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<para>
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Topics covered in this section include:
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<simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
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<member><xref linkend="admconfig"> Configuration</member>
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<member><xref linkend="admbenchmark"> Benchmarking</member>
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<member><xref linkend="admcluster"> Clustering</member>
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<member><xref linkend="admbackup"> Backup</member>
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<member><xref linkend="admrecovery"> Recovery</member>
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<member><xref linkend="admsecurity"> Security</member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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<sect2 id="admconfig">
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<title>Configuration</title>
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<para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Battery-Powered.html">
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Battery-Powered</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: December 1997</CiteTitle>.
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How to reduce a Linux system's power consumption by tweaking
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some of its configuration settings. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html">
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Bootdisk-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>
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The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para>
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<Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: September 2000</CiteTitle>.
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How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../BootPrompt-HOWTO.html">
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BootPrompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>
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The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para>
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<Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: May 1999</CiteTitle>.
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A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can
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be passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel
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and device parameters.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Config-HOWTO.html">
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Config-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Configuration HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Aims at making the fine-tuning of your newly installed Linux box
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quicker and easier. You will find a set of configurations for the
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most common applications and services. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Filesystems-HOWTO.html">
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Filesystems-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>
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Filesystems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para>
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<Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
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About filesystems and accessing filesystems.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../HP-HOWTO/index.html">
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HP-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>
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HP HOWTO - Utilisation and Configuration Guide of HP Products under Linux</CiteTitle>
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</Para>
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<Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Describes the use of products available in the Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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catalog with Linux and some free software.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Installation-HOWTO/index.html">
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Installation-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>
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The Linux Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
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How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first
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document which a new Linux user should read to get started.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Kernel-HOWTO.html">
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Kernel-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>
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The Linux Kernel HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: June 1999</CiteTitle>.
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A detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and
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troubleshooting for ix86-based systems.</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../KickStart-HOWTO.html">
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KickStart-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>
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RedHat Linux KickStart HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: January 1999</CiteTitle>.
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Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to
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rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../MultiOS-HOWTO.html">
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MultiOS-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Covers the procedures for using removable hard disks to install and
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manage multiple alternative operating systems while leaving a single
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fixed disk to permanently house and protect the primary operating
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system. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Path.html">
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Path</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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PATH HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: November 1997</CiteTitle>.
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Describes common tricks and problems with Unix / Linux environment
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variables, especially with PATH variable. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Public-Web-Browser.html">
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Public-Web-Browser</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Linux web browser station</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Describes the setup of Internet kiosk-type system based on Linux
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to be deployed to provide public Internet/webmail access. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Quota.html">
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Quota</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Quota mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
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How to enable file system quota on a Linux host, assigning
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quota for users and groups, as well as the usage of miscellaneous
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quota commands. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Visual-Bell.html">
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Visual-Bell</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Visible bell mini-Howto</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: November 1997</CiteTitle>.
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How to use termcap to configure a visual bell on one's system and
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describes how to disable audible bells on demand. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="admbenchmark">
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<title>Benchmarking</title>
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<para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Benchmarking-HOWTO.html">
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Benchmarking-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Linux Benchmarking HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
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Discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of Linux
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systems and presents a basic benchmarking toolkit. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="admcluster">
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<title>Clustering</title>
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<para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Beowulf-HOWTO.html">
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Beowulf-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Beowulf HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: November 1998</CiteTitle>.
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Introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer architecture and provides background
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information on parallel programming, including links to other more
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specific documents. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/linux-ha/High-Availability-HOWTO.html">High-Availability-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>The High Availability HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: December 1998</CiteTitle>.
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Describes the concepts of Linux-HA, the High Availability software
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solution for Linux. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="admbackup">
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<title>Backup</title>
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<para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/ADSM-Backup.html">
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ADSM-Backup</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Linux ADSM mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: January 1997</CiteTitle>.
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How to install and use a client for the commercial ADSM backup system
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for Linux/i386. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Backup-With-MSDOS.html">
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Backup-With-MSDOS</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: August 1997</CiteTitle>.
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How to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an MS-DOS
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machine to back up the filesystem of a Linux machine. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="admrecovery">
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<title>Recovery</title>
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<para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Ext2fs-Undeletion.html">
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Ext2fs-Undeletion</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: February 1999</CiteTitle>.
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Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from
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a Second Extended File System. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct/index.html">
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Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Ext2fs Undeletion of Directory Structures</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: August 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Describes a straight forward way of recovering whole
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directory structures, instead of file by file, that have been removed
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by a misplaced <emphasis>rm -rf</emphasis> </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO.html">
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LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Discusses methods to recover from Linux system failures. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="admsecurity">
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<title>Security</title>
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<para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Bridge+Firewall.html">
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Bridge+Firewall</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: December 1997</CiteTitle>.
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A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards.
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A firewall is an intelligent insulator. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Bridge+Firewall+DSL.html">
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Bridge+Firewall+DSL</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: March 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with
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a DSL network connection. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Domain.html">
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Domain</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Setting Up Your New Domain Mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: October 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
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setup a network of computers under your own domain. Covers
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configuration of network parameters, network services, and security
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settings. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Firewall-HOWTO.html">
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Firewall-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: February 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some
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detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux
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based system. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Firewall-Piercing.html">
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Firewall-Piercing</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: November 1998</CiteTitle>.
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Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities
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transparently through an Internet firewall. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Secure-POP+SSH.html">
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Secure-POP+SSH</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: September 1998</CiteTitle>.
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How to set up secure POP connections using ssh. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Security-HOWTO.html">
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Security-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Linux Security HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: March 2000</CiteTitle>.
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A general overview of security issues that face the administrator of
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Linux systems. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../Shadow-Password-HOWTO.html">
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Shadow-Password-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>Linux Shadow Password HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: April 1996</CiteTitle>.
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How to obtain, install, and configure the Linux password Shadow Suite. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../mini/Term-Firewall.html">
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Term-Firewall</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
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Using Term to Pierce an Internet Firewall</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>
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Updated: July 1996</CiteTitle>.
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Directions for using ``term'' to do network stuff through
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a TCP firewall that you're not supposed to be able to. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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<ULINK URL="../User-Authentication-HOWTO/index.html">
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User-Authentication-HOWTO</ULink>,
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<CiteTitle>User Authentication HOWTO</CiteTitle>
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</Para><Para>
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<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2000</CiteTitle>.
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Explains how user and group information is stored and how users
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are authenticated on a Linux system (PAM), and how to secure you
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system's user authentication. </Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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