Index
V
-V command (RPMs), 611-612
/var
description, 201
subdirectories, 202-203
VAR-HOWTO file, 198
variable lists, DocBook, 344
variables
Bash shell scripting, 754
environment variables, Bash shell, 214-216
make utility, 721-723
Perl, 764, 765
English module and, 792-793
predefined, 767-768
scalars, 765-766
Tcl, 798, 802
vdir (GNU file utility), description, 231
verification, key fingerprints, 670
verification, RPMs, 611-612
version control, 734
CVS (concurrent version control), 739-741
RCS
change log, 738-739
creating initial files, 735-736
discarding changes, 738
identification keywords, 737, 739
using archived files, 736-737
viewing changes, 738
version numbers
Linux kernel, 5
Red Hat Linux, 5-6
VERSIONID macro, m4 macro processor, 463
vertical retrace
display, 77
XFree86 and, 83
vertical sync, monitors, 52
redhat-config-xfree86 utility, 86
VFAT (Windows), introduction, 15
vi text editor
colon-command mode, 317
commands
changing text, 320
colon commands, 321
cutting text, 321
marking locations, 320
miscellaneous, 321
moving cursor, 320
pasting text, 321
refreshing screen, 321
searches, 321
text deletion, 319
text insertion, 319
viewing file information, 321
deleting, lines, 317
flags arguments, 316
help, 317
introduction, 310-311
searches, strings, 317
starting, 315-316
strings, searches, 317
terminal type, 315
text-input mode, 317
visual-command mode, 317
VIA 82Cxxx chipset sound card, Linux driver module, 127
Video 7 chipsets, XFree86 support, 86
video cards
chipsets, 83-84
dot clock, 78
raster-scan display, 76-77
text mode, 79
video RAM, 78
X Window System and, 79
XF86Config file, 92
XFree86, configuration, 83-86
video devices, kernel configuration, 636-638
video hardware, XFree86 and, configuration, 82-86
video modes, X server, 99-101
video RAM, 78
ViewCal application, Swing example, 869-877
Vim text editor, CD-ROM files, 285
Vim-HOWTO file, 198
virtual consoles
commands, Bash shell, 217-218
installation, 33-34
virtual desktop, KDE, 280-281
virtual hosts, Apache HTTP server, 431-434
Virtual-Services-HOWTO file, 198
viruses, 657
visual-command mode, vi text editor, 317
VME-HOWTO file, 198
vmstat utility, 589-590
VMS-to-Linux-HOWTO file, 198
VoIP-HOWTO file, 198
volgroup option, kickstart, 70
VPN-HOWTO file, 198
VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO file, 199
vsftpd (Very Secure FTP daemon)
configuration files, 499-502
introduction, 492
vulnerabilities (security risks), 650-651, 657, 694-696