Linux System Administration (Craig Hunt Linux Library)

"Most Indispensable Linux Book"

—2001 Linux Journal Readers Choice Awards

Authoritative Answers to All Your Linux Questions

You can rely on the fully updated second edition of Linux System Administration for answers to all your questions about installing, configuring, and administering Linux. Written by two Linux experts, this book teaches you, step-by-step, all the standard and advanced techniques you need to know to set up and maintain a secure, effective Linux environment. Scores of clear, consistent examples illustrate these techniques in detail—so you stay on track and accomplish all your goals. Coverage includes:

* Installing a Linux server

* Setting up and maintaining user and group accounts

* Setting up Linux system security

* Sharing files using Samba and NFS

* Implementing a backup strategy

* Troubleshooting common Linux problems

* Setting up the X Window System

* Setting up TCP/IP and connecting to the Internet

* Setting up a mail server

* Maintaining filesystems and partitions

* Configuring printers

* Improving system performance

* Writing shell scripts

* Using Webmin for cross-distribution GUI administration

The Craig Hunt Linux Library

The Craig Hunt Linux Library provides in-depth, advanced coverage of the key topics for Linux administrators. Topics include Samba, Network Servers, DNS Server Administration, Apache, Security, and Sendmail. Each book in the series is either written by or meticulously reviewed by Craig Hunt to ensure the highest quality and most complete coverage for networking professionals working specifically in Linux environments.

Linux continues to evolve, and Sybex is there to keep you abreast of the new developments with a revised edition of Linux System Administration, the book selected as one of the "Most Indispensable Linux Books" in the 2001 Linux Journal Readers Choice Awards. Fully updated to cover the latest Linux kernel, 2.4 and the newest version of Red Hat Linux, v. 7.2, this second edition provides clearly written and focused explanations of the real-world issues that Linux systems administrators can expect to encounter on the job. The authors begin with Linux installation and configuration, then move on to setting up user accounts, implementing security, and managing file systems, printing, and serial communications. This book is the cornerstone title in the Craig Hunt Linux Library, which has earned the reputation as the most comprehensive, well-written, and appropriately targeted Linux series available.

Vicki Stanfield, RHCE, has worked with Linux since 1994 and Unix since 1980. She has administered many varieties of Unix, VMS, as well as Slackware and Red Hat Linux.

Roderick W. Smith is a Linux networking expert and author of several books, including Linux Samba Server Administration and the Linux+ Study Guide, both from Sybex. Craig Hunt is a Linux expert who lectures regularly at major networking trade shows. He serves as author and series editor for the Craig Hunt Linux Library.