Index

F

FAT (File Access Table)

defragmenting, 20–21

finding, 19

resizing, 18, 22–25

fault tree, 266–267

Fedora Project, 1

File Access Table. See FAT

file addresses, 51

file managers

Nautilus, 134–137

Wine, 175

File menu (OpenOffice), 167

file server (Samba)

configuring, 221–225

installing, 220–222

samba package, 220

Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT), 222–225

samba-client package, 220

samba-common package, 220

samba-swat package, 220

file system

mounting, 341–342

unmounting, 341–343

file system tree, 51–53

File Types and Programs dialog box, 129

filenames, 328

files

absolute filenames, 332

copying, 135, 335

deleting, 135–136

directory files, 328

executable files, 329

MIME types, 137

moving, 135, 335

naming, 328

permissions, 337–340

querying, 347

relative filenames, 332

removing, 336

special files, 329

storing, 327–328

system data files, 328

transferring, 247–248

user data files, 328

viewing, 136

file-transfer applications, 247–248

filtering rules (firewalls), 105, 107–110

FIPS (First nondestructive Interactive Partition Splitting), 18, 22–25

firewalls

Apache web server, 218–219

broadband connections, 309–310

building, 106–108

capabilities, 103–104

defined, 16

filtering rules, 105, 107–110

LAN (local area network), 211–213

Netfilter/Iptables, 16, 104–106

proxy firewalls, 145, 161

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), 261

starting, 110–111

turning on/off, 110–111

First nondestructive Interactive Partition Splitting (FIPS), 18, 22–25

fixes (security holes), 241–243, 310

Flash Player (Macromedia), 146–147

flat network, 200

flat panel display, 323

flavors of Linux, 13

Floppy Formatter utility, 319

focus of windows, 122

forgotten passwords, 298–300

Free Software Foundation (FSF), 13

FTP, 247–248