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>Linux Administration Made Easy</A
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>by Steve Frampton, <frampton@LinuxNinja.com></A
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>The <SPAN
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>"Linux Administration Made Easy"</SPAN
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>) guide attempts to describe day-to-day
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administration and maintenance issues commonly faced by Linux system
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administrators. Part of the Linux Documentation Project.</P
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>1. <A
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>Preface</A
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>1.1. <A
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>Acknowledgements</A
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>1.2. <A
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>Copyright Information and Legal Disclaimers</A
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>1.3. <A
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>A Plea for Help</A
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>Introduction</A
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>2.1. <A
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>Scope</A
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>2.2. <A
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HREF="choosing-linux.html"
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>Choosing a Linux Distribution</A
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>3. <A
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>Linux Overview</A
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HREF="what-is-linux.html"
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>What is Linux?</A
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>3.2. <A
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HREF="linux-myths.html"
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>Breaking the Myths</A
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>3.3. <A
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HREF="user-perspective.html"
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>One User's Perspective</A
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>Installation and Hardware Configuration</A
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>Creating an Installation Diskette</A
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>4.2. <A
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HREF="booting-install.html"
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>Booting Linux Installation Program</A
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>4.3. <A
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HREF="install-partitioning.html"
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>Partitioning Hard Drive(s)</A
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>4.4. <A
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HREF="install-swap.html"
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>Setting up Swap Space</A
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>4.5. <A
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HREF="install-format.html"
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>Choosing Partitions to Format</A
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>4.6. <A
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HREF="install-packages.html"
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>Choosing Desired Packages to Install</A
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>4.7. <A
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HREF="install-configuration.html"
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>Hardware Configuration</A
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>4.8. <A
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HREF="install-lilo.html"
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>Booting with LILO</A
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>4.8.1. <A
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HREF="install-lilo.html#INSTALL-LILO-MULTI"
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>Multi-boot with Other Operating Systems</A
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>4.9. <A
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>Downloading and Installing Red Hat Updates</A
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>5. <A
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>Configuring the X Window System</A
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>5.1. <A
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>Getting the X Window System Working with X-Configurator</A
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>5.2. <A
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HREF="xwindows-xdm.html"
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>Using the X Desktop Manager</A
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>5.3. <A
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>Improving Font Appearance Under X</A
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>5.4. <A
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>Choosing a Window Manager for X</A
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>5.5. <A
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HREF="using-gnome.html"
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>GNOME Installation and Configuration</A
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>5.6. <A
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>KDE Installation and Configuration</A
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>6. <A
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>General System Administration Issues</A
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>Root Account</A
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>6.2. <A
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>Creating User Accounts</A
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>Changing User Passwords</A
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>Disabling User Accounts</A
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>Removing User Accounts</A
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>6.6. <A
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HREF="shadow-file-formats.html"
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>Linux Password & Shadow File Formats</A
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>6.7. <A
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>System Shutdown and Restart</A
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>7. <A
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>Custom Configuration and Administration Issues</A
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>Web Server and HTTP Caching Proxy Administration</A
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>7.2. <A
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HREF="domain-name-server.html"
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>Domain Name Server (DNS) Configuration and Administration</A
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>Internet User Authentication with TACACS</A
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>7.4. <A
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>Windows-style File and Print Services with Samba</A
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>7.5. <A
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HREF="netatalk-file-and-print.html"
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>Macintosh-style File and Print Services with Netatalk</A
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>7.6. <A
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HREF="nfs-services.html"
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>Network File System (NFS) Services</A
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>7.7. <A
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>Configuration from A-Z with Linuxconf</A
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>8. <A
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>Backup and Restore Procedures</A
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>8.1. <A
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>Server Backup Procedures</A
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>8.1.1. <A
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>Backing up with ``tar'':</A
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>8.1.2. <A
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>Backing up with ``KDat'':</A
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>Server Restore Procedures</A
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>8.2.1. <A
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>Restoring with ``tar'':</A
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>8.2.2. <A
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>Restoring with ``KDat'':</A
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>8.3. <A
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>Cisco Router Configuration Backups</A
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>9. <A
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>Various & Sundry Administrative Tasks</A
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>9.1. <A
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>Checking Storage Space</A
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>Managing Processes</A
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>Starting and Stopping Processes</A
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>Automating Tasks with Cron and Crontab files</A
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>10. <A
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>Upgrading Linux and Other Applications</A
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>10.1. <A
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>Using the Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)</A
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>Installing or Upgrading Without RPM</A
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>10.3. <A
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>Strategies for Keeping an Up-to-date System</A
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>Linux Kernel Upgrades</A
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>Upgrading a Red Hat Stock Kernel</A
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>Building a Custom Kernel</A
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>Moving to the Linux 2.2.x Kernels</A
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>10.8. <A
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>Configuring the Apache Web Server</A
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>Configuring the Squid HTTP Caching Proxy Daemon</A
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>10.10. <A
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>Configuring the Sendmail E-mail Daemon</A
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>11. <A
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>Enterprise Computing with Linux</A
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>11.1. <A
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>Performance Tuning</A
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>High Availability with RAID</A
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>11.3. <A
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>Server Migration and Scalability Issues</A
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>12. <A
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>Strategies for Keeping a Secure Server</A
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>Help! Trouble in Paradise!</A
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>13.1. <A
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>Getting Linux Installed on new, Unsupported Hardware</A
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>File System Corruption after Power Outage or System Crash</A
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>13.3. <A
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>Where to Turn for Help</A
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>Pointers to Additional Documentation</A
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