Linux Unleashed, Third Edition, is for the user who has some experience when it comes tooperating systems. It focuses on the needs of administrators, power users and programmerscovering everything from managing users and groups to using the programming tools that comewith Linux. Although the book isn't focused on any one distribution of Linux, where necessary it willuse Red Hat Linux as a basis for it's examples. The second edition of this book has been one ofthe best performers in this category. This edition will improve upon that track record.

INTRODUCTION

PART I - INTRODUCTION

• CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO LINUX
  • What Is Linux?
  • Linux's History
  • What Linux Can Do for You
  • What You Need to Run Linux
  • Minimum System Requirements
  • Copyrights
  • Getting Help
  • Usenet Newsgroups
  • What's in This Book?
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 2 - TYPES OF LINUX
  • Where to Get Linux
  • What's a Linux Release?
  • Linux Releases and Disk Sets
  • Updating Existing Linux Systems
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 3 - INSTALLING LINUX
  • Working with Linux
  • Boot and Root Disks
  • The Installation Routine: A Quick Guide
  • Configuring X
  • Partitioning the Hard Disk
  • Installing the Linux Partitions
  • Installing Linux
  • Setting the Boot Process
  • Viewing Installed Software Files
  • Troubleshooting
  • SCSI Problems
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 4 - USING LILO
  • Installing LILO
  • Linux and Hard Disk Layouts
  • The Boot Sector
  • The Boot Process
  • The Map Installer
  • Boot Images
  • Removing or Disabling LILO
  • Troubleshooting LILO
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 5 - WRAPPING UP THE INSTALLATION
  • Booting Linux
  • Installing Additional Software
  • RPM
  • Multiple CD-ROM Devices
  • Summary

PART II - GETTING TO KNOW LINUX

• CHAPTER 6 - GETTING STARTED
  • Starting and Stopping Your Linux System
  • What's This About "Logging In"?
  • Passwords
  • Creating a New Login
  • Logging Out
  • Trying Out Your New Login
  • The who Command
  • Virtual Terminals
  • Commands and Programs
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 7 - BASIC LINUX COMMANDS
  • How Linux Commands Work
  • Notational Conventions Used to Describe Linux Commands
  • Online Help Available in Linux
  • The Linux Man Pages
  • Wildcards: * and ?
  • Environment Variables
  • Processes and How to Terminate Them
  • Becoming Someone Else: The su Command
  • The grep Command
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 8 - USING THE FILE SYSTEM
  • Files: An Overview
  • Directories: An Overview
  • Navigating the Linux File System
  • Creating and Deleting Files
  • Removing Files and Directories
  • Important Directories in the Linux File System
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 9 - FILE AND DIRECTORY PERMISSIONS
  • File and Directory Ownership
  • UMASK Settings
  • Changing File Permissions
  • Changing Directory Permissions
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 10 - GNU PROJECT UTILITIES
  • GNU Software Currently Available
  • GNU C Library
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 11 - bash
  • Shells in a Nutshell
  • The Bourne Again Shell
  • Wildcards
  • Customizing bash
  • bash Command Summary
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 12 - pdksh
  • The Public Domain Korn Shell (pdksh)
  • Shell Prompts
  • Job Control
  • Key Bindings
  • Customizing Your pdksh
  • pdksh Commands
  • pdksh Variables
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 13 - tcsh
  • An Introduction to tcsh
  • Command Completion
  • Command History
  • Input and Output Redirection
  • Pipelines
  • Prompts
  • Job Control
  • Key Bindings
  • Other Neat Stuff
  • Customizing tcsh
  • tcsh Command Summary
  • tcsh Variables
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 14 - SHELL PROGRAMMING
  • Creating and Running Shell Programs
  • Using Variables
  • The Importance of Quotation Marks
  • The test Command
  • Conditional Statements
  • Iteration Statements
  • Functions
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 15 - FTP AND TELNET
  • FTP
  • Setting Up FTP Server Service
  • Using FTP
  • Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
  • Using Telnet
  • Summary

PART III - EDITING, TYPESETTING, AND MORE

• CHAPTER 16 - TEXT EDITORS: vi AND emacs
  • What Are Editors and Why Do I Need One?
  • The Editing Functions
  • The vi Editor
  • The emacs Editor
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 17 - groff
  • Embedding Commands
  • Controlling Character Appearance
  • Macros
  • Using mm
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 18 - geqn AND gtbl
  • geqn
  • gtbl
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 19 - TeX AND LaTeX
  • Typesetting Versus Writing
  • TeX
  • LaTeX: An Enhancement of TeX
  • VirTeX and IniTeX
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 20 - PRINTING
  • Setting Up a Printer
  • Linux Print Commands
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 21 - MULTIMEDIA LINUX
  • Sound Cards
  • Joysticks
  • Summary

