... to try Red Hat
Linux on. Or you may have a killer workstation with some extra disk space and want to try out RedHat Linux
on a separate partition. To install the PC version of RedHatLinux successfully ... are installing a dual−boot system that includes a Windows operating system, try to install the
Windows system first and the RedHatLinuxsystem later. Some Windows systems blow away the
Master ... the software packages that come with RedHat Linux.
Tip A listing of all of the software packages in each Package Group is contained in the file
RedHat/base/comps on the RedHat installation CD−ROM.
19....
... 76 4
Project Web sites 76 4
Getting Updates from RedHat Network 76 5
Running rhn_register 76 5
Running up2date 76 7
Using the RedHat Network 77 0
Summary 77 1
Appendix A: What’s on the CD−ROMs? 77 2
Appendix ... daemons 70 7
Checking that NIS is working 70 7
Using NIS maps 70 8
Setting Up RedHatLinux as an NIS Master Server 70 9
Creating NIS maps 70 9
Setting Up RedHatLinux as an NIS Slave Server 71 2
Summary ... Part I: Getting Started in RedHat Linux
Chapter List
Chapter 1: An Overview of RedHat Linux
Chapter 2: Installing RedHat Linux
What Is RedHat Linux?
Having directories of software...
... Directory 175
/etc/sysconfig/apmd 176
/etc/sysconfig/authconfig 177
/etc/sysconfig/clock 177
/etc/sysconfig/crond 178
/etc/sysconfig/desktop 178
/etc/sysconfig/firstboot 178
/etc/sysconfig/grub 178
/etc/sysconfig/harddisks ... covered is the RedHat Network, a subscription service
available with RedHat Enterprise Linux that you can use to keep your system
current. You can register your systems with RedHat and then ... Canada
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10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or...
... RedHat boot disk starts your PC and the RedHatLinux installation
program. After you install RedHat Linux, you no longer need the Red Hat
boot disk (except when you want to reinstall RedHat ... installation section.
Creating the RedHat Boot Disk
To boot RedHatLinux for the first time and start the RedHatLinux installa-
tion program, you need a RedHat boot disk. For this step, you ... reinstall RedHatLinux from the
CD-ROMs).
The RedHat boot disk contains an initial version of the RedHat Linux
installation program that you use to start RedHat Enterprise Linux, prepare
the...
... change the system time on this screen.
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As a system administrator, one of your jobs is installing and configuring Red
Hat on ... or
deselect that package group.
TIP In an actual RedHatLinux installation, you install exactly those package
groups that you need. Each package group requires specific packages to run.
The RedHat installation ... default operating system. The
default operating system is the one with a check mark in the Default column
in Figure 3-10. In this case, RedHatLinux is the default operating system.
All of the...
... 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.
■■ System ... cor-
rect permissions.
chmod u+w isolinux/*
7. Create the ISO image file with this command. (The command should be
entered on one line.)
mkisofs -o file.iso -b isolinux.bin -c boot.cat -no-emul-boot ... disk that you
inserted in the CD-R drive.
■■ Filesystem — This icon is a link to the file system. Double-clicking
this icon opens a new window displaying the root directory of the
file system.
■■...
... typical Fedora and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
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The File System
Explained
IN THIS CHAPTER
■■ Understanding the File System Structure
■■ ... 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 RedHat Enterprise Linux support ... Configuration
All RedHat systems, whether Fedora Core or Enterprise Linux, use a similar
procedure for starting up the operating system. As the system boots, the oper-
ating system loads programs...
... files.
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title Fedora Core (2.6.10-1 .77 0_FC3)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10-1 .77 0_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ... handy since it reduces system administration
time. This is a fast file system, and now you can read and write to and from it
with your RedHatLinux machine.
Nonstandard Linux File Systems
Support ... XT-PIC usb-uhci, eth0
12: 682220 XT-PIC PS/2 Mouse
14: 77 739 XT-PIC ide0
15: 269 473 1 XT-PIC ide1
NMI: 0
LOC: 972 05 57
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
Listing 7- 3 Viewing the /proc/interrupts information.
In the...
... ZONE=”America/New York”. Time zone files
are stored in /usr/share/zoneinfo.
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... directory should be edited by hand. For more informa-
tion on RedHat Network, see the RedHat Network Web site at https://
rhn.redhat.com.
Examining the Network Configuration Files
This section ... use it. APM is a monitoring daemon that works with power man-
agement code within the Linux kernel. It can alert you to a low battery if you
are using RedHatLinux on a laptop, among other things.
Figure...
... printer attached to a different UNIX sys-
tem that can be accessed over a TCP/IP network (for example, a printer
attached to another RedHatLinuxsystem on your network). If you
choose this type ... Managing the X Window System 211
file that was created during system installation. A description of the section of
the file follows the file.
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
Section ... Enterprise Linux, you can use two video cards and monitors
on your system if you desire. To configure a second video card and monitor, do
the following:
1. On Enterprise Linux 4 choose Applications ➪ System...
... unique
name that refers to any group of systems that use the same NIS maps. NIS
domains function as system management tools providing a convenient method
to organize groups of systems that need to ... complex, nontrivial subsystem, so it is entirely con-
ceivable that new bugs and exploits will be discovered.
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Figure 13-5 The ... well-run system, IP
addresses can change, whereas a hostname won’t. If DNS is properly
configured and maintained, the hostname will always point to the proper
system regardless of what that system s...
... Novell Networks
With RedHat Enterprise Linux, you can easily configure your system to con-
nect to Novell Netware servers. In this section, you learn how to configure
your RedHatsystem to be a Novell ... also able to use the printers configured with the Red Hat
system.
Connecting to a Samba Client
In this section, you learn how to connect your system to other systems running
the SMB protocol. Connecting ... about a Linux program called Samba, which emulates the SMB
protocol and can be used to connect Linux networks to Windows networks.
You installed and configured Samba on a RedHat Enterprise Linux...
... SQL
statements and -Ft outputs a tar archive that pg_restore can read).
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and the RealVNC Web site (realvnc.com/). There ... for your needs.
In addition, the versions of PostgreSQL and MySQL that ship in Fedora Core and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux lag somewhat behind the current stable versions of
those products. At the ... 5d2e19393cc5ef 67 |
| localhost | | |
| datagrunt.example.com | | |
+ + + +
You can see that the password for the root use has been set. You can also see
that the password you entered has been encrypted....