A practical guide to Ubuntu Linux

The Most Complete, Easy-to-Follow Guide to Ubuntu Linux The #1 Ubuntu server resource, fully updated for Ubuntu 10.4 (Lucid Lynx)–the Long Term Support (LTS) release many companies will rely on for years! Updated JumpStarts help you set up Samba, Apache, Mail, FTP, NIS, OpenSSH, DNS, and other comp...

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Otros Autores: Sobell, Mark G Author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Prentice Hall 2011
Edición:3rd ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629087506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • List of JumpStarts
  • Preface
  • CHAPTER 1: WELCOME TO LINUX
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • The History of UNIX and GNU-Linux
  • The Heritage of Linux: UNIX
  • Fade to 1983
  • Next Scene, 1991
  • The Code Is Free
  • Have Fun!
  • What Is So Good About Linux?
  • Why Linux Is Popular with Hardware Companies and Developers
  • Linux Is Portable
  • The C Programming Language
  • 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
  • A Large Collection of Useful Utilities
  • Interprocess Communication
  • System Administration
  • Additional Features of Linux
  • GUIs: Graphical User Interfaces
  • (Inter)Networking Utilities
  • Software Development
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • PART I: INSTALLING UBUNTU LINUX
  • CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION OVERVIEW
  • The Live/Install Desktop CD and the Live/Install DVD
  • More Information
  • Planning the Installation
  • The Installation Process
  • Downloading and Burning a CD/DVD
  • Gathering Information About the System
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 3: STEP-BY-STEP INSTALLATION
  • Booting from a Live/Install Desktop CD or a Live/Install DVD
  • Graphical Partition Editors
  • Upgrading to a New Release
  • Installing KDE
  • Setting Up a Dual-Boot System
  • Advanced Installation
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • PART II: GETTING STARTED WITH UBUNTU LINUX
  • CHAPTER 4: INTRODUCTION TO UBUNTU LINUX
  • Curbing Your Power: root Privileges/sudo
  • A Tour of the Ubuntu Desktop
  • Getting the Most Out of the Desktop
  • Updating, Installing, and Removing Software Packages
  • Where to Find Documentation
  • More About Logging In.
  • Working from the Command Line
  • Controlling Windows: Advanced Operations
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 5: THE LINUX UTILITIES
  • Special Characters
  • Basic Utilities
  • Working with Files
  • | (Pipe): Communicates Between Processes
  • Four More Utilities
  • Compressing and Archiving Files
  • Locating Commands
  • Obtaining User and System Information
  • Communicating with Other Users
  • Email
  • Tutorial: Using vim to Create and Edit a File
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 6: THE LINUX FILESYSTEM
  • The Hierarchical Filesystem
  • Directory Files and Ordinary Files
  • Pathnames
  • Working with Directories
  • Access Permissions
  • ACLs: Access Control Lists
  • Links
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 7: THE SHELL
  • The Command Line
  • Standard Input and Standard Output
  • Running a Command in the Background
  • Filename Generation/Pathname Expansion
  • Builtins
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • PART III: DIGGING INTO UBUNTU LINUX
  • CHAPTER 8: LINUX GUIS: X AND GNOME
  • X Window System
  • The Nautilus File Browser Window
  • The Nautilus Spatial View
  • GNOME Utilities
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 9: THE BOURNE AGAIN SHELL
  • Background
  • Shell Basics
  • Parameters and Variables
  • Special Characters
  • Processes
  • History
  • Aliases
  • Functions
  • Controlling bash: Features and Options
  • Processing the Command Line
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 10: NETWORKING AND THE INTERNET
  • Types of Networks and How They Work
  • Communicate over a Network
  • Network Utilities
  • Distributed Computing
  • Usenet
  • WWW: World Wide Web
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • PART IV: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
  • CHAPTER 11: SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION: CORE CONCEPTS.
  • Running Commands with root Privileges
  • The Upstart Event-Based init Daemon
  • System Operation
  • Avoiding a Trojan Horse
  • Getting Help
  • Textual System Administration Utilities
  • Setting Up a Server
  • nsswitch.conf: Which Service to Look at First
  • PAM
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 12: FILES, DIRECTORIES, AND FILESYSTEMS
  • Important Files and Directories
  • File Types
  • Filesystems
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 13: DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING SOFTWARE
  • JumpStart: Installing and Removing Packages Using aptitude
  • Finding the Package That Holds a File You Need
  • APT: Keeps the System Up-to-Date
  • dpkg: The Debian Package Management System
  • BitTorrent
  • Installing Non-dpkg Software
  • wget: Downloads Files Noninteractively
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 14: PRINTING WITH CUPS
  • Introduction
  • JumpStart I: Configuring a Local Printer
  • system-config-printer: Configuring a Printer
  • JumpStart II: Setting Up a Local or Remote Printer Using the CUPS Web Interface
  • Traditional UNIX Printing
  • Configuring Printers
  • Printing from Windows
  • Printing to Windows
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 15: BUILDING A LINUX KERNEL
  • Prerequisites
  • Downloading the Kernel Source Code
  • Read the Documentation
  • Configuring and Compiling the Linux Kernel
  • Installing the Kernel, Modules, and Associated Files
  • Rebooting
  • GRUB: The Linux Boot Loader
  • dmesg: Displays Kernel Messages
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 16: ADMINISTRATION TASKS
  • Configuring User and Group Accounts
  • Backing Up Files
  • Scheduling Tasks
  • System Reports
  • parted: Reports on and Partitions a Hard Disk
  • Keeping Users Informed
  • Creating Problems
  • Solving Problems
  • MySQL.
