... NetworkCHAPTER 3Installing RedHat Linux CHAPTER 4 Red HatLinux File System CHAPTER 5 Red HatSystem Configuration FilesPartIb3632-X PtO1.F 2/21/02 8:33 AM Page 1 SummaryAs you, the system administrator, ... Part I: RedHatLinuxSystem and Network Administration Definedc3632-X Ch01.F 2/21/02 8:33 AM Page 8 Chapter 1Duties of the System Administrator IN THIS CHAPTER◆The Linuxsystem administrator ◆Installing ... administrator ◆Installing and configuring servers◆Installing and configuring application software◆Creating and maintaining user accounts◆Backing up and restoring files◆Monitoring and tuning performance◆Configuring...
... One System and Network Administration Defined 1Chapter 1 Duties of the SystemAdministrator 3The LinuxSystemAdministrator 3Installing and Configuring Servers 5Installing and Configuring ... performance monitoring and tun-ing, and securing your system, with a final chapter on general system trou-bleshooting. Maintaining a secure system is a critical area of concern for system administrators. ... mainframes. Linuxin general, Fedora Core 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linuxin particular, are very powerful operating systemsthat can be used at the enterprise level as a full-fledged server. Linux functionsequally...
... System Administrator IN THIS CHAPTER■■ The LinuxSystem Administrator ■■ Installing and Configuring Servers■■ Installing and Configuring Application Software■■ Creating and Maintaining User Accounts■■ Backing ... covered in more detail in laterchapters.The LinuxSystem Administrator Using Linux involves much more than merely sitting down and turning on themachine. Often you hear talk of a “steep learning ... ormore machines, perhaps including ones that are not running Linux. You maybe responsible for a business network of dozens of machines. The nature of system administration inLinux is surprisingly...
... RedHat boot disk starts your PC and the RedHatLinux installationprogram. After you install RedHat Linux, you no longer need the Red Hat boot disk (except when you want to reinstall RedHat ... reinstall RedHatLinux from theCD-ROMs).The RedHat boot disk contains an initial version of the RedHat Linux installation program that you use to start RedHat Enterprise Linux, preparethe ... able to obtain this information from that operating sys-tem. Refer to that operating system s instructions for obtaining hard-ware information.2. Go to the RedHat Web site at redhat.com/hardware....
... operating system. Thedefault 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 instructions ... ordeselect that package group.TIP In an actual RedHatLinux installation, you install exactly those packagegroups that you need. Each package group requires specific packages to run.The RedHat installation ... 3-24 You can install additional programs from RedHat provided CDs here.Summary In this chapter you learned how to install RedHat Enterprise Linux andFedora Core. You began by examining the hardware...
... you want the X Window system to start at system boot, click thecheck box. Choosing this option gives the user a graphical login win-dow instead of a console login terminal. Finally, you can ... Chapter 11 for details about configuring a DHCP server.Summary In this chapter, you learned about installing Fedora Core and RedHat Enter-prise Linux using the Kickstart program. First, you ... instructions.1. Place the RedHatLinux Installation CD-ROM 1 into your CD-ROMdrive.2. The CD will be automatically mounted and will appear in the /media/CDROM directory. 3. Copy the isolinux directory...
... system administrator or other users. The bin directory cannot contain subdirectories.■■ boot — On RedHat systems, this is the directory containing the ker-nel, the core of the operating system. ... file system. Linux s method of mounting its file systems in a flat, logical,hierarchical method has advantages over the file system mounting methodused by Windows. Linux references everything ... Understanding the File System Structure■■ Working with Linux- Supported File Systems■■ Memory and Virtual File Systems■■ Linux Disk ManagementThis chapter begins with a description of the file system...
... your RedHatLinux machine. Nonstandard Linux File SystemsSupport for these file systems needs to be explicitly compiled into the Linux kernel, since kernel support for them is not configured ... sbin — Contained in this directory are system binaries used by the system administrator or the root user.■■ selinux — This directory is similar to the /proc directory in that itcontains information ... typicalFedora Core and RedHat Enterprise Linux server.The system configuration files in the /etc directory are the first places a system administrator goes after installing a system to set it up....
... the default runlevel set in /etc/inittab. (See List-ing 8-10.)NOTE InRedHat Linux, the default boot level is 3 for a non-GUI system. When booting into an X-windows login, the default boot level ... is a monitoring daemon that works with power man-agement code within the Linux kernel. It can alert you to a low battery if youare using RedHatLinux on a laptop, among other things.Figure ... tty12:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty23:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty34:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty45:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty56:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6# Run xdm in runlevel...
... print driver after adding aprinter by starting the Printer Configuration tool, selecting the printer from thelist, clicking Edit, clicking the Printer Driver tab, selecting a different print ... for print jobs.Selecting the Print DriverThe next step in configuring a printer is to select the print driver. The print dri-ver processes the data that you want to print into a format that ... your printer(s), you can edit settings by selecting the printer fromthe printer list after opening the Printer Configuration tool and then clickingthe Edit button. The tabbed window shown in Figure...
... consists of deciding what file systems to export towhich users and selecting a naming convention and mounting scheme thatmaintains network transparency. When you are designing your NFS installa-tion, ... (-2 inRedHat Linux) .rw Exports the file system read-write, permitting operationsthat change the file system. secure Requires client requests to originate from a secure(privileged) port, that ... System IN THIS CHAPTER■■ NFS Overview■■ Planning an NFS Installation■■ Configuring an NFS Server■■ Configuring an NFS Client■■ Using Automount Services■■ Examining NFS Security Linux Servers...
... network.Understanding NISNIS distributes information that needs to be shared throughout a Linux net-work to all machines that participate in the NIS domain. Originally developedby Sun Microsystems, ... charged with maintaining a net-work of Linux machines is sharing information across the network while main-taining that information centrally. The Network Information Service (NIS) isone solution ... NIS■■ Planning an NIS Installation■■ Configuring an NIS Server■■ Configuring an NIS Client■■ Using NIS and NFS TogetherA common challenge facing administrators charged with maintaining a net-work...