Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition

Administer Any Linux Distribution with Ease

Fully updated for the most current Linux distributions, Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition, shows you how to set up, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux on a single server or an entire network. Get full details on granting user rights and permissions, configuring software and hardware, providing Internet and intranet services, and customizing Linux kernel 2.6. You'll also learn how to get your network services IPv6 ready, implement sound security, create foolproof system backups, and use the latest virtualization technologies. Real-world, hands-on examples are included throughout.

Install and configure popular Linux distributions, including Fedora 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, OpenSuSE, and Ubuntu
Manage users, permissions, files, folders, and applications
Administer Linux servers from the GUI or from the command line (shell)
Understand and manage file systems in Linux
Compile, tune, and customize Linux kernel 2.6
Build robust firewalls and routers using netfilter and Linux
Manage the Linux TCP/IP networking stack and services for both IPv4 and IPv6
Build and deploy Web, e-mail, and FTP servers
Use NIS, NFS, LDAP, and Samba for resource sharing and identity management
Set up and administer print, DNS, POP3, IMAP3, and DHCP servers
Implement Linux virtualization technologies, including the native KVM platform

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-23-2009; A great guide!; As Wale Soyinka claims at the beginning, Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition; is a book for beginners, not for "dummies." He assumes you know most of the basic terms and concepts needed to run a modest Windows...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-24-2008; Makes things so much easier; I have been working as a systems admin for the last 6 months. I wish i had this book when i first started. It breaks things up clearly and is easy to follow. It is the only book that I have read on the subject that can be read from cover...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-30-2008; Fantastic!; This book is a god-sent book for beginner Linux administrators! I just can't stress enough how perfectly good the book is laid-out, how it is easy to read, and at the same time how good it covers the topics, given the book size, and the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-10-2007; Linux Admjnistration:A Beginners Guide; The product was in A one shape,it took four days to receive. I give them five stars.; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-23-2009; A great guide!; As Wale Soyinka claims at the beginning, Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Fifth Edition; is a book for beginners, not for "dummies." He assumes you know most of the basic terms and concepts needed to run a modest Windows...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-26-2000; A Begginers book; Yes this book is for begginers and really helps me a lot to setup my own Server. However the author is trying to go beyond the basic by including in the table of contents some security/firewall stuffs like SATAN, COPS etc but when you...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-28-2001; Be prepared to purchase a Linux CD elsewhere.; I'm an instructor at a junior college and I used this book because it is a good book for beginning administration, except for it lacks anything on compiling the kernel, and it came with Red Hat 7.0 on 1 CD. Well, 8 out of 10 CD's my...; read full review | report as inappropriate