Index - Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Index

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daemons

APMD, 245

atd, 245

ESD, 149

Date & Time utility, 318

date command, 305

date/time settings, 48, 305–306

Debian package manager, 350

defense in depth security, 240

defragmenting hard drive, 18, 20–21

delaying eth0 configuration message, 274

deleting

accounts, 62

directories, 135–136, 336

files, 135–136, 336

panels, 126

user accounts, 62

desktop backgrounds, 120–121

desktop environments

GNOME, 117–131

K Desktop Environment (KDE), 45, 115

X Window System, 117

desktop icons, 124

Desktop Switcher utility, 320

/dev directory, 329

device files, 73

Dialup Configuration utility, 70–72

dial-up Internet connection

configuring, 70–72

IP settings, 71–72

ISP (Internet Service Provider), 68–70

modem setup, 73–76

PPP dialer utility, 75–76

digital subscriber line (DSL)

how it works, 77, 79, 84

limitations, 79

modem configuration, 85–88

speed, 84

directories

absolute filenames, 332

changing, 333

copying, 135, 335

creating, 136, 334

deleting, 135–136

/dev, 329

/home, 330

home directory, 119

listing, 330

/mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS, 346

moving, 135, 335

naming, 330

permissions, 337–340

/proc, 273

relative filenames, 332

removing, 336

root directory, 52, 329

subdirectories, 52, 329

syntax, 52

Trash directory, 120

viewing, 136

.wine, 174

working directory, 331

directory files, 328

discovering hardware, 325–326

disk controllers, 322

Disk Management utility, 319

Display Configurator utility, 57–60

Display utility, 318

displaying

firewall-filtering rules, 109

packages, 347–348

distributions of Linux, 13

dmesg command, 343

DNS (Domain Name Service), 42–43

DNS servers

address requests, 231–232

authoritative name servers, 230–231

caching name server, 231

clients, 236–238

configuring, 99–100

domains, 230

installing, 232

localhost.zone file, 234

named.conf file, 233

non-authoritative name servers, 231

private network zone file, 234–235

resource records (RR), 231

reverse zone file, 235–236

root name servers, 231

starting, 236

zones, 230

documentation

Linux Documentation Project (LDP), 296

Red Hat Linux manuals, 296

Domain Name Service (DNS), 42–43

Domain Name Service utility, 319

domain names, 100

domains (DNS server), 230

downloading

Adobe Acrobat, 147

CrossOver Office, 181

CrossOver Plugin, 181–182

Icecast2, 282–284

Ices2, 282–284

Java (Sun Microsystems), 148

Macromedia Shockwave, 147

MPlayer, 159

plug-ins, 146

RealPlayer (RealAudio), 148

VMware, 187–189

Wine, 172–173

Draw (OpenOffice), 164, 166

DSL (digital subscriber line)

how it works, 77, 79, 84

limitations, 79

modem configuration, 85–88

speed, 84

dual boot system, 17

DVD (from this book)

boot problems, 303

netfilter/iptables filtering software, 16

Red Hat Linux 10 distribution, 13, 31

replacement DVD, 36

system requirements, 353–354

technical support, 355

verifying, 36

DVDs, playing, 159–160