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 17: CONFIGURING AND MONITORING A LAN
  • Setting Up the Hardware
  • Configuring the Systems
  • NetworkManager: Configures Network Connections
  • Setting Up Servers
  • Introduction to Cacti
  • More Information
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • PART V: USING CLIENTS AND SETTING UP SERVERS
  • CHAPTER 18: OPENSSH: SECURE NETWORK COMMUNICATION
  • Introduction to OpenSSH
  • Running the ssh, scp, and sftp OpenSSH Clients
  • Setting Up an OpenSSH Server (sshd)
  • Troubleshooting
  • Tunneling/Port Forwarding
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 19: FTP: TRANSFERRING FILES ACROSS A NETWORK
  • Introduction to FTP
  • Running the ftp and sftp FTP Clients
  • Setting Up an FTP Server (vsftpd)
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 20: EXIM4: SETTING UP MAIL SERVERS, CLIENTS, AND MORE
  • Introduction to exim4
  • Setting Up a Mail Server (exim4)
  • Working with exim4 Messages
  • Configuring an exim4 Mail Server
  • SpamAssassin
  • Additional Email Tools
  • Authenticated Relaying
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 21: NIS AND LDAP
  • Introduction to NIS
  • Running an NIS Client
  • Setting Up an NIS Server
  • LDAP
  • Setting Up an LDAP Server
  • Other Tools for Working with LDAP
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 22: NFS: SHARING FILESYSTEMS
  • Introduction to NFS
  • Running an NFS Client
  • Setting Up an NFS Server
  • automount: Mounts Directory Hierarchies on Demand
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 23: SAMBA: LINUX AND WINDOWS FILE AND PRINTER SHARING
  • Introduction to Samba
  • Setting Up a Samba Server
  • Working with Linux Shares from Windows
  • Working with Windows Shares from Linux
  • Troubleshooting
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises.
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 24: DNS/BIND: TRACKING DOMAIN NAMES AND ADDRESSES
  • Introduction to DNS
  • Setting Up a DNS Server
  • Setting Up Different Types of DNS Servers
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 25: FIRESTARTER, GUFW, AND IPTABLES: SETTING UP A FIREWALL
  • Introduction to firestarter
  • firestarter: Setting Up and Maintaining a Firewall
  • ufw: The Uncomplicated Firewall
  • gufw: The Graphical Interface to ufw
  • Introduction to iptables
  • Building a Set of Rules Using iptables
  • Copying Rules to and from the Kernel
  • Sharing an Internet Connection Using NAT
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 26: APACHE: SETTING UP A WEB SERVER
  • Introduction
  • Running a Web Server (Apache)
  • Configuration Directives
  • Configuration Files
  • Advanced Configuration
  • Troubleshooting
  • Modules
  • webalizer: Analyzes Web Traffic
  • MRTG: Monitors Traffic Loads
  • Error Codes
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • PART VI: PROGRAMMING TOOLS
  • CHAPTER 27: PROGRAMMING THE BOURNE AGAIN SHELL
  • Control Structures
  • File Descriptors
  • Parameters and Variables
  • Builtin Commands
  • Expressions
  • Shell Programs
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • CHAPTER 28: THE PERL SCRIPTING LANGUAGE
  • Introduction to Perl
  • Variables
  • Control Structures
  • Working with Files
  • Sort
  • Subroutines
  • Regular Expressions
  • CPAN Modules
  • Examples
  • Chapter Summary
  • Exercises
  • Advanced Exercises
  • PART VII: APPENDIXES
  • APPENDIX A: REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
  • Characters
  • Delimiters
  • Simple Strings
  • Special Characters
  • Rules
  • Bracketing Expressions
  • The Replacement String
  • Extended Regular Expressions
  • Appendix Summary
  • APPENDIX B: HELP
  • Solving a Problem
  • Finding Linux-Related Information
  • Specifying a Terminal
  • APPENDIX C: SECURITY.
  • Encryption.