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Administer Any Linux Distribution with Ease Fully updated for the most current Linux distributions, Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, shows you how to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux on a single server or an entire network. Get full details on granting user rights and permissions, configuring software and hardware, providing Internet and intranet services, and customizing Linux kernel 2.6. You'll also learn how to get your network services IPv6 ready, implement sound security, create foolproof system backups, and use the latest virtualization technologies. Real-world, hands-on examples are included throughout. Install and configure popular Linux distributions, including Fedora 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenSuSE, and Ubuntu Manage users, permissions, files, folders, and applications Administer Linux servers from the GUI or from the command line (shell) Understand and manage file systems in Linux Compile, tune, and customize Linux kernel 2.6 Build robust firewalls and routers using netfilter and Linux Manage the Linux TCP/IP networking stack and services for both IPv4 and IPv6 Build and deploy Web, e-mail, and FTP servers Use NIS, NFS, LDAP, and Samba for resource sharing and identity management Set up and administer print, DNS, POP3, IMAP3, and DHCP servers Implement Linux virtualization technologies, including the native KVM platform Table of contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Installing Linux as a ServerChapter 1: Technical Summary of Linux Distributions Chapter 2: Installing Linux in a Server Configuration Chapter 3: Managing Software Part II: Single-Host AdministrationChapter 4: Managing Users Chapter 5: The Command Line Chapter 6: Booting and Shutting Down Chapter 7: File Systems Chapter 8: Core System Services Chapter 9: Compiling the Linux Kernel Chapter 10: Knobs and Dials: proc and SysFS File Systems Part III: Security and NetworkingChapter 11: TCP/IP for System Administrators Chapter 12: Network Configuration Chapter 13: The Linux Firewall Chapter 14: Local Security Chapter 15: Network Security Part IV: Internet ServicesChapter 16: DNS Chapter 17: FTP Chapter 18: Apache Web Server Chapter 19: SMTP Chapter 20: POP and IMAP Chapter 21: The Secure Shell (SSH) Part V: Intranet ServicesChapter 22. Network File System (NFS) Chapter 23. Network Information Service (NIS) Chapter 24. Samba Chapter 25. LDAP Chapter 26. Printing Chapter 27. DHCP Chapter 28. Virtualization Chapter 29. Backups Index