SUSE Linux 9 Unleashed, w. CD-ROM

References II. USING SUSE LINUX. 5. Getting Started with SUSE Linux. Logging In to SUSE Linux Logging In from the Shell Logging Out of the Shell Working with the Linux File System Essential File System Commands from the /bin and /sbin Directories Using the /boot and /dev Directories Editing Configuration Files in the /etc Directory Where All the Good Stuff Goes: Your /home Directory Finding Desktop Programs in /opt Where Most of the Programs Go: The /usr Directory Variable Data: The /var Directory Changing User Information and the Finger Program Choosing and Using a Shell Cool Stuff That All Shells Have in Common Running bash Running tcsh Running zsh Managing Files with Midnight Commander ksh and ash Choosing a Shell Editing Text Working with vim and Its Clones Working with Emacs and Its Clones Some of the Others Why Can't I Edit This File? How Permissions Work Changing Permissions Directory Permissions Working as Root Creating and Deleting Users Shutting Down and Rebooting the System References File System Shells Editors Working as Root 6. Launching Your Desktop. Understanding the X Window System Configuring X in SUSE Linux Choosing a Desktop Environment: KDE and GNOME KDE: The K Desktop Environment GNOME: The GNU Network Object Model Environment