... 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 ... mainframes. Linux in general, Fedora Core 4 and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux in particular, are very powerful operating systems
that can be used at the enterprise level as a full-fledged server. Linux ... We
want to emphasize that this book is useful for users of Fedora Core, the open
source community–based Linux project supported by Red Hat, as well as users
of RedHat Enterprise Linux.
Preface
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... subscribe to the RedHatLinux security mailing list? (Find it at
www.redhat.com/mailing-lists /linux- security/index.html.)
Have you established a procedure that makes sure that every security ... whatever came on the com-
puter, assuming that things came properly configured from the factory. The
user or enterprise that decides on Linux has decided, also, to assume the con-
trol that Linux ... Luckily for you, RedHat has created the Red
Hat Network, a program intended to help keep your system updated with the
latest security updates.
CROSS-REFERENCE Learn how to use the RedHat Network...
... 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...
... 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 ... PC. Atable then lists
the Linux partition and any other partitions that may contain another operating
system. If your system has a Linux partition and a DOS partition (that actually
has Windows ... 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...
... get systemwide help and lock
your desktop and log out. Figure 5-5 shows the Desktop menu.
The following items are available on the Desktop menu:
■■ Preferences — This menu choice opens the System ... 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 ... menu is the same as double-clicking the
Computer icon on the desktop.
■■ System Settings — This menu item contains Enterprise Linux system
administration utilities and some GNOME configuration...
... 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 ... express tour of the two most common desktops
provided with Fedora Core and Enterprise Linux. The GNOME desktop is the
default desktop that is installed when the system is installed. GNOME is very
powerful,...
... 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 ... written and
configured by RedHat and RedHat administration tools as well as files con-
taining variable settings used by system startup scripts. /etc/sysconfig
contains both system and networking ... more important system
configuration files on your RedHat system.
Systemwide Shell Configuration Scripts
These files determine the default environment settings of system shells and
what functions...
... 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 ... /etc/sysconfig
directory
Files to Change When Setting Up
a System or Moving the System
Whenever you set up a system to work on a new network, either because you’ve
just installed RedHat or you’re moving the machine from ... 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...
... the system color depth, do the following:
1. On Enterprise Linux 4 choose Applications ➪ System Settings ➪ Dis-
play to open the Display Settings dialog box. On Fedora Core 4 choose
Desktop ➪ System ... 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...
... and RedHat Enterprise Linux systems, the /etc/exports
file is the main NFS configuration file. It lists the file systems the server
exports, the systems permitted to mount the exported file systems, ... in RedHat Linux) .
rw Exports the file system read-write, permitting operations
that change the file system.
secure Requires client requests to originate from a secure
(privileged) port, that ... hide an exported file system that is a
subdirectory of another exported file system.
ro Exports the file system read-only, disabling any operation
that changes the file system.
root_squash Maps...
... 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 ... 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 ... NIS
NIS distributes information that needs to be shared throughout a Linux net-
work to all machines that participate in the NIS domain. Originally developed
by Sun Microsystems, NIS was first known...
... 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...
... 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 ... remotely. So, if
you’re at home and want to connect to the Linuxsystem on your desk at work,
the system at work is the server; the system at home is the VNC client. Figure
16-1 illustrates this ... a wrapper script that handles the persnickety
details of starting Xvnc, the X Window System VNC server. Speaking more pre-
cisely, Xvnc creates a VNC desktop on the server system to which VNC...
... cut by a backhoe,
say), access to that time server will be impaired. NTP is engineered to select an
alternative server, but if all your servers use that same severed backbone,
you’re hosed. So, ... -title “$VNCDESKTOP Desktop &
#twm &
Listing 16-2 xstartup modified to display your standard desktop.
The modified xstartup file starts your usual desktop because it invokes
the system xinitrc ... modify your system s firewall
setup (you are running a firewall, right?).
1. To start the Security Level Configuration tool, select RedHat ➪ System
Settings ➪ Security Level or type system- config-securitylevel
at...
... and Linux system
security, see Chapter 34.
iptables is Fedora’s and RedHat s built-in IP firewall administration tool.
Using iptables enables you to run a personal firewall to protect your Linux
machine. ... Linux machines
versatile workhorses that can fulfill many different functions in a company’s
network. This chapter covers the wide range of common services that come
standard with every RedHat ... important program that has been around for several years.
It incorporates new features that have been desired by system administrators
for a few years now.
xinetd starts at system boot time, and...