Index
G
gaim, instant messaging, 101
Games and Entertainment, package groups, 102
gdm display manager, 403-405
General Setup Options menu, kernel options, 340-341
-geometry option, X Clients, 389
GFTP (GNOME FTP), 455
gftp command, 455
GIDs (group IDs), 228
global settings, Sambaconfiguring, 495-500
redhat-config-samba, 509-510
globbingdefined, 21, 333
NFS and, 565-566
GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment)as default desktop for RHEL 3, 397
features, 398-399
package groups, 100
setting as default, 388
GNOME FTP (GFTP), 455
GNOME Software Development, package groups, 105-106
GNOME terminal, 199
gnome-terminal, 390
GNU Network Object Model Environment. See 184
Gnu Privacy Guard. See 101
GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard), 697-698
GPG signature for package integrity, 247
OpenPGP standard and, 697
validating RPMs with, 698
GRand Unified Bootloader. See video cards
graphical applications, 409-411
browsers, 410
default clients, 410-411
e-mail clients, 410
overview, 409-410
self test, answers, 421
self test, questions, 417
two-minute drill, 414
graphical console. See 74, 114, 158, 185
graphicsconfiguring graphics system, 132-133
Linux support for, 373
runlevel for graphical login, 161
Graphics, package groups, 102
grep command, 20
group IDs (GIDs), 228
groups, 664-668
adding users to, 223-224
assigning members to, 230
controlling ownership with SGID bit, 667-668
file sharing and, 664-665
self test, answers, 710
self test, questions, 706
shared directories and, 665-667
standard, 665
two-minute drill, 703
grpconv command, 31
grpquota option, 304
grpunconv command, 31
GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader), 163-165
booting into different runlevel, 680
commands, 164
configuring, 128
/etc/grub.conf file and, 163-165
Kickstart Configurator Boot Loader Options, 201
passing parameters with a command, 167
preferred over LILO for Linux distributions, 162
troubleshooting boot process, 685
updating, 327-328
grub-install command, 164, 685, 689
GUI (graphical user interface). See also X Windows System
administration utilities, 106-107
configuration utilities, 102-103, 275-278, 282, 285, 291
configuring, 203
installing, 198-199
Kickstart Configurator as, 199
running Red Hat User Manager from, 225-226
switching to regular virtual console from, 273
gzip command, 36