configures a Local Printer Automatically JumpStart I: Configuring a Printer Using system-config-printer JumpStart II: Setting Up a Local or Remote Printer Working with the CUPS Web Interface Configuring Printers Traditional UNIX Printing Printing from Windows Printing to Windows Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

14. Building a Linux Kernel

Downloading, Installing, and Prepping the Kernel Source Code Configuring and Compiling the Linux Kernel Installing the Kernel, Modules, and Associated Files GRUB: The Linux Boot Loader dmesg: Displays Kernel Messages Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

15. Administration Tasks

Configuring User and Group Accounts Backing Up Files Scheduling Tasks System Reports Maintaining the System Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

16. Configuring and Monitoring a LAN

More Information Setting Up the Hardware Configuring the Systems NetworkManager: Configures Network Connections Setting Up Servers Introduction to Cacti Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

17. Setting Up Virtual Machines Locally and in the Cloud

VMs (Virtual Machines) QEMU/KVM VMware Player: Installing Fedora on VMware Cloud Computing Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

Part IV: Using Clients and Setting Up Servers

18. OpenSSH: Secure Network Communication

Introduction to OpenSSH Running the ssh, scp, and sftp OpenSSH Clients Setting Up an OpenSSH Server (sshd) Troubleshooting Tunneling/Port Forwarding Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

19. FTP: Transferring Files Across a Network

Introduction to FTP Running the ftp and sftp FTP Clients Setting Up an FTP Server (vsftpd) Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

20. sendmail: Setting Up Mail Servers, Clients, and More

Introduction to sendmail Setting Up a sendmail Mail Server JumpStart I: Configuring sendmail on a Client JumpStart II: Configuring sendmail on a Server Working with sendmail Messages Configuring sendmail SpamAssassin Additional Email Tools Authenticated Relaying Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

21. NIS and LDAP

Introduction to NIS Running an NIS Client Setting Up an NIS Server LDAP Setting Up an LDAP Server Tools for Working with LDAP Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

22. NFS: Sharing Directory Hierarchies

Introduction to NFS Running an NFS Client Setting Up an NFS Server automount: Mounts Directory Hierarchies on Demand Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

23. Samba: Linux and Windows File and Printer Sharing

Introduction to Samba Running Samba Clients Setting Up a Samba Server Troubleshooting Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

24. DNS/BIND: Tracking Domain Names and Addresses

Introduction to DNS Setting Up a DNS Server Configuring a DNS Server Setting Up Different Types of DNS Servers Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

25. firewalld and iptables: Setting Up a Firewall

The firewalld Service JumpStart: Building a Firewall Using firewall-config firewall-config: The Firewall Configuration Window firewall-cmd: Controlling firewalld from the Command Line Introduction to iptables Building a Set of Rules Using iptables Copying Rules to and from the Kernel system-config-firewall: Generates a Set of Rules Sharing an Internet Connection Using NAT Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

26. Apache (httpd): Setting Up a Web Server

Introduction Running an Apache Web Server Filesystem Layout Configuration Directives Advanced Configuration Troubleshooting Modules webalizer: Analyzes Web Traffic MRTG: Monitors Traffic Loads Error Codes Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

Part V: Programming Tools

27. Programming the Bourne Again Shell (bash)

Control Structures File Descriptors Parameters Variables Builtin Commands Expressions Implicit Command-Line Continuation Shell Programs Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

28. The Python Programming Language

Introduction Scalar Variables, Lists, and Dictionaries Control Structures Reading from and Writing to Files Regular Expressions Defining a Function Using Libraries Lambda Functions List Comprehensions Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

29. The MariaDB SQL Database Management System

History Notes Installing a MariaDB Server and Client Setting Up MariaDB Examples Chapter Summary Exercises Advanced Exercises

Part VI: Appendixes

A. Regular Expressions

Characters Delimiters Simple Strings Special Characters Rules Bracketing Expressions The Replacement String Extended Regular Expressions Appendix Summary

B. Help

Solving a Problem Finding Linux-Related Information Specifying a Terminal

C. Security Including GPG

Encryption File Security Email Security Network Security Host Security Tutorial: Using GPG to Secure a File Security Resources Appendix Summary

D. Keeping the System Up-to-Date Using apt-get

Using apt-get to Install, Remove, and Update Packages Using apt-get to Upgrade the System Other apt-get Commands Repositories sources.list: Specifies Repositories for apt-get to Search

E. LPI and CompTIA Certification

More Information Linux Essentials Certification Exam 1 Objectives: LX0-101 Certification Exam 2 Objectives: LX0-102

Glossary

JumpStart Index File Tree Index Utility Index Main Index DVD-ROM Warranty

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