Linux companion for system administrators

Linux Companion for System Administrators goes beyond general system administration, providing detailed coverage of networking with Linux. With the emphasis on the integration of Linux into heterogeneous networks and its employment as a file, DNS or BOOTP server, this book illustrates just why Linux is being employed more and more widely as an Intranet server.

Linux Companion for System Administrators covers:

• a general overview of a Linux system (what is where, how to get help, where to find documentation)
  
• common features of the most widely used distributions of Linux
  
• basic system configuration: booting, kernel compilation user configuration
  
• networking with Linux:TCP/IP-basics, IPX, SMB and useful tools
  
• When applicable: Emacs tools for the tasks.
  

Table of contents :

Preface

1: Linux - operating system of the future?

2: The File System Hierarchy Standard

3:System start-up

4:Configuration and administration

5:The Emacs editor

6: The X Window system

7: Backup

8: National Language Support

9: Localization

10: Unix tools

11: Tools (not only) for programmers

12: TeX and LaTeX under Linux

13: Emulators under Linux

14: Linux in a networked environment

15: TCP/IP basics

16: IP addresses and computer names

17: Network applications

18: Network File System (NFS)

19: Anonymous FTP servers

20: Linux in a heterogeneous network

21: Configuration and operation of a name server

22: Network Information Service

23: The bootp protocol

24: Connection via SLIP and PPP

25: Linux and the World Wide Web

26: Network administration

App. A: The standard editor vi

App. B: Generating passwords

App. C: References

App. D: List of important RFCs

Index