... DefinedCHAPTER 1Duties of the System AdministratorCHAPTER 2Planning the NetworkCHAPTER 3Installing RedHat Linux CHAPTER 4 Red HatLinux File System CHAPTER 5 Red HatSystem Configuration FilesPartIb3632-X ... operating systems. Now, RedHat has employed innovationsthat extend these duties even for the experienced Linux user. In this chapter, welook at those requirements.The LinuxSystem Administrator Linux ... disruption. Only the system administrator may do this.Chapter 1: Duties of the System Administrator 7c3632-X Ch01.F 2/21/02 8:33 AM Page 7 RedHatLinuxSystem andNetwork Administration DefinedCHAPTER...
... covered is the RedHat Network, a subscription serviceavailable with RedHat Enterprise Linux that you can use to keep your system current. You can register your systems with RedHat and then ... other countries, and may not be used without written permission. RedHat is a regis-tered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Allother trademarks are the ... mainframes. Linux in general, Fedora Core 4 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux in particular, are very powerful operating systemsthat can be used at the enterprise level as a full-fledged server. Linux...
... have been greatlyreduced if system administrators had a better understanding of their duties. Linux system administrators are likely to understand the necessity of active system administration ... subscribe to the RedHatLinux security mailing list? (Find it atwww.redhat.com/mailing-lists /linux- security/index.html.)Have you established a procedure that makes sure that every security ... means that in setting up and configuring yourown system you gain skills and understanding that raise you above mere“computer user” status. The Linuxsystem administrator does not achieve thatmantle...
... 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 ... installation section.Creating the RedHat Boot DiskTo 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 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...
... 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 ... PC. Atable then liststhe Linux partition and any other partitions that may contain another operating system. If your system has a Linux partition and a DOS partition (that actuallyhas Windows ... default operating system. Thedefault operating system is the one with a check mark in the Default columnin 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 thatyou created to the /media/floppy directory.Creating a Bootable CD-ROMTo create a bootable CD-ROM, follow these instructions.1. Place the RedHatLinux Installation CD-ROM ... want to have commands run on your system before the installationstarts, you can enter them in the area indicated on the screen. The system parses the Kickstart file and then runs your commands before...
... atthe file system structure are the file system commands, essential to proper file system management. In addition to the native Linux file system, Fedora Coreand RedHat Enterprise Linux support ... Configuration All RedHat systems, whether Fedora Core or Enterprise Linux, use a similarprocedure for starting up the operating system. As the system boots, the oper-ating system loads programs ... 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. ...
... handy since it reduces system administrationtime. This is a fast file system, and now you can read and write to and from itwith your RedHatLinux machine. Nonstandard Linux File SystemsSupport ... written andconfigured by RedHat and RedHat administration tools as well as files con-taining variable settings used by system startup scripts. /etc/sysconfigcontains both system and networking ... more important system configuration files on your RedHat system. Systemwide Shell Configuration ScriptsThese files determine the default environment settings of system shells andwhat 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 FilesThis section ... /etc/sysconfigdirectoryFiles 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’vejust 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 youare 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 printerattached to another RedHatLinuxsystem on your network). If youchoose this type ... Managing the X Window System 211file that was created during system installation. A description of the section ofthe file follows the file.# XFree86 4 configuration created by redhat-config-xfree86Section ... Window System 20915_599496 ch09.qxd 8/30/05 6:23 PM Page 209 205This chapter introduces you to the X Window system that is used to provide agraphical user interface (GUI) to the operating system. ...
... in RedHat 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 ... hide an exported file system that is asubdirectory of another exported file system. ro Exports the file system read-only, disabling any operationthat changes the file system. root_squash Maps ... exported file system. The Linux security model ordinarily grants root full access to the file systems on ahost. However, in an NFS environment, exported file systems are sharedresources that are...
... configuration. admin admin-masterclient-1 client-2 client-3develdevel-masterclient-4NETWORKclient-5 client-6 admin admin-master admin- slaveclient-1 client-2 client-3The Network Information System ... centrally administered repository for infor-mation shared across the network using NIS. NIS clients are programs that useNIS to query designated servers for information that is stored in the ... uniquename that refers to any group of systems that use the same NIS maps. NISdomains function as system management tools providing a convenient methodto organize groups of systems that need to...
... Novell NetworksWith RedHat Enterprise Linux, you can easily configure your system to con-nect to Novell Netware servers. In this section, you learn how to configureyour RedHatsystem to be a Novell ... also able to use the printers configured with the Red Hat system. Connecting to a Samba ClientIn this section, you learn how to connect your system to other systems runningthe SMB protocol. Connecting ... about a Linux program called Samba, which emulates the SMBprotocol and can be used to connect Linux networks to Windows networks.You installed and configured Samba on a RedHat Enterprise Linux...