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CHAPTER 1
Duties of the System Administrator
CHAPTER 2
Planning the Network
CHAPTER 3
Installing RedHat Linux
CHAPTER 4
Red HatLinux File System
CHAPTER 5
Red HatSystem Configuration Files
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that extend these duties even for the experienced Linux user. In this chapter, we
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Chapter 5 RedHatSystem Configuration ... optimally. Chapter 16
explains the RedHat Network, a service available from RedHat that you can use to
keep your system current. You can register your systems with RedHat and then
receive notifications...
... covered is the RedHat Network, a subscription service
available with RedHat Enterprise Linux that you can use to keep your system
current. You can register your systems with RedHat and then ... mainframes. Linux in general, Fedora Core 4 and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux in particular, are very powerful operating systems
that can be used at the enterprise level as a full-fledged server. Linux ... We
want to emphasize that this book is useful for users of Fedora Core, the open
source community–based Linux project supported by Red Hat, as well as users
of RedHat Enterprise Linux.
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Configuring the ... whatever came on the com-
puter, assuming that things came properly configured from the factory. The
user or enterprise that decides on Linux has decided, also, to assume the con-
trol that Linux...
... RedHat boot disk starts your PC and the RedHatLinux installation
program. After you install RedHat Linux, you no longer need the Red Hat
boot disk (except when you want to reinstall RedHat ... installation section.
Creating the RedHat Boot Disk
To boot RedHatLinux for the first time and start the RedHatLinux installa-
tion program, you need a RedHat boot disk. For this step, you ... reinstall RedHatLinux from the
CD-ROMs).
The RedHat boot disk contains an initial version of the RedHat Linux
installation program that you use to start RedHat Enterprise Linux, prepare
the...
... or
deselect that package group.
TIP In an actual RedHatLinux installation, you install exactly those package
groups that you need. Each package group requires specific packages to run.
The RedHat installation ... PC. Atable then lists
the Linux partition and any other partitions that may contain another operating
system. If your system has a Linux partition and a DOS partition (that actually
has Windows ... default operating system. The
default operating system is the one with a check mark in the Default column
in Figure 3-10. In this case, RedHatLinux is the default operating system.
All of the...
... the system volume, use the utility here.
■■ System Settings — This menu item contains Enterprise Linux system
administration utilities and some GNOME configuration utilities as well.
■■ System ... copy the ks.cfg file that
you created to the /media/floppy directory.
Creating a Bootable CD-ROM
To create a bootable CD-ROM, follow these instructions.
1. Place the RedHatLinux Installation CD-ROM ... the folder that con-
tains the system mount point for the CD-R drive. Double-clicking
this icon displays the contents of the CD-ROM disk that you
inserted in the CD-R drive.
■■ Filesystem — This...
... at
the file system structure are the file system commands, essential to proper file
system management. In addition to the native Linux file system, Fedora Core
and RedHat Enterprise Linux support ... Configuration
All RedHat systems, whether Fedora Core or Enterprise Linux, use a similar
procedure for starting up the operating system. As the system boots, the oper-
ating system loads programs ... typical Fedora and
Red Hat Enterprise Linux system.
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The File System
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■■ Understanding the File System Structure
■■...
... handy since it reduces system administration
time. This is a fast file system, and now you can read and write to and from it
with your RedHatLinux machine.
Nonstandard Linux File Systems
Support ... written and
configured by RedHat and RedHatadministration tools as well as files con-
taining variable settings used by system startup scripts. /etc/sysconfig
contains both system and networking ... more important system
configuration files on your RedHat system.
Systemwide Shell Configuration Scripts
These files determine the default environment settings of system shells and
what functions...
... directory should be edited by hand. For more informa-
tion on RedHat Network, see the RedHat Network Web site at https://
rhn.redhat.com.
Examining the Network Configuration Files
This section ... /etc/sysconfig
directory
Files to Change When Setting Up
a System or Moving the System
Whenever you set up a system to work on a new network, either because you’ve
just installed RedHat or you’re moving the machine from ... use it. APM is a monitoring daemon that works with power man-
agement code within the Linux kernel. It can alert you to a low battery if you
are using RedHatLinux on a laptop, among other things.
Figure...
... printer attached to a different UNIX sys-
tem that can be accessed over a TCP/IP network (for example, a printer
attached to another RedHatLinuxsystem on your network). If you
choose this type ... 218
Managing the X Window System 211
file that was created during system installation. A description of the section of
the file follows the file.
# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86
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This chapter introduces you to the X Window system that is used to provide a
graphical user interface (GUI) to the operating system. ...
... and RedHat Enterprise Linux systems, the /etc/exports
file is the main NFS configuration file. It lists the file systems the server
exports, the systems permitted to mount the exported file systems, ... in RedHat Linux) .
rw Exports the file system read-write, permitting operations
that change the file system.
secure Requires client requests to originate from a secure
(privileged) port, that ... hide an exported file system that is a
subdirectory of another exported file system.
ro Exports the file system read-only, disabling any operation
that changes the file system.
root_squash Maps...
... unique
name that refers to any group of systems that use the same NIS maps. NIS
domains function as system management tools providing a convenient method
to organize groups of systems that need to ... well-run system, IP
addresses can change, whereas a hostname won’t. If DNS is properly
configured and maintained, the hostname will always point to the proper
system regardless of what that system s ... NIS
NIS distributes information that needs to be shared throughout a Linux net-
work to all machines that participate in the NIS domain. Originally developed
by Sun Microsystems, NIS was first known...
... Novell Networks
With RedHat Enterprise Linux, you can easily configure your system to con-
nect to Novell Netware servers. In this section, you learn how to configure
your RedHatsystem to be a Novell ... also able to use the printers configured with the Red Hat
system.
Connecting to a Samba Client
In this section, you learn how to connect your system to other systems running
the SMB protocol. Connecting ... about a Linux program called Samba, which emulates the SMB
protocol and can be used to connect Linux networks to Windows networks.
You installed and configured Samba on a RedHat Enterprise Linux...