Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide

Steve Shah (Riverside, CA) has been a UNIX systems/network administrator since 1992 and a programmer since 1986. Currently, he is responsible for administering five variants of UNIX and three variants of Windows NT. He has been working with Linux since version 1.09 (1994) and has administered Linux workstations since 1996. Steve has contributed as an author of several publications including Unix Unleashed (Editions 1-3), Red Hat Linux Unleased (Editions 2-3), and Using Unix, 2nd Edition. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and Creative Writing and is graduating from the University of California, Riverside with an M.S. in Computer Science in 1999.

Part I: Installing Linux as A Server. Chapter 1: Technical Summary of Linux Distributions, NT and Windows 2000. Chapter 2: Installing Red Hat Linux in a Server Configuration. Chapter 3: GNOME and KDE. Chapter 4: Installing Software. Part II: Single Host Administration. Chapter 5: Managing Users. Chapter 6: The Command Line. Chapter 7: File Systems. Chapter 8: Core System Services. Chapter 9: Compiling the Linux Kernel. Chapter 10: Securing an Individual Server. Part III: Internet Services. Chapter 11: DNS. Chapter 12: FTP. Chapter 13: Setting Up Your Web Server Using Apache. Chapter 14: SMTP. Chapter 15: Post Office Protocol (POP). Chapter 16: The Secure Shell (SSH). Part IV: Intranet Services. Chapter 17: Network File System Chapter 18: Network Information Service (NIS). Chapter 19: Samba. Chapter 20: Printing. Chapter 21: DHCP. Chapter 22: Backups. Part V: Advanced Linux Networking. Chapter 23: TCP/IP 101. Chapter 24: Network Configuration. Chapter 25: The /proc File System (update: revise for 2.4 kernels). Appendices: A: Programming Languages that Accompany Red Hat Linux (update: revise for RedHat 7.0). B: Getting the Usual Done (update: revise for new tools available).