PART IV - GUIS

• CHAPTER 22 - INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING XFREE86
  • What Is XFree86?
  • XFree86 Software Distribution
  • Configuring XFree86
  • The Xconfig and XF86Config Files in Detail
  • The .xinitrc File
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 23 - WABI
  • What Can Wabi Do?
  • Installing Wabi
  • Running Windows 3.x Applications
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 24 - GHOSTSCRIPT AND GHOSTVIEW
  • Where to Obtain Ghostscript
  • Summary

PART V - LINUX FOR PROGRAMMERS

• CHAPTER 25 - gawk
  • What Is the gawk Language?
  • Files, Records, and Fields
  • Pattern-Action Pairs
  • Changing Field Separators
  • Calling gawk Programs
  • Control Structures
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 26 - PROGRAMMING IN C
  • What Is C?
  • The GNU C Compiler
  • Debugging GCC Programs with gdb
  • Additional C Programming Tools
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 27 - PROGRAMMING IN C++
  • What Is C++?
  • Classes of Objects and Methods
  • GCC Options
  • Debugging and Profiling Options
  • Debugging C++ Applications
  • Debugging Virtual Functions
  • Debugging Exception Handlers
  • Summary of gdb C++ Specific Commands
  • GNU C++ Class Libraries
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 28 - PERL
  • What Is Perl?
  • Creating and Executing Perl Programs
  • Handling Data in Perl
  • Arrays
  • Perl Programming Constructs
  • Functions
  • Perl Operators
  • Converting Programs to Perl
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 29 - INTRODUCTION TO TCL AND TK
  • What Is Tcl?
  • What Is Tk?
  • The Tcl Language
  • The Tk Language Extensions
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 30 - OTHER COMPILERS
  • Ada
  • COBOL
  • DSP
  • Eiffel
  • FORTRAN
  • LISP
  • Modula-3
  • OGI Speech Tools
  • Scheme
  • Scilab
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 31 - SMALLTALK/X
  • What Is Smalltalk/X?
  • How to Install Smalltalk/X
  • Invoking Smalltalk/X
  • Getting Around in ST/X
  • The Browsers Option
  • Senders
  • The Workspace Option
  • The File Browser Option
  • The Projects Option
  • The Utilities Option
  • The Goodies Option
  • The Games & Demos Option
  • Editing in Browsers
  • Using the Inspector
  • Using the Debugger
  • Summary

PART VI - LINUX FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS

• CHAPTER 32 - SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION BASICS
  • The root Account
  • Starting and Stopping the System
  • Mounting File Systems
  • Compressing Files with gzip and compress
  • Using tar
  • Backups
  • Setting Up Your System
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 33 - DEVICES
  • Character and Block Mode Devices
  • Printer Administration
  • Terminals
  • Adding a Modem
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 34 - PROCESSES
  • What You Need to Know About Processes
  • Using the ps Command
  • Using kill
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 35 - USERS AND LOGINS
  • The Superuser Account
  • User Accounts: /etc/passwd
  • Default System Usernames
  • Adding Users
  • Deleting Users
  • Groups
  • The su Command
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 36 - SCSI DEVICE SUPPORT
  • Newer SCSI Standards
  • Supported SCSI Devices
  • SCSI Device Drivers
  • Troubleshooting SCSI Devices
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 37 - NETWORKING
  • What Is TCP/IP?
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Configuring Linux Files
  • Testing and Troubleshooting
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 38 - SLIP AND PPP
  • Setting Up the Dummy Interface
  • Setting Up SLIP
  • Setting Up PPP
  • Using DNS with SLIP and PPP
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 39 - UUCP
  • UUCP Configuration
  • A UUCP Connection
  • Direct Connections
  • Login Scripts
  • Changing Access Times
  • UUCP Security
  • Using UUCP
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 40 - CONFIGURING LINUX FOR MAIL
  • How Email Works
  • Configuring sendmail
  • Using sendmail Version 8
  • smail
  • Modifying Behavior of smail
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 41 - CONFIGURING LINUX FOR NEWS
  • Usenet and News
  • NNTP
  • Configuring Newsreaders
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 42 - NETWORK SECURITY
  • Weak Passwords
  • File Security
  • Modem Access
  • UUCP
  • Local Area Network Access
  • Tracking Intruders
  • Preparing for the Worst
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 43 - NFS
  • Configuring Linux for NFS
  • Summary
• CHAPTER44 - NIS AND YP
  • Setting Up the NIS Domain
  • NIS Daemons
  • Setting Up the NIS Master
  • Setting Up NIS Slaves
  • Setting Up NIS Clients
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 45 - BACKUPS
  • Why Make Backups?
  • Backup Logs
  • Using tar for Backups
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 46 - cron AND at
  • Using cron
  • The at Program
  • Summary

