Index
W
w (sed command), 250
w command, vi text editor, 320
w file command, ed text editor, 315
W file command, ed text editor, 315
:w filename command, vi text editor, 321
WANs (Wide Area Networks), DSL connections and, 383
warnings, DocBook, 346
watchdog timer, kernel configuration, 635
wc (GNU text utility), 237, 238
Web, spider web analogy, 413
Web browsers. See browsers
Web servers
Apache
CGI programs, 435-436
configuration, 423-431
installation, 421-422
resources for further reading, 421
SSIs and, 434-435
HTML and, 412-413
HTTP and, 412-413
packages, 49
Web sites
CERT Coordination Center, 706
Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC), 706
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), 695
ICAT Metabase, 695
information resources, 991-992
Java, 835
Linux security HOWTO, 648
National Infrastructure Protection Center, 706
SANS Institute, 694
Tripwire application, 673
Weitek chipsets, XFree86 support, 86
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), wireless networks and, 390-391
whatis command, man pages, 187
while command, Tcl, 804-805
while statement, Perl, 773-774
who (GNU shell utility), description, 230
whoami (GNU shell utility), description, 230
widgets, Tk
commands for creating, 819-820
commands for manipulating, 820
configuration, 822
displaying, 822
hierarchies, 821
pack command, 823-824
place command, 824-826
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), description, 389. See also networking
Wi-Fi Alliance, 391
wildcards, Bash shell, filenames, 219-220
winbindd command, Samba, 544
Windows
boot disk creation, 29-30
CD-ROM with book, 284
FAT and, 15
file system mounting, 364-365
partitioning and, 25
printers, SMB, 109
resources, accessing with smbclient, 547-550
Samba, accessing, 547
servers, Samba, 543-544
Windows File Server, packages, 50
Windows Sound System sound card, Linux driver module, 127
WINE, introduction, 15
Winmodems, 978
Winmodems-and-Linux-HOWTO file, 199
wireless networks
access point, configuration, 392-393
ad hoc mode, 389
configuration, 393-395
description, 12
Ethernet, setup, 388-395
hardware setup, 391-392
infrastructure mode, 389
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and, 390-391
Wireless-HOWTO file, 199
word count, text files, GNU, 238
word processors, OpenOffice.org Writer, 289-291
workgroup networks, 540
World Wide Web. See Web, spider web analogy
worms, 657
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), 391
:wq command, vi text editor, 321
WWW-HOWTO file, 199
WWW-mSQL-HOWTO file, 199
WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get), 310