Topics covered in this section include: Configuration / Installation Benchmarking Clustering Backup Recovery Security Battery-Powered, Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO Updated: June 2003. How to optimize and configure power management on a ready-configured Linux system for use on battery-powered laptops. Bootdisk-HOWTO, The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO Updated: January 2002. How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux. BootPrompt-HOWTO, The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO Updated: March 2003. 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. Config-HOWTO, Configuration HOWTO Updated: November 2001. 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. Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing, Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO Updated: June 2003. 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. Debian-Jigdo, Debian Jigdo mini-HOWTO Updated: July 2003. 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. Filesystems-HOWTO, Filesystems HOWTO Updated: August 2000. About filesystems and accessing filesystems. HP-HOWTO, HP HOWTO - Utilisation and Configuration Guide of HP Products under Linux Updated: December 2001. Describes the use of products available in the Hewlett-Packard (HP) catalog with Linux and some free software. Installation-HOWTO, The Linux Installation HOWTO Updated: July 2002. How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document which a new Linux user should read to get started. Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO, Jabber Server Farming How-To Updated: June 2002. Provide Jabber admins a look into the present and future of Jabber Server Farming. Kernel-HOWTO, The Linux Kernel HOWTO Updated: July 2003. A detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and troubleshooting for ix86-based systems. KernelAnalysis-HOWTO, KernelAnalysis-HOWTO Updated: March 2003. Explains some things about the Linux Kernel, such as the most important components, how they work, and so on. KickStart-HOWTO, RedHat Linux KickStart HOWTO Updated: January 1999. Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. Linux-Crash-HOWTO, Linux Crash HOWTO Updated: January 2002. Describes the installation and usage of the LKCD (Linux Kernel Crash Dump) package. Linux+XFS-HOWTO, Linux + XFS HOWTO : Linux on Steroids Updated: May 2002. Describes how to build a Linux system that runs on top of the SGI XFS journaling filesystem. LVM-HOWTO, Logical Volume Manager HOWTO Updated: February 2003. Describes how to build, install, and configure LVM for Linux. MultiOS-HOWTO, Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO Updated: February 2000. 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. Path, PATH HOWTO Updated: November 1997. Describes common tricks and problems with Unix / Linux environment variables, especially with PATH variable. Public-Web-Browser, Linux web browser station Updated: October 2000. Describes the setup of Internet kiosk-type system based on Linux to be deployed to provide public Internet/webmail access. Quota, Quota mini-HOWTO Updated: August 2003. 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. TimePrecision-HOWTO, Managing Accurate Date and Time HOWTO Updated: July 2003. Explains the time mechanisms on Linux, what are time zones, and precision with NTP. Visual-Bell, Visible bell mini-Howto Updated: December 2001. How to use termcap to configure a visual bell on one's system and describes how to disable audible bells on demand. Benchmarking-HOWTO, Linux Benchmarking HOWTO Updated: August 1997. Discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of Linux systems and presents a basic benchmarking toolkit. CSPM-HOWTO, Complete System Performance Monitor HOWTO Updated: June 2003. Provides an overview of the Complete System Performance Monitor, including a description of the product and installation and configuration information. Beowulf-HOWTO, Beowulf HOWTO Updated: November 1998. Introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer architecture and provides background information on parallel programming, including links to other more specific documents. SSI-UML-HOWTO, Creating SSI Clusters Using UML HOWTO Updated: May 2002. A description of how to create a Single System Image (SSI) cluster of virtual User-Mode Linux (UML) machines. ADSM-Backup, Linux ADSM mini-HOWTO Updated: January 1997. How to install and use a client for the commercial ADSM backup system for Linux/i386. Backup-With-MSDOS, Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO Updated: August 1997. How to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an MS-DOS machine to back up the filesystem of a Linux machine. Clone-HOWTO, HOWTO Clone Disk Images on Linux Booted from a Network Updated: September 2002. 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. Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO, Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO Updated: April 2003. 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. "Bare metal recovery" is the process of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure. Ext2fs-Undeletion, Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO Updated: February 1999. Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from a Second Extended File System. Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct, Ext2fs Undeletion of Directory Structures Updated: November 2000. Describes a straight forward way of recovering whole directory structures, instead of file by file, that have been removed by a misplaced rm -rf LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO, LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOWTO Updated: May 2003. Discusses methods to recover from Linux system failures. Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO, Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO Updated: April 2003. 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. "Bare metal recovery" is the process of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure. Bridge+Firewall, Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO Updated: December 1997. A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards. A firewall is an intelligent insulator. Bridge+Firewall+DSL, Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO Updated: November 2000. Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with a DSL network connection. Domain, Setting Up Your New Domain Mini HOWTO Updated: October 2000. 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. Firewall-HOWTO, Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO Updated: February 2000. 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. Firewall-Piercing, Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO Updated: November 2001. Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities transparently through an Internet firewall. IPCHAINS-HOWTO, Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO Updated: July 2000. How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them. Secure-POP+SSH, Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO Updated: September 1998. How to set up secure POP connections using ssh. Security-HOWTO, Linux Security HOWTO Updated: June 2002. A general overview of security issues that face the administrator of Linux systems. Security-Quickstart-HOWTO, Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux Updated: July 2002. An overview of the basic steps required to secure a Linux installation from intrusion. Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO, Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Redhat Linux Updated: July 2002. An overview of the basic steps required to secure a Linux installation from intrusion (Redhat specific version). Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO, Sentry Firewall CD HOWTO Updated: October 2002. An introduction on how the Sentry Firewall CDROM works and how to get started using the system. Shadow-Password-HOWTO, Linux Shadow Password HOWTO Updated: April 1996. How to obtain, install, and configure the Linux password Shadow Suite. Snort-Statistics-HOWTO, Snort-Setup for Statistics HOWTO Updated: February 2002. 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. Term-Firewall, Using Term to Pierce an Internet Firewall [ Archived ] Archived - Last Update: July 1996. Directions for using ``term'' to do network stuff through a TCP firewall that you're not supposed to be able to. User-Authentication-HOWTO, User Authentication HOWTO Updated: May 2000. 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.