Preparing a network server
Building a Linux web server
Building a Linux file server with Samba
Building a Linux print server
Building a DNS server
Linux was built from scratch with networking in mind. Therefore, networking is fully integrated into Linux and is not merely an afterthought. Linux also comes bundled with software that provides file sharing, printer sharing, and other functions. Thus, Linux gained initial popularity by inexpensively and reliably providing network services. (Linux moved to the desktop only when applications such as word processing were written for it.)
In earlier chapters, we show you how to use a Red Hat Linux computer with an existing network. We also show you how to build a private network using Red Hat Linux computers as both clients and the Internet gateway, or firewall. In this chapter, we describe how to configure a Linux box to provide some popular services to the private network.