Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies [Electronic resources]

Jon Hall

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Table of Contents

BackCover

Red Hat Linux Fedora for Dummies

Introduction

Foolish Assumptions

Conventions Used in This Book

How This Book Is Organized

What You''re Not to Read

Icons in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Part I: Installing Red Hat Linux

Chapter 1: And in the Opposite Corner . . . a Penguin?

History of the World - Er, Linux - Part II

Knowing What You Can Do with Red Hat Linux

Chapter 2: Getting Ready for Red Hat Linux

Preparing Your Hard Drive for Red Hat Linux

" Am I Fat or Just NTFS?

Defragmenting Your Hard Drive

Move Over, Windows - Here Comes Linux

Chapter 3: Ready, Set, Install!

Choosing an Installation Type

Installation Stage 1: Starting the Journey

Installation Stage 2: Slicing and Dicing the Pie

Installation Stage 3: Configuring Your Network

Installation Stage 4: Configuring Your Options

Installation Stage 5: The Point of No Return

Post Installation: Using the Setup Agent

Chapter 4: Getting Red Hat Linux

Introducing the Linux File System Tree

Giving Red Hat Linux the Boot

Logging In

The Command-Line Interface (CLI) versus the Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Configuring Your Graphical Display

Creating User Accounts with the Red Hat User Manager

Creating an Account without X

Ending Your First Session

Part II: Got Net?

Chapter 5: Dial-Up Modems Still Get the Job Done

Desperately Seeking an ISP

Configuring Your Internet Connection

Locating Your Modem with Linux

Locating Your Modem with Windows

Firing Up Your Internet Connection

Chapter 6: Broadband Rocks!

Introducing DSL and Cable Connections:The Proof Is in the Wiring

The Cable Modem Option

The DSL Option

Chapter 7: Connect Locally, Communicate Globally: Connecting to a LAN

Introducing Local Area Networks

Configuring Your NIC with the Red Hat Network Utility

Manually Starting and Stopping Your Network

Chapter 8: Only You Can Prevent Network Break-Ins

Understanding Why You Need a Firewall in the First Place

Building an Effective Firewall

Setting Up a Firewall

Displaying Your Firewall Rules

Firing Up Your Firewall (And Dousing the Flames)

Part III: Linux, Huh! What Is It Good For? Absolutely Everything!

Chapter 9: Gnowing GNOME

Introducing the X Window System

Introducing the GNOME Desktop Environment

Exploring the GNOME Desktop

Messing Around with Windows

The Making of a Desktop Icon

Playing with the GNOME Panel

Adding and Deleting Panels

Leaving GNOME and X

Making GNOME Recognize MIME Types

Accessing GNOME Applications

Chapter 10: Gnowing More Applications

Navigating with the Nautilus File and Internet Integration Manager

Come the Ximian Evolution Revolution

Chapter 11: Surfin'' the Net and Groovin'' to Tunes

Making the World Wide Web Possible

Surfin'' the Net with Mozilla

Plugging In Plug-Ins

Groovin'' to Tunes with CD Player

Ripping CDs

Entering the Ring of Fire: Burning CDs

Burn, Baby, Burn: Burning CDs

Chapter 12: Live from the Net

Using the XMMS Audio Player

Using the Fabulous MPlayer

Launching gmplayer from the GNOME Panel

Chapter 13: Going to the Office

Opening Your Office

Getting to Know OpenOffice

Chapter 14: Days of Wine and Applications

Introducing Wine

Downloading Wine

Installing Wine

Introducing CodeWeavers CrossOver Office

VMware: A Virtual Reality Machine

Part IV: Revenge of the Nerds

Chapter 15: Building Your Own, Private Network

Designing and Building Your Private Network

Building an Internet Gateway

Chapter 16: Creating Basic Linux Network Services

Preparing a Network Server

Building an Apache Web Server

Building a Samba File Server

Building a Print Server

Building a DNS Server

Chapter 17: Securing Your Future

Thinking Security

An Ounce of Protection: Preventing Intruders

Understanding the Security Process

Chapter 18: Bringing In the Red Hat Linux Repair Man

The Fix Is In: Troubleshooting Your Network

Introducing Fault Trees

Ticking through Your Linux Networking Checklist

Chapter 19: Building a Streaming Audio Server

Introducing Ices2 and Icecast2

Creating a Music Source

Installing Ices2 and Icecast2

Putting It All Together: Streaming Music to Your Private Network

Streaming on Your Private Network

Part V: The Part of Tens

Chapter 20: Ten Problem Areas and Solutions

" Help! I Need Some Help!

Fixing Common Problems

Chapter 21: Ten Security Vulnerabilities

How Many Daemons Can Dance on the Head of the Linux Process Table?

Hide Your Communications with OpenSSH

Aha! No Firewall - Very, Very Good

Keeping Up with the Software Joneses

" Backups? I Don''t Need No Stinking Backups!

My Buffer Overflow-eth

Social Engineering 1010101010

Bad Passwords

Scan Me

I Know Where You Logged In Last Summer

Part VI: Appendixes

Appendix A: Red Hat Linux Administration Utilities

System Settings

Server Settings

System Tools

More System Tools

Appendix B: Discovering Your Hardware

Breaking Down Your Computer

Understanding Hard Drive Controllers

A Bit about Memory Bytes

Discovering Your Windows 9x or Windows Me Hardware

Discovering Your Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP Hardware

Appendix C: Filing Your Life Away

Getting Linux File Facts Straight

Moving Around the File System with pwd and cd

Manipulating Files and Directories

Changing File Ownership and Granting Permissions

Making Your Own Rules

Appendix D: Becoming a Suit: Managing the Red Hat Linux File System

Mounting and Unmounting a File System

Adding a Disk Drive

Appendix E: Revving Up RPM

Introducing RPM

Taking a Look at What RPM Does

Using the Red Hat Package Manager

Manual Shifting with RPM

Appendix F: About the DVD

System Requirements

What You Find

If You Have Problems (Of the DVD Kind)

Index

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Cheat Sheet: Red Hat Linux Fedora For Dummies

Systems administration commands

File permissions

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Sidebars