... covered is the Red Hat Network, a subscription service
available with Red Hat Enterprise Linux that you can use to keep your system
current. You can register your systems with Red Hat and then ... for the following books: KDE Bible, The Samba Book, Unix Weekend
Crash Course, Red Hat Linux 9 For Dummies, Solaris 9 For Dummies, Fedora Linux
2 For Dummies, and Linux Tim...
... at
the file system structure are the file system commands, essential to proper file
system management. In addition to the native Linux file system, Fedora Core
and Red Hat Enterprise Linux support ... Configuration
All Red Hat systems, whether Fedora Core or Enterprise Linux, use a similar
procedure for starting up the operating system. As the system boots, the oper-
a...
... *.example.com(mp,ro,secure)
/usr/devtools 192.168.1.0/24(mp,ro,secure)
/home 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0(mp,rw,secure,no_subtree_check)
/projects @dev(mp,rw,secure,anonuid=600,anongid=600,sync,no_wdelay)
/var/mail ... file system that is shared
among a large number of users, such as /home, workgroup project
directories, shared data directories, such as /usr/share, the system
mail spool (/va...
... Software Suspend, the Linux version of the suspend-to-disk fea-
ture available on most notebook computer that are running, ahem, another
operating system. It is still experimental, though, so if you ... Support
As you might know, FireWire, more formally known by its specification docu-
ment, IEEE 139 4, is a high-speed serial bus for connecting disks, digital cam-
eras, scanners, and ot...
... abbreviations (Jan, Feb, Mar,
Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec)
5 Day of week 0–7 (0 and 7 both mean Sunday, 1 is Monday)
Three letter day abbreviations (Sun, Mon, Tue,
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat)
704 ... days since 1 January 1970 that the password was last
changed
710 Chapter 29
THE SHADOW PASSWORD SYSTEM
Red Hat Linux, like most, if not all, Linux and UNIX systems, uses shadow
p...
... decided, also, to assume the con-
trol that Linux offers, and the responsibilities that this entails.
By its very nature as a modern, multiuser operating system, Linux requires
a degree of administration ... is.
Summary
As you, the system administrator, read this book, bear in mind that your tasks
are ongoing and that there is never a machine that is completely tuned, entirely
up to...
... Red Hat boot disk starts your PC and the Red Hat Linux installation
program. After you install Red Hat Linux, you no longer need the Red Hat
boot disk (except when you want to reinstall Red Hat ... section.
Creating the Red Hat Boot Disk
To boot Red Hat Linux for the first time and start the Red Hat Linux installa-
tion program, you need a Red Hat bo...
... configuration files,
documentation, and binary files for the Perl programming language come in a
Red Hat package. You use a special program called Red Hat Package Manager
(RPM) to install, uninstall, and ... set of packages that Red Hat recommends for instal-
lation for the class of installation (Personal Desktop, Workstation, Server, or
Custom) you have chosen. You can, however,...
... section,
depending on the type of system (Desktop, Workstation, Server) that you have
installed.
■■ Accessories — Here you can find applications that don’t fit well into
the other categories, such ... the system volume, use the utility here.
■■ System Settings — This menu item contains Enterprise Linux system
administration utilities and some GNOME configuration utilities as well....