Author:
Sobell, Mark G.
Edition Statement:Seventh edition.
Imprint:Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2013.
Descriptionlv, 1338 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Note:"Includes full Fedora on DVD."
Note:ch. 1 Welcome To Linux -- The History of UNIX and GNU-Linux -- The Heritage of Linux: UNIX -- Fade to 1983 -- Next Scene, 1991 -- The Code Is Free -- Linux Is More than a Kernel -- Open-Source Software and Licensing -- What Is So Good About Linux? -- Overview of Linux -- Linux Has a Kernel Programming Interface -- Linux Can Support Many Users -- Linux Can Run Many Tasks -- Linux Provides a Secure Hierarchical Filesystem -- The Shell: Command Interpreter and Programming Language -- X Window System -- GUIs: Graphical User Interfaces -- A Large Collection of Useful Utilities -- Interprocess Communication -- (Inter)Networking Utilities -- System Administration -- Software Development -- Choosing an Operating System -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- ch. 2 Installation Overview -- Conventions Used in This Book -- LPI and CompTIA Certification Icons -- More Information -- Planning the Installation -- Considerations -- Requirements -- Processor Architecture -- Interfaces: Installer and Installed System -- Fedora, RHEL, and CentOS -- Fedora Standard Editions: The Live, Install, and Network Images -- Fedora Spins -- Setting Up the Hard Disk -- RAID -- LVM: Logical Volume Manager -- The Installation Process -- Downloading an Installation Image File and Writing to/Burning the Installation Medium -- The Easy Way to Download an Installation Image File -- Other Ways to Download an ISO Image File -- Verifying an Installation (ISO) Image File -- Burning a DVD -- Writing to a USB Flash Drive -- Gathering Information About the System -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 3 Step-By-Step Installation -- The New Anaconda Installer -- Running a Fedora Live Session -- Booting the System -- Installing Fedora/RHEL -- Installing from a Live Session (Fedora) -- Installing from an Install Image -- The Anaconda Installer -- Begin Copying Files -- Rebooting the System -- gnome-initial-setup: Setting Up a User -- Initializing Databases and Updating the System -- Installation Tasks -- Modifying Boot Parameters (Options) -- Advanced Disk Configuration -- gnome-disks: The GNOME Disk Utility -- Editing a Kickstart Script -- Setting Up a Dual-Boot System -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 4 Introduction To Fedora And Red Hat Enterprise Linux -- Curbing Your Power (Superuser/root Privileges) -- Logging In on the System -- The GNOME 3 Standard and Classic Desktops -- The GNOME 3 Standard Desktop (Fedora) -- The GNOME Classic Desktop (RHEL and Optionally Fedora) -- Working with the Desktop -- Terminology -- The Search Text Box and the Enter a Command Window -- Application Menus -- Context Menus -- Windows -- Cutting and Pasting Objects Using the Clipboard -- Logging Off -- Using the Nautilus File Manager -- The Nautilus File Browser Window -- The Sidebar -- Opening Files -- Selecting Objects -- The Object Properties Window -- The Settings Window -- Desktop Background -- Displays -- Mouse & Touchpad -- Date & Time -- Users: Changing Your Account Type and Password (GUI) -- Getting Help -- The GNOME Help Window -- Using the Internet to Get Help -- Updating, Installing, and Removing Software Packages -- Updating Software -- Adding and Removing Software -- Installing Different Desktop Environments -- Working from the Command Line -- Running Commands from the Command Line -- The Shell -- Running Basic Command-Line Utilities -- Writing and Executing a Basic Shell Script -- Getting Help from the Command Line -- More About Logging In and Passwords -- What to Do If You Cannot Log In -- Password Security -- passwd: Changing Your Password (CLI) -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 5 The Shell -- Special Characters -- Ordinary Files and Directory Files -- The Working Directory -- Your Home Directory -- The Command Line -- A Simple Command -- Syntax -- Simple Commands -- Processing the Command Line -- Executing a Command -- Editing the Command Line -- Standard Input and Standard Output -- The Screen as a File -- The Keyboard and Screen as Standard Input and Standard Output -- Redirection -- Pipelines -- Lists -- Running a Command in the Background -- Moving a Job from the Foreground to the Background -- kill: Aborting a Background Job -- Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion -- The? Special Character -- The Special Character -- The Special Characters -- Builtins -- Chapter Summary -- Utilities and Builtins Introduced in This Chapter -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 6 The Linux Filesystem -- The Hierarchical Filesystem -- Ordinary Files and Directory Files -- Filenames -- Pathnames -- Absolute Pathnames -- Relative Pathnames -- Working with Directories -- mkdir: Creates a Directory -- cd: Changes to Another Working Directory -- rmdir: Deletes a Directory -- Using Pathnames -- mv, cp: Move or Copy Files -- mv: Moves a Directory -- Important Standard Directories and Files -- Access Permissions -- ls-1: Displays Permissions -- chmod: Changes File Access Permissions -- chown: Changes File Ownership -- chgrp: Changes File Group Association -- Setuid and Setgid Permissions -- Directory Access Permissions -- ACLs: Access Control Lists -- Enabling ACLs -- Working with Access Rules -- Setting Default Rules for a Directory -- Links -- Hard Links -- Symbolic Links -- rm: Removes a Link -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 7 The Linux Utilities -- Basic Utilities -- cat: Joins and Displays Files -- date: Displays the System Time and Date -- echo: Displays Arguments -- hostname: Displays the System Name -- less Is more: Display a Text File One Screen at a Time -- Is: Displays Information About Files -- rm: Removes a File (Deletes a Link) -- Working with Files -- cp: Copies Files -- cut: Selects Characters or Fields from Input Lines -- dill: Displays the Differences Between Two Text Files -- file: Displays the Classification of a File -- find: Finds Files Based on Criteria -- grep: Searches for a Pattern in Files -- head: Displays the Beginning of a File -- ipr: Sends Files to Printers -- my: Renames or Moves a File -- sort: Sorts and/or Merges Files -- tail: Displays the Last Part of a File -- touch: Changes File Modification and Access Times -- wc: Displays the Number of Lines, Words, and Bytes in Files -- Compressing and Archiving Files -- xz, bzip2, and gzip: Compress and Decompress Files -- tar: Stores or Extracts Files to/from an Archive File -- Displaying User and System Information -- free: Displays Memory Usage Information -- uptime: Displays System Load and Duration Information -- w: Lists Users on the System -- who: Lists Users on the System -- Miscellaneous Utilities -- which and whereis: Locate a Utility -- locate: Searches for a File -- script: Records a Shell Session -- tr: Replaces Specified Characters -- unix2dos: Converts Linux Files to Windows and Macintosh Format -- xargs: Converts Standard Input to Command Lines -- Editing Files -- Tutorial: Using vim to Create and Edit a File -- Tutorial: Using nano to Create and Edit a File -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 8 Networking And The Internet -- Introduction to Networking -- Types of Networks and How They Work -- Broadcast Networks -- Point-to-Point Networks -- Switched Networks -- LAN: Local Area Network -- WAN: Wide Area Network -- Internetworking Through Gateways and Routers -- Network Protocols -- IPv4 -- IPv6 -- Host Address -- CIDR: Classless Inter-Domain Routing -- Hostnames -- Communicate over a Network -- Mailing List Servers -- Network Utilities -- Trusted Hosts -- OpenSSH Tools -- telnet: Logs In on a Remote System -- ftp: Transfers Files over a Network -- ping: Tests a Network Connection -- traceroute: Traces a Route over the Internet -- host and dig: Query Internet Nameservers -- whois: Looks Up Information About an Internet Site -- Distributed Computing -- The Client/Server Model -- DNS: Domain Name Service -- Ports -- NIS: Network Information Service -- NFS: Network Filesystem -- Network Services -- Common Daemons -- Proxy Servers -- RPC Network Services -- WWW: World Wide Web -- Browsers -- Search Engines -- URL: Uniform Resource Locator -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 9 The Bourne Again Shell (bash) -- Background -- Startup Files -- Login Shells -- Interactive Nonlogin Shells -- Noninteractive Shells -- Setting Up Startup Files -- (Dot) or source: Runs a Startup File in the Current Shell -- Commands That Are Symbols -- Redirecting Standard Error -- Writing and Executing a Shell Script -- chmod: Makes a File Executable -- #! Specifies a Shell -- # Begins a Comment -- Executing a Shell Script -- Control Operators: Separate and Group Commands -- ; and NEWLINE Separate Commands -- Separate Commands and Do Something Else -- Boolean Control Operators -- () Groups Commands -- \ Continues a Command -- Job Control -- jobs: Lists Jobs -- fg: Brings a Job to the Foreground -- Suspending a Job -- bg: Sends a Job to the Background -- Manipulating the Directory Stack -- dirs: Displays the Stack -- pushd: Pushes a Directory on the Stack -- popd: Pops a Directory off the Stack -- Parameters and Variables -- User-Created Variables -- Variable Attributes -- Keyword Variables -- Special Characters -- Locale -- LC_: Locale Variables -- locale: Displays Locale Information -- Time -- Processes -- Process Structure -- Process Identification -- Executing a Command -- History -- Variables That Control History -- Reexecuting and Editing Commands -- The Readline Library -- Aliases -- Single Versus Double Quotation Marks in Aliases -- Examples of Aliases -- Functions -- Controlling bash: Features and Options -- bash Command-Line Options -- Shell Features -- Processing the Command Line -- History Expansion -- Alias Substitution -- Parsing and Scanning the Command Line -- Command-Line Expansion -- Chapter Summary -- Exercises -- Advanced Exercises -- ch. 10 System Administration: Core Concepts.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
