Essential System Administration Pocket Reference

Commands and File Formats

By: Aeleen Frisch

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Paperback | 29 November 2002

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This is a quick reference to all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent Unix systems as Solaris, Linux, AIX, BSD, SuSe, Red Hat, and more. Beginners and experienced administrators alike will quickly be able to apply its principles and advice to solve everyday problems. The book is divided into three parts: Commands, Syntax and Their Applications, Configuration Files and Formats, and Operating System Specific Information. The information in this book is a must-have for any administrator or user of a Unix system. O'Reilly's Pocket References provide a wealth of important details in a concise, well-organized format, these handy books aim to deliver just what you need to complete the task at hand.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Operating Systems UNIX Linux Computer Science Computer Networking & Communications Booktopia Publisher Services John Wiley & Sons Publishers UK

Introduction and Font Conventions	p. 1
The root Account	p. 2
Granting Limited root Powers	p. 3
Essential Administrative Tools	p. 8
Devices and Device Files	p. 15
Special File Formats	p. 15
File Ownership and Protection	p. 19
Access Control Lists (ACLs)	p. 20
System Messages and Log Files	p. 23
Startup and Shutdown	p. 29
User Accounts	p. 34
Solaris Projects	p. 38
User Account Management Commands	p. 39
User Account Attributes	p. 42
User Authentication and Login Controls	p. 43
Password Selection and Aging	p. 48
Process and Resource Management	p. 51
The cron Facility	p. 55
Managing Paging Space	p. 58
Filesystems and Disks	p. 59
Filesystem Configuration File	p. 59
Filesystem-Related Commands	p. 63
Adding a New Disk	p. 68
Logical Volume Managers	p. 70
Sharing Local Filesystems with NFS	p. 74
Backups	p. 75
Printing	p. 79
The BSD and LPRng Spooling Subsystems	p. 79
The System V Spooling Subsystem	p. 85
AIX Spooling Subsystem	p. 89
Serial Lines	p. 91
Serial Line Configuration Files	p. 92
Networking	p. 93
Network Client Configuration	p. 95
Network Servers	p. 98
Networking Administrative Commands	p. 108
Electronic Mail	p. 110
sendmail	p. 110
procmail and fetchmail	p. 117
Security	p. 121
System Hardening Checklist	p. 121
Security Monitoring Commands	p. 125
Kernel Configuration	p. 126
Configuring Boot Loaders	p. 127
Index	p. 131
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