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PDF Ebook Red Hat Linux 9: Red Hat Linux Reference Guide

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The Red Hat Linux Installation Guide is a excellent reference for helping you get a Red Hat Linux system successfully installed and initially configured. The Red Hat Linux Getting Started Guide covers basic system commands, the graphical desktop environment, and many other fundamental concepts. You should start with these two books and use them to build the base of your knowledge of Red Hat Linux. Before long, more complicated concepts will begin to make sense because you already grasp the general ideas.

If you have used other Linux distributions, you probably already have a basic grasp of the most frequently used commands. You may have installed your own Linux system, and maybe you have even downloaded and built software you found on the Internet. After installing Linux, however, configuration issues can be very confusing.

The Red Hat Linux Customization Guide is designed to help explain the various ways a Red Hat Linux system can be configured to meet specific objectives. Use this manual to learn about specific configuration options and how to put them into effect. When you are installing software that is not covered in the Red Hat Linux Customization Guide, it is often helpful to see what other people in similar circumstances have done. HOWTO documents from the Linux Documentation Project, available at http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/HOWTO- INDEX/howtos.html, document particular aspects of Linux, from low-level kernel esoteric changes to using Linux for amateur radio station work.

Contents
Introduction

    1. Changes To This Manual2. Finding Appropriate Documentation
      2.1. Documentation For First-Time Linux Users
      2.2. For the More Experienced
      2.3. Documentation for Linux Gurus

    3. Document Conventions
    4. Using the Mouse
    5. Copying and Pasting Text With X
    6. More to Come

      6.1. We Need Feedback!

    7. Sign Up for Support

I. System Reference

    1. Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown
      1.1. The Boot Process
      1.2. A Detailed Look at the Boot Process
      1.3. Running Additional Programs at Boot Time
      1.4. SysV Init Runlevels
      1.5. Shutting Down

    2. Boot Loaders

      2.1. Boot Loaders and System Architecture
      2.2. GRUB
      2.3. Installing GRUB
      2.4. GRUB Terminology
      2.5. GRUB Interfaces
      2.6. GRUB Commands
      2.7. GRUB Menu Configuration File
      2.8. LILO
      2.9. Options in /etc/lilo.conf
      2.10. Changing Runlevels at Boot Time
      2.11. Additional Resources

    3. File System Structure

      3.1. Why Share a Common Structure?
      3.2. Overview of File System Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
      3.3. Special File Locations

    4. The sysconfig Directory

      4.1. Files in the /etc/sysconfig/ Directory
      4.2. Directories in the /etc/sysconfig/ Directory
      4.3. Additional Resources

    5. The proc File System

      5.1. A Virtual File System
      5.2. Top-level Files in the proc File System
      5.3. Directories in /proc/
      5.4. Using the sysctl Command
      5.5. Additional Resources

    6. Users and Groups

      6.1. User and Group Management Tools
      6.2. Standard Users
      6.3. Standard Groups
      6.4. User Private Groups
      6.5. Shadow Passwords

    7. The X Window System

      7.1. XFree86
      7.2. Desktop Environments and Window Managers
      7.3. XFree86 Server Configuration Files
      7.4. Fonts
      7.5. Runlevels and XFree86
      7.6. Additional Resources

II. Network Services Reference

    8. Network Interfaces
      8.1. Network Configuration Files
      8.2. Interface Configuration Files
      8.3. Interface Control Scripts
      8.4. Network Function Files
      8.5. Additional Resources

    9. Network File System (NFS)

      9.1. Methodology
      9.2. NFS Server Configuration Files
      9.3. NFS Client Configuration Files
      9.4. Securing NFS
      9.5. Additional Resources

    10. Apache HTTP Server

      10.1. Apache HTTP Server 2.0
      10.2. Migrating Apache HTTP Server 1.3 Configuration Files
      10.3. After Installation
      10.4. Starting and Stopping httpd
      10.5. Configuration Directives in httpd.conf
      10.6. Default Modules
      10.7. Adding Modules
      10.8. Virtual Hosts
      10.9. Additional Resources

    11. Email

      11.1. Email Protocols
      11.2. Email Program Classifications
      11.3. Mail Transport Agents
      11.4. Mail Delivery Agents
      11.5. Mail User Agents
      11.6. Additional Resources

    12. Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)

      12.1. Introduction to DNS
      12.2. /etc/named.conf
      12.3. Zone Files
      12.4. Using rndc
      12.5. Advanced Features of BIND
      12.6. Common Mistakes to Avoid
      12.7. Additional Resources

    13. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

      13.1. Why Use LDAP?
      13.2. LDAP Terminology.
      13.3. OpenLDAP Daemons and Utilities
      13.4. OpenLDAP Configuration Files
      13.5. The /etc/openldap/schema/ Directory
      13.6. OpenLDAP Setup Overview
      13.7. Configuring Your System to Authenticate Using OpenLDAP
      13.8. Upgrading to OpenLDAP Version 2.0
      13.9. Additional Resources

III. Security Reference

    14. Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
      14.1. Advantages of PAM
      14.2. PAM Configuration Files
      14.3. PAM Configuration File Format
      14.4. Sample PAM Configuration Files
      14.5. Creating PAM Modules
      14.6. PAM and Device Ownership
      14.7. Additional Resources

    15. TCP Wrappers and xinetd

      15.1. TCP Wrappers
      15.2. TCP Wrappers Configuration Files
      15.3. xinetd
      15.4. xinetd Configuration Files
      15.5. Additional Resources

    16. iptables

      16.1. Packet Filtering
      16.2. Differences between iptables and ipchains
      16.3. Options Used in iptables Commands
      16.4. Storing iptables Information
      16.5. Additional Resources

    17. Kerberos

      17.1. Advantages of Kerberos
      17.2. Kerberos Terminology
      17.3. How Kerberos Works
      17.4. Kerberos and PAM
      17.5. Configuring a Kerberos 5 Server
      17.6. Configuring a Kerberos 5 Client
      17.7. Additional Resources

    18. SSH Protocol

      18.1. Features of SSH
      18.2. SSH Protocol Versions
      18.3. Event Sequence of an SSH Connection
      18.4. OpenSSH Configuration Files
      18.5. More Than a Secure Shell
      18.6. Requiring SSH for Remote Connections

    19. Tripwire

      19.1. How to Use Tripwire
      19.2. Installing the Tripwire RPM
      19.3. Customizing Tripwire
      19.4. Initialize the Tripwire Database
      19.5. Running an Integrity Check
      19.6. Examining Tripwire Reports
      19.7. Updating the Tripwire Database
      19.8. Updating the Tripwire Policy File
      19.9. Updating the Tripwire Configuration File
      19.10. Tripwire File Location Reference
      19.11. Additional Resources

IV. Appendixes

    A. General Parameters and Modules
      A.1. Specifying Module Parameters
      A.2. CD-ROM Module Parameters
      A.3. SCSI parameters
      A.4. Ethernet Parameters

Index
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