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>An introduction to system administration of a
Linux system for novices.</P
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><A
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>1. <A
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>2. <A
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>1. <A
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>Introduction</A
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>1.1. <A
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>Linux or GNU/Linux, that is the question.</A
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>1.2. <A
HREF="x186.html"
>Trademarks</A
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>2. <A
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>Overview of a Linux System</A
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>2.1. <A
HREF="various-parts.html"
>Various parts of an operating system</A
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>2.2. <A
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>Important parts of the kernel</A
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>2.3. <A
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>Major services in a UNIX system</A
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>3. <A
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>Overview of the Directory Tree</A
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>3.1. <A
HREF="fs-background.html"
>Background</A
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>3.2. <A
HREF="root-fs.html"
>The root filesystem</A
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><DT
>3.3. <A
HREF="etc-fs.html"
>The <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/etc</TT
> directory</A
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><DT
>3.4. <A
HREF="dev-fs.html"
>The <TT
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>/dev</TT
> directory</A
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><DT
>3.5. <A
HREF="usr-fs.html"
>The <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr</TT
> filesystem.</A
></DT
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>3.6. <A
HREF="var-fs.html"
>The <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/var</TT
> filesystem</A
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><DT
>3.7. <A
HREF="proc-fs.html"
>The <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/proc</TT
> filesystem</A
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>4. <A
HREF="device-list.html"
>Hardware, Devices, and Tools</A
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>4.1. <A
HREF="hwutils.html"
>Hardware Utilities</A
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>4.2. <A
HREF="x1926.html"
>Kernel Modules</A
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>5. <A
HREF="disk-usage.html"
>Using Disks and Other Storage Media</A
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>5.1. <A
HREF="block-char-dev.html"
>Two kinds of devices</A
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>5.2. <A
HREF="hard-disk.html"
>Hard disks</A
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>5.3. <A
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>Storage Area Networks - Draft</A
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>5.4. <A
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>Network Attached Storage - Draft</A
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>5.5. <A
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>Floppies</A
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>5.6. <A
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>5.8. <A
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>5.9. <A
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>Partitions</A
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>5.10. <A
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>Filesystems</A
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>5.11. <A
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>Disks without filesystems</A
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>5.12. <A
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>Allocating disk space</A
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>Sharing swap spaces with other operating systems</A
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>6.5. <A
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>Allocating swap space</A
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>7. <A
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>7.1. <A
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>7.2. <A
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>8. <A
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>8.2. <A
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<B
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<TT
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<TT
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>11. <A
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>11.1. <A
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>11.2. <A
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>11.3. <A
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>Changing user properties</A
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>11.4. <A
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>Removing a user</A
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>12. <A
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>Backups</A
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>12.1. <A
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>12.2. <A
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>Selecting the backup medium</A
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>12.3. <A
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>Selecting the backup tool</A
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>12.4. <A
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>Simple backups</A
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>12.5. <A
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>Multilevel backups</A
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>What to back up</A
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>12.7. <A
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>13. <A
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>Task Automation --To Be Added</A
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>14. <A
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>Keeping Time</A
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>14.1. <A
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>14.2. <A
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>The hardware and software clocks</A
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>Showing and setting time</A
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>14.5. <A
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>NTP - Network Time Protocol</A
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>14.7. <A
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>NTP Toolkit</A
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>14.8. <A
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>14.9. <A
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>NTP Links</A
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>15. <A
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>System Logs --To Be Added</A
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>16. <A
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>System Updates --To Be Added</A
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>17. <A
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>The Linux Kernel Source</A
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>18. <A
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>Finding Help</A
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>18.1. <A
HREF="newsgroups-mailling-lists.html"
>Newsgroups and Mailing Lists</A
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><DT
>18.2. <A
HREF="irc.html"
>IRC</A
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>A. <A
HREF="gfdl1.2.html"
>GNU Free Documentation License</A
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>A.1. <A
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your documents</A
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><DT
>5-1. <A
HREF="filesystems.html#AEN2790"
>Comparing Filesystem Features</A
></DT
><DT
>5-2. <A
HREF="filesystems.html#AEN2949"
>Sizes</A
></DT
><DT
>5-3. <A
HREF="alloc-disk.html#AEN3270"
>My Partitions</A
></DT
><DT
>9-1. <A
HREF="run-levels-intro.html#RUN-LEVELS-TABLE"
>Run level numbers</A
></DT
><DT
>12-1. <A
HREF="multi-level-backups.html#EFFICIENT-BACKUP-LEVELS"
>Efficient backup scheme using many backup levels</A
></DT
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><B
>List of Figures</B
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><DT
>2-1. <A
HREF="kernel-parts.html#KERNELOVERVIEW"
>Some of the more important parts of the Linux kernel</A
></DT
><DT
>3-1. <A
HREF="fs-background.html#FSTREE"
>Parts of a Unix
directory tree. Dashed lines indicate partition
limits.</A
></DT
><DT
>5-1. <A
HREF="hard-disk.html#HD-SCHEMATIC"
>A schematic picture of a hard disk.</A
></DT
><DT
>5-2. <A
HREF="partitions.html#HARD-DISK-LAYOUT"
>A sample hard disk partitioning.</A
></DT
><DT
>5-3. <A
HREF="filesystems.html#HD-MOUNT-ROOT"
>Three separate filesystems.</A
></DT
><DT
>5-4. <A
HREF="filesystems.html#HD-MOUNT-ALL"
><TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/home</TT
> and <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>/usr</TT
>
have been
mounted.</A
></DT
><DT
>10-1. <A
HREF="login-via-terminal.html#TERMINAL-LOGINS-TABLE"
>Logins via terminals: the interaction of
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>init</B
>,
<B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>getty</B
>, <B
CLASS="COMMAND"
>login</B
>, and the
shell.</A
></DT
><DT
>12-1. <A
HREF="multi-level-backups.html#BACKUP-HISTORY-TIMELINE"
>A sample multilevel backup schedule.</A
></DT
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