... I RedHatLinuxSystem and Network Administration Defined CHAPTER Duties of the System Administrator CHAPTER Planning the Network CHAPTER Installing RedHatLinux CHAPTER RedHatLinux File System ... installing RedHat Linux, and working with the RedHatLinux file system and configuration files c3632-X Ch01.F 2/21/02 8:33 AM Page Chapter Duties of the System Administrator IN THIS CHAPTER N The Linux ... I: RedHatLinuxSystem and Network Administration Defined Make no mistake: Every computer in the world has a system administrator It may be — and probably is — that the majority of system administrators...
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... RedHatLinux Administration ® A Beginner’s Guide ® This page intentionally left blank Red HatLinux Administration ® A Beginner’s Guide Michael Turner Steve Shah ... use as the primary name for an operating system In any event, the choice is up to you: Linux or GNU /Linux, it’s all good Linux is Red Hat, right? RedHat s Linux distribution is very popular, especially ... Installing Linux in a Server Configuration RedHatLinux Administration: A Beginner’s Guide 20 Module 2: ● Installing Linux in a Server Configuration Unlike some other operating systems, Linux allows...
... RedHatLinux Networking and System Administration Third Edition Terry Collings and Kurt Wall ® ® RedHatLinux Networking and System Administration Third Edition RedHatLinux Networking ... 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 receive ... 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 ix x Preface Part I: System...
... Part Four System Administration Chapter 26 Keeping Your System Updated with up2date and the RedHat Network Using the RedHat up2date Agent Configuring the up2date Agent Updating Your System Registering ... have been greatly reduced if system administrators had a better understanding of their duties Linuxsystem administrators are likely to understand the necessity of active system administration more ... subscribe to the RedHatLinux security mailing list? (Find it at www.redhat.com/mailing-lists /linux- security/index.html.) Have you established a procedure that makes sure that every security...
... The RedHat boot disk starts your PC and the RedHatLinux installation program After you install RedHat Linux, you no longer need the RedHat 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 installation program, you need a RedHat boot disk For this step, you should ... reinstall RedHatLinux from the CD-ROMs) The RedHat boot disk contains an initial version of the RedHatLinux installation program that you use to start RedHat Enterprise Linux, prepare the...
... deselect that package group T I P 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 ... which you can select the RedHatLinux package groups that you want to install After you select the package groups and click Next, take a coffee break while the RedHat installation program formats ... shows you a list of packages that are required but that you have not selected In this case, you should install the required packages Install only those packages that you think you will need immediately...
... related to system sound and video For example, if you want to adjust the system volume, use the utility here ■■ System Tools — This menu choice gives you access to many Enterprise Linuxsystem administration ... adjust the system volume, use the utility here ■■ System Settings — This menu item contains Enterprise Linuxsystem administration utilities and some GNOME configuration utilities as well ■■ System ... Computer — This icon also opens a Nautilus window the system Your system devices may be different The Computer window on my system contains four icons that are links to the following options: 99 100...
... 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 ... at System Boot Shutting Down the System Changing the GRUB Configuration All RedHat systems, whether Fedora Core or Enterprise Linux, use a similar procedure for starting up the operating system ... runlevels on Linux systems, but we are only interested in the seven used on Fedora Core or Enterprise Linux systems Each of the runlevels has a set of processes associated with that runlevel that will...
... 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 ... Enterprise Linux provide support for many file systems Linux supports those from other operating systems, remote file systems, memory file systems, CD-ROM file systems, virtual file systems, and ... written and configured by RedHat and RedHat administration tools as well as files containing variable settings used by system startup scripts /etc/sysconfig contains both system and networking...
... information /etc/sysconfig/selinux This file is a link to /etc/selinux/config and is used to control selinux on the system It contains two settings that control the state of selinux — enforcing, permissive, ... this directory should be edited by hand For more information on RedHat Network, see the RedHat Network Web site at https:// rhn.redhat.com Examining the Network Configuration Files This section ... file controls the state of SELinux on the system # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead...
... — A printer attached to a different UNIX system that can be accessed over a TCP/IP network (for example, a printer attached to another RedHatLinuxsystem on your network) If you choose this ... configure and manage your system printers Included with Fedora Core and RedHat Enterprise Linux is the Printer Configuration tool to help you configure your printing system The Printer Configuration ... Enterprise Linux, you can use two video cards and monitors on your system if you desire To configure a second video card and monitor, the following: On Enterprise Linux choose Applications ➪ System...
... directories, shared data directories, such as /usr/share, the system mail spool (/var/spool/mail), and file systems that contain shared application binaries and data File systems that are relatively ... 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, ... (-2 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...
... 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 ... a centrally administered repository for information shared across the network using NIS NIS clients are programs that use NIS to query designated servers for information that is stored in the ... 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...
... Novell Networks For Samba to provide its services, the RedHatLinux PC needs to be configured N OT E In this chapter, I refer to the RedHatLinux PC as the Samba server and the Windows PC as the ... Novell Networks With RedHat Enterprise Linux, you can easily configure your system to connect to Novell Netware servers In this section, you learn how to configure your RedHatsystem to be a Novell ... should have a functioning Samba server running on your system It is configured to allow users who have accounts on your RedHat Enterprise Linuxsystem to access their home directories from a Windows...
... the following mysqladmin command shows the server version: $ mysqladmin version mysqladmin Ver 8.23 Distrib 3.23.58, for redhat -linux- gnu on i386 Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB ... for your needs In addition, the versions of PostgreSQL and MySQL that ship in Fedora Core and RedHat Enterprise Linux lag somewhat behind the current stable versions of those products At the time ... points is that it is ready to run with minimal setup after installation and that it requires very little ongoing maintenance MySQL’s simplicity makes it an ideal choice for busy system administrators...
... system clock to the time broadcast by another system The kid-tested, mom-approved, and syadmin-preferred method, though, is to use the Network Time Protocol, or NTP NTP is an open standard that ... menu (Red Hat ➪ System Settings ➪ Date & Time) or type system- config-date at a command prompt Either way, you should see the screen shown in Figure 17-1 If NTP is already running on your system, ... The Network Time Protocol tab Fedora Core and RHEL ship with two servers configured: clock.redhat com and clock2.redhat.com To use one of these servers, select it from the Server drop-down box and...