Product Description
- Starts with the basics of Red Hat, the leading Linux distribution in the U.S., such as network planning and Red Hat installation and configuration
- Offers a close look at the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Fedora Core 4 releases
- New chapters cover configuring a database server, creating a VNC server, monitoring performance, providing Web services, exploring SELinux security basics, and exploring desktops
- Demonstrates how to maximize the use of Red Hat Network, upgrade and customize the kernel, install and upgrade software packages, and back up and restore the file system
- The four CDs contain the full Fedora Core 4 distribution
From the Back Cover
Your Complete Red Hat Linux Guide to Networking and System Administration
Here, revised and updated by Linux experts, is your complete handbook for setting up and managing a Linux network using the 2005 releases of Fedora Core and Red Hat� Enterprise Linux�. This all-new third edition starts with the basics�network planning, Red Hat Linux installation, and system configuration. It provides step-by-step instructions on monitoring system maintenance, optimizing Internet services, connecting to Microsoft, Apple, or Novell networks, administering users and groups, managing security, and solving problems. Special sections cover configuring a database server, creating a VNC server, providing Web services, and much more. With information on upgrading, customizing, and troubleshooting, this guide provides the ready reference you need to keep your network working.
Learn to do all this and more with your Red Hat Linux network
- Install, configure, and test two open-source relational databases, MySQL� and PostgreSQL, and the major commercial database, Oracle�
- Set up and manage utility services, such as an NTP time server and the Squid caching proxy server
- Add mailing lists, Web-based email, RSS feeds, and site search functionality to a basic Linux Web server
- Understand how SELinux's policy-based security works and how to work with SELinux
- Learn to customize the default RH desktop, GNOME, and KDE and how to manage common applications such as Web browsers, email clients, and productivity and multimedia programs
