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Topics covered in this section include:

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<member><xref linkend="admconfig"> Configuration / Installation</member>
<member><xref linkend="admbenchmark"> Benchmarking</member>
<member><xref linkend="admcluster"> Clustering</member>
<member><xref linkend="admbackup"> Backup</member>
<member><xref linkend="admrecovery"> Recovery</member>
<member><xref linkend="admsecurity"> Security</member>
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<sect2 id="admconfig">
<title>Configuration / Installation</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Battery-Powered/index.html">
Battery-Powered</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: June 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to optimize and configure power management on a
ready-configured Linux system for use on battery-powered laptops. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html">
Bootdisk-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: January 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../BootPrompt-HOWTO.html">
BootPrompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: March 2003</CiteTitle>.
A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can
be passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel
and device parameters.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Config-HOWTO/index.html">
Config-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Configuration HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 2001</CiteTitle>.
Aims at making the fine-tuning of your newly installed Linux box
quicker and easier.  You will find a set of configurations for the
most common applications and services. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/index.html">
Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2003</CiteTitle>.
Demonstrates how to use command-line tools to configure your
Debian system for printing. It explains how to send documents from Linux
to Windows printers and how to share Linux printers with Windows PCs. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Debian-Jigdo/index.html">
Debian-Jigdo</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Debian Jigdo mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: July 2003</CiteTitle>.
Describes why you should use jigdo (a tool for obtaining Debian ISOs),
a little bit about how it works and how you use it to get and update 
Debian ISOs. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Filesystems-HOWTO.html">
Filesystems-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
Filesystems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
About filesystems and accessing filesystems.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../HP-HOWTO/index.html">
HP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
HP HOWTO - Utilisation and Configuration Guide of HP Products under Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated:  December 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes the use of products available in the Hewlett-Packard (HP)
catalog with Linux and some free software.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Installation-HOWTO/index.html">
Installation-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first
document which a new Linux user should read to get started.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO/index.html">
Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Jabber Server Farming How-To</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2002</CiteTitle>.
Provide Jabber admins a look into the present and future of
Jabber Server Farming. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Kernel-HOWTO/index.html">
Kernel-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux Kernel HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: July 2003</CiteTitle>.
A detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and
troubleshooting for ix86-based systems.</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../KernelAnalysis-HOWTO.html">
KernelAnalysis-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>KernelAnalysis-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: March 2003</CiteTitle>.
Explains some things about the Linux Kernel,
such as the most important components, how they work, and so on. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../KickStart-HOWTO.html">
KickStart-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
RedHat Linux KickStart HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: January 1999</CiteTitle>.
Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to
rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Crash-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-Crash-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Crash HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: January 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes the installation and usage of the LKCD (Linux Kernel 
Crash Dump) package. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux+XFS-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux+XFS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux + XFS HOWTO : Linux on Steroids</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to build a Linux system that runs on
top of the SGI XFS journaling filesystem. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LVM-HOWTO/index.html">
LVM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Logical Volume Manager HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2003</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to build, install, and configure LVM for Linux. </para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../MultiOS-HOWTO.html">
MultiOS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2000</CiteTitle>.
Covers the procedures for using removable hard disks to install and
manage multiple alternative operating systems while leaving a single
fixed disk to permanently house and protect the primary operating 
system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Path.html">
Path</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
PATH HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 1997</CiteTitle>.
Describes common tricks and problems with Unix / Linux environment
variables, especially with PATH variable. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Public-Web-Browser.html">
Public-Web-Browser</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux web browser station</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes the setup of Internet kiosk-type system based on Linux
to be deployed to provide public Internet/webmail access. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Quota.html">
Quota</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Quota mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to enable file system quota on a Linux host, assigning
quota for users and groups, as well as the usage of miscellaneous
quota commands. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../TimePrecision-HOWTO/index.html">
TimePrecision-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Managing Accurate Date and Time HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2003</CiteTitle>.
Explains the time mechanisms on Linux, what are time zones, and
precision with NTP. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Visual-Bell.html">
Visual-Bell</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Visible bell mini-Howto</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to use termcap to configure a visual bell on one's system and
describes how to disable audible bells on demand. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admbenchmark">
<title>Benchmarking</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Benchmarking-HOWTO.html">
Benchmarking-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Benchmarking HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
Discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of Linux
systems and presents a basic benchmarking toolkit. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../CSPM-HOWTO/index.html">
CSPM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Complete System Performance Monitor HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2003</CiteTitle>.
Provides an overview of the Complete System Performance Monitor,
including a description of the product and installation 
and configuration information. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admcluster">
<title>Clustering</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Beowulf-HOWTO.html">
Beowulf-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Beowulf HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1998</CiteTitle>.
Introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer architecture and provides background
information on parallel programming, including links to other more
specific documents. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SSI-UML-HOWTO/index.html">
SSI-UML-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Creating SSI Clusters Using UML HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2002</CiteTitle>.
A description of how to create a Single System Image (SSI) cluster of
virtual User-Mode Linux (UML) machines. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admbackup">
<title>Backup</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../ADSM-Backup.html">
ADSM-Backup</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux ADSM mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: January 1997</CiteTitle>.
How to install and use a client for the commercial ADSM backup system
for Linux/i386. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Backup-With-MSDOS.html">
Backup-With-MSDOS</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
How to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an MS-DOS
machine to back up the filesystem of a Linux machine. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Clone-HOWTO/index.html">
Clone-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>HOWTO Clone Disk Images on Linux Booted from a Network</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: September 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes a setup that allows a machine to boot Linux from
BOOTP/TFTP, using the Grub boot loader, and save and restore disk and
partition images to and from a TFTP server. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2003</CiteTitle>.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux
computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how
to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts.
<emphasis>&quot;Bare metal recovery&quot;</emphasis> is the process
of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admrecovery">
<title>Recovery</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Ext2fs-Undeletion.html">
Ext2fs-Undeletion</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: February 1999</CiteTitle>.
Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from
a Second Extended File System.  </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct/index.html">
Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Ext2fs Undeletion of Directory Structures</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes a straight forward way of recovering whole
directory structures, instead of file by file, that have been removed
by a misplaced <emphasis>rm -rf</emphasis> </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO/index.html">
LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2003</CiteTitle>.
Discusses methods to recover from Linux system failures. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 2003</CiteTitle>.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux
computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how
to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts.
<emphasis>&quot;Bare metal recovery&quot;</emphasis> is the process
of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admsecurity">
<title>Security</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bridge+Firewall.html">
Bridge+Firewall</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: December 1997</CiteTitle>.
A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards.
A firewall is an intelligent insulator. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bridge+Firewall+DSL.html">
Bridge+Firewall+DSL</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 2000</CiteTitle>.
Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with
a DSL network connection. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Domain.html">
Domain</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Setting Up Your New Domain Mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
setup a network of computers under your own domain. Covers
configuration of network parameters, network services, and security
settings. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Firewall-HOWTO.html">
Firewall-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2000</CiteTitle>.
Designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some
detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux
based system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Firewall-Piercing/index.html">
Firewall-Piercing</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: November 2001</CiteTitle>.
Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities
transparently through an Internet firewall. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html">
IPCHAINS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling
chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Secure-POP+SSH.html">
Secure-POP+SSH</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: September 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to set up secure POP connections using ssh. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Security-HOWTO/index.html">
Security-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Security HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: June 2002</CiteTitle>.
A general overview of security issues that face the administrator of
Linux systems. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Security-Quickstart-HOWTO/index.html">
Security-Quickstart-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
An overview of the basic steps required to 
secure a Linux installation from intrusion. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO/index.html">
Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Redhat Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: July 2002</CiteTitle>.
An overview of the basic steps required to 
secure a Linux installation from intrusion
(<emphasis>Redhat specific version</emphasis>). </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO.html">
Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Sentry Firewall CD HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2002</CiteTitle>.
An introduction on how the Sentry Firewall CDROM
works and how to get started using the system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Shadow-Password-HOWTO.html">
Shadow-Password-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Shadow Password HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: April 1996</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain, install, and configure the Linux password Shadow Suite. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Snort-Statistics-HOWTO/index.html">
Snort-Statistics-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Snort-Setup for Statistics HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to configure Snort version 1.8.3 to be 
used in conjunction with the statistical tools ACID (Analysis Console
for Intrusion Databases) and SnortSnarf. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Term-Firewall.html">
Term-Firewall</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Using Term to Pierce an Internet Firewall</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<inlinemediaobject>
  <imageobject>
    <imagedata fileref="../images/archived.gif">
  </imageobject>
  <textobject>
    <phrase>&lsqb; Archived &rsqb;</phrase>
  </textobject>
</inlinemediaobject>
<CiteTitle>
Archived - Last Update: July 1996</CiteTitle>.
Directions for using ``term'' to do network stuff through
a TCP firewall that you're not supposed to be able to. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../User-Authentication-HOWTO/index.html">
User-Authentication-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>User Authentication HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2000</CiteTitle>.
Explains how user and group information is stored and how users
are authenticated on a Linux system (PAM), and how to secure you
system's user authentication. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>