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Mark G. Sobell is President of Soboll Associates Inc., a UNIX/Linux consulting firm.

"Since I'm in an educational environment, I found the content of Sobell's book to be right on target and very helpful for anyone managing Linux in the enterprise. His style of writing is very clear. He builds up to the chapter exercises, which I find to be relevant to real-world scenarios a user or admin would encounter. An IT/IS student would find this book a valuable complement to their education. The vast amount of information i... MOREs extremely well balanced and Sobell manages to present the content without complicated asides and meandering prose. This is a 'must have' for anyone managing Linux systems in a networked environment or anyone running a Linux server. I would also highly recommend it to an experienced computer user who is moving to the Linux platform." Mary Norbury, IT Director, Barbara Davis Center/University of Colorado at Denver, from a review posted on slashdot.org"I had the chance to use your UNIX books when I when was in college years ago at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA. I have to say that your books are among the best! They're quality books that teach the theoretical aspects and applications of the operating system." Benton Chan, IS Engineer"The book has more than lived up to my expectations from the many reviews I read, even though it targets FC2. I have found something very rare with your book: It doesn't read like the standard a technical text, it reads more like a story. It's a pleasure to read and hard to put down. Did I say that?! :-)" David Hopkins, Business Process Architect"Thanks for your work and for the book you wrote. There are really few books that can help people to become more efficient administrators of different workstations. We hope (in Russia) that you will continue bringing us a new level of understanding of Linux/UNIX systems." Anton Petukhov"Mark Sobell has written a book as approachable as it is authoritative." Jeffrey Bianchine, Advocate, Author, Journalist"Excellent reference book, well suited for the sysadmin of a Linux cluster, or the owner of a PC contemplating installing a recent stable Linux. Don't be put off by the daunting heft of the book. Sobell has striven to be as inclusive as possible, in trying to anticipate your system administration needs." Wes Boudville, Inventor"A Practical Guide to Red Hat� Linux� is a brilliant book. Thank you Mark Sobell." C. Pozrikidis, University of California at San Diego"This book presents the best overview of the Linux operating system that I have found. . . . It should be very helpful and understandable no matter what the reader's background is: traditional UNIX user, new Linux devotee, or even Windows user. Each topic is presented in a clear, complete fashion and very few assumptions are made about what the reader knows. . . . The book is extremely useful as a reference, as it contains a 70-page glossary of terms and is very well indexed. It is organized in such a way that the reader can focus on simple tasks without having to wade through more advanced topics until they are ready." Cam Marshall, Marshall Information Service LLC, Member of Front Range UNIX Users Group FRUUG, Boulder, Colorado"Conclusively, this is THE book to get if you are a new Linux user and you just got into RH/Fedora world. There's no other book that discusses so many different topics and in such depth." Eugenia Loli-Queru, Editor in Chief, OSNews.comThe Best Just Became BETTER Again! Completely Revised to Meet All Your Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Needs!Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are advanced operating systems. You need a book that's just as advanced. This book explains Linux clearly and effectively with a focus on features you care about, from system security and Internet server setup to Windows file/printer sharing. Best-selling author Mark Sobell starts at the beginning and walks you through everything that matte

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Preface	p. xxxv
Welcome to Linux	p. 1
The GNU-Linux Connection	p. 2
The Linux 2.6 Kernel	p. 5
The Heritage of Linux: UNIX	p. 5
What Is So Good About Linux?	p. 6
Overview of Linux	p. 10
Additional Features of Linux	p. 14
Conventions Used in This Book	p. 17
Chapter Summary	p. 19
Exercis... MOREes	p. 19
Installing Red Hat Linux	p. 21
Installation Overview	p. 23
More Information	p. 24
Planning the Installation	p. 24
How the Installation Works	p. 33
The Medium: Where Is the Source Data?	p. 34
Downloading, Burning, and Installing a CD Set or a DVD (FEDORA)	p. 35
Rescue CD	p. 40
Gathering Information About the System	p. 40
Finding the Installation Manual	p. 41
Chapter Summary	p. 41
Exercises	p. 42
Advanced Exercises	p. 42
Step-by-Step Installation	p. 43
Installing Red Hat Linux	p. 44
Installation Tasks	p. 58
The X Window System	p. 69
Chapter Summary	p. 77
Exercises	p. 78
Advanced Exercises	p. 78
Getting Started with Red Hat Linux	p. 79
Introduction to Red Hat Linux	p. 81
Curbing Your Power: Superuser/root Access	p. 82
A Tour of the Red Hat Linux Desktop	p. 82
Getting the Facts: Where to Find Documentation	p. 102
More About Logging In	p. 111
Controlling Windows: Advanced Operations	p. 119
Chapter Summary	p. 122
Exercises	p. 123
Advanced Exercises	p. 124
The Linux Utilities	p. 125
Special Characters	p. 126
Basic Utilities	p. 127
Working with Files	p. 129
(Pipe): Communicates Between Processes	p. 136
Four More Utilities	p. 137
Compressing and Archiving Files	p. 139
Locating Commands	p. 144
Obtaining User and System Information	p. 146
Communicating with Other Users	p. 150
Email	p. 152
Tutorial: Creating and Editing a File with vim	p. 152
Chapter Summary	p. 159
Exercises	p. 162
Advanced Exercises	p. 163
The Linux Filesystem	p. 165
The Hierarchical Filesystem	p. 166
Directory Files and Ordinary Files	p. 166
Pathnames	p. 171
Directory Commands	p. 173
Working with Directories	p. 178
Access Permissions	p. 180
ACLs: Access Control Lists	p. 185
Links	p. 190
Chapter Summary	p. 196
Exercises	p. 198
Advanced Exercises	p. 200
The Shell	p. 201
The Command Line	p. 202
Standard Input and Standard Output	p. 208
Running a Program in the Background	p. 219
Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion	p. 221
Builtins	p. 225
Chapter Summary	p. 226
Exercises	p. 227
Advanced Exercises	p. 228
Digging into Red Hat Linux	p. 231
Linux GUIs: X, GNOME, and KDE	p. 233
X Window System	p. 234Using GNOME
Using KDE	p. 252
Chapter Summary	p. 262
Exercises	p. 264
Advanced Exercises	p. 264
The Bourne Again Shell	p. 265
Background	p. 266
Shell Basics	p. 267
Parameters and Variables	p. 285
Special Characters	p. 299
Processes	p. 300
History	p. 302
Aliases	p. 318
Functions	p. 321
Controlling bash Features and Options	p. 324
Processing the Command Line	p. 328
Chapter Summary	p. 337
Exercises	p. 339
Advanced Exercises	p. 341
Networking and the Internet	p. 343
Types of Networks and How They Work	p. 345
Communicate Over a Network	p. 360
Network Utilities	p. 362
Distributed Computing	p. 369
Usenet	p. 378
WWW: World Wide Web	p. 381
Chapter Summary	p. 383
Exercises	p. 384
Advanced Exercises	p. 385
System Administration 387
System Administration: Core Concepts	p. 389
System Administrator and Superuser	p. 391
Rescue Mode	p. 397
SELinux	p. 400
System Operation	p. 403
System Administration Utilities	p. 415
Setting Up a Server	p. 421
nsswitch.conf: Which Service to Look at First	p. 435
PAM	p. 438
Chapter Summary	p. 443
Exercises	p. 444
Advanced Exercises	p. 445
Files, Directories, and Filesystems	p. 447
Important Files and Directories	p. 448
File Types	p. 459
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Mark G. Sobell is President of Soboll Associates Inc., a UNIX/Linux consulting firm.

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