Red Hat Linux Networking and System Administration

889 Pages·2002·7.818 MB·English

by  Terry Collings, Kurt Wall

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Red Hat® Linux® Networking
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Red Hat® Linux®
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Terry Collings and Kurt Wall
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About the Authors
Terry Collings has been working in the computer field since 1981 and has
experience in all types of operating systems and their associated hardware. He has
industry certifications in Novell, TCP/IP, MS Windows, and Unix. Terry’s full-time
job is at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA, where he is the school’s
Instructional Technologist. His main function in this position is assisting faculty in
the use of computer technology to augment their classroom presentations. He is
also the system administrator for the school’s online course content management
software. Terry also teaches a wide range of computer and technology-related
courses in the evenings at Allentown Business School. Terry has been a technical
editor for several Hungry Minds, Inc., books and is the co-author of the Linux Bible.
He can be reached at [email protected].
Kurt Wall first touched a computer in 1980 when he learned FORTRAN on an
IBM mainframe of forgotten vintage; things have only gotten better since then.
These days, Kurt is a full-time Linux and Unix author, editor, consultant, and
programmer. He has written five books about Linux and Unix programming and
system administration, is working on his sixth, and is the technical editor for over
a dozen other Linux- and Unix-related titles. Currently, Kurt works from his home
in Indianapolis. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].
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This book is dedicated to the victims and heroes of September 11, 2001.
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Preface
Red Hat Linux is the most popular distribution of Linux currently in use. Red Hat
Linux has shown itself to be a robust, reliable operating system that can run on a
variety of hardware, from personal computers to large mainframes. Linux in general,
and Red Hat Linux in particular, is a very powerful operating system that can be used
at the enterprise level as a full-fledged server, as well as at the workstation level for
typical user applications. For those of us dissatisfied with the reliability of other com-
mercially available operating systems, Red Hat Linux is a pleasant alternative.
How This Book Is Organized
This book is divided into five parts. Each part covers a specific area of functionality
in a typical Red Hat Linux system.
Part I—Red Hat Linux System and Network
Administration Defined
This part describes the duties of a system administrator. Chapter 1 explains some of
the more common tasks, such as installing servers and application software,
managing user accounts, and backing up and restoring files. Many more topics are
covered in this chapter. Chapter 2 details the steps involved in planning and build-
ing a network and planning for security and disaster recovery. Chapter 3 takes you
through the steps required to install Red Hat Linux on a local system as well as on
a remote system. Chapter 4 gives an explanation of the Red Hat Linux file system
and storage devices. Chapter 5, the last chapter in Part I, lists the system and
network configuration files and their uses.
Part II—Red Hat Linux Network Services
This part of the book is where you learn about the networking services available in
Red Hat Linux. Chapter 6 gives an explanation of the TCP/IP protocol suite and
how to configure it on your system. Chapter 7 tells how to configure the Network
File System (NFS) for sharing files with other Linux or Unix computers on your
network. Chapter 8 provides a description of the Network Information System (NIS)
as well as configuration instructions. If you have computers running Microsoft
operating systems, Chapter 9 is where you find instructions for connecting your
Red Hat Linux network to the Windows network. The final chapter in this part,
Chapter 10, tells you how to connect your Red Hat Linux network to computers
running the Apple operating system.
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