 Chapter 1, Introduction, explains Linux's strengths and the key aspects of working with Linux, and lays out the scope of this book.
Chapter 2, System and Network Administration Overview, introduces TCP/IP networking and the Linux commands used for system administration and network management.
Chapter 3, Linux Commands, is the core of the book, a reference listing of hundreds of the most important shell commands available on Linux.
Chapter 4, Boot Methods, covers the commands used to control booting on Linux and dual-booting, particularly LILO, GRUB, and initrd.
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 Chapter 1, introduces bash and tells you how to install it as your login shell. Then it surveys the basics of interactive shell use, including overviews of the UNIX file and directory scheme, standard I/O, and background jobs.
Chapter 2, discusses the shell's command history mechanism (including the emacs- and vi-editing modes), history substitution and the fc history command, and key bindings with readline and bind.
Chapter 3, covers ways to customize your shell environment without programming, by using the startup and environment files. |
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 Part I is concerned with increasing the security of your systems. This book is organized with the understanding that some SysAdmins have only a little time right now, but certainly want to fix the most severe holes immediately, before someone breaks into their systems.
The book then progresses into more involved procedures that can be done to increase security, allowing the system administrator to progress to as secure a system as time and desire allows.It even addresses some simple kernel modifications to increase security still further. It can be treated as a workbook, |
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 Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet
This part sets the stage and includes an overview of and introduction to the terms, techniques, and software components that make Linux the raging software tiger that’s so ready, willing, and able to do its thing. To be a little more specific, we start out with a Linux overview that explains what Linux is, where it came from, and how it works. Next, we tackle the various tasks and activities involved in preparing for and installing Linux on a PC. After that, we tell you how to give Linux the boot — not to get rid of it by any means |
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 Chapter 1, Why Run Linux?, is designed to introduce you to Linux and help you determine whether Linux is appropriate for you.
Chapter 2, Preparing to Install Linux, helps you understand what's involved in installing Linux and guides you through a procedure to gather information needed to successfully install Linux.
Chapter 3, Installing Linux, takes you step-by-step through the installation of Linux.
Chapter 4, Issuing Linux Commands, describes the basics of how to use the Linux command-line interface, which resembles MS-DOS but is much more powerful and sophisticated.
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