PART VII - SETTING UP AN INTERNET SITE

• CHAPTER 47 - SETTING UP AN INTERNET SITE
  • Connecting to the Internet
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 48 - SETTING UP AN FTP AND ANONYMOUS FTP SITE
  • What Is FTP?
  • How FTP Uses TCP
  • Configuring FTP
  • A More Secure FTP
  • Protecting an Anonymous FTP System
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 49 - CONFIGURING A WAIS SITE
  • Compiling and Installing freeWAIS
  • Setting Up freeWAIS
  • Starting freeWAIS
  • Building Your WAIS Indexes
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 50 - SETTING UP A GOPHER SERVICE
  • Gopher and Linux
  • Configuring Gopher
  • Setting Up Your Gopher Directories
  • Starting Gopher
  • Letting the World Know
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 51 - CONFIGURING A WWW SITE
  • Web Server Software
  • Apache
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 52 - CGI SCRIPTS
  • What Is CGI?
  • CGI and HTML
  • CGI and Perl
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 53 - HTML PROGRAMMING BASICS
  • HTML Authoring Tools
  • Maintaining HTML
  • HTML Programming Basics
  • What Does HTML Look Like?
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 54 - JAVA AND JAVASCRIPT BASICS
  • What You Need
  • The Java Language
  • JavaScript and HTML
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 55 - CREATING A SOLID WEB SITE
  • System Response
  • Keep Your Web Pages Clean
  • Summary

PART VIII - ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TOPICS

• CHAPTER 56 - SOURCE CODE CONTROL
  • make
  • RCS
  • Retrieving Version Information from an RCS File
  • Administering Access
  • Comparing and Merging Revisions
  • Tying It All Together: Working with make and RCS
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 57 - WORKING WITH THE KERNEL
  • Upgrading and Installing New Kernel Software
  • Compiling the Kernel from Source Code
  • Adding Drivers to the Kernel
  • Upgrading Libraries
  • The Linux C Compiler
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 58 - WRITING DEVICE DRIVERS
  • Device Drivers
  • Interrupts
  • Anatomy of a Linux Device Driver
  • Opening the Device
  • Using a New Device Driver
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 59 - THE WINE PROJECT
  • Current Status of Wine
  • Setting Up Wine
  • Using Wine
  • How Wine Works
  • Where Does Wine End and MS-Windows Begin?
  • Limitations of Wine
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 60 - HYLAFAX
  • Installing HylaFAX
  • Sending a Fax
  • Receiving a Fax
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 61 - GAMES
  • Which Games Have You Installed?
  • X Games
  • Character-based Games
  • Other Thinking Games
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 62 - ADABAS-D AND OTHER DATABASES
  • dBASE-Compatible Databases
  • dbMan
  • Adabas-D
  • LINCKS
  • Other Database Products
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 63 - STAROFFICE
  • Installing StarOffice
  • Starting StarOffice
  • Importing and Exporting Files
  • Summary
• CHAPTER 64 - LONE STAR SOFTWARE'S LONE-TAR
  • What Is Lone-Tar? -
  • Using Lone-Tar's Interface
  • Installing Lone-Tar
  • Backing Up with Lone-Tar
  • Verifying Files
  • Restoring Files
  • Utilities and Environment: Tweaking Lone-Tar
  • Summary

PART IX - APPENDIXES

• APPENDIX A - LINUX FTP SITES AND NEWSGROUPS
  • FTP Sites
  • Bulletin Boards
  • Usenet Newsgroups
• APPENDIX B - COMMERCIAL VENDORS FOR LINUX
  • Debian Linux Distribution
  • Yggdrasil Plug-and-Play Linux CD-ROM and the Linux Bible
  • Linux from Nascent CD-ROM
  • Unifix 1.02 CD-ROM
  • Fintronic Linux Systems
  • InfoMagic Developer's Resource CD-ROM Kit
  • Linux Quarterly CD-ROM
  • Linux Systems Labs
  • Sequoia International Motif Development Package
  • Takelap Systems Ltd.
  • Trans-Ameritech Linux Plus BSD CD-ROM
  • Caldera OpenLinux
• APPENDIX C - THE LINUX DOCUMENTATION PROJECT
• APPENDIX D - THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
  • GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2, June 1991
  • E.1 Preamble
  • E.2.GNU General Public License: Terms and Conditions for Copying,
  • Distributing, and Modifying
  • How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
• APPENDIX E - COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
• APPENDIX F - WHAT'S ON THE CD-ROM?
  • Award-Winning Operating System
  • About the Software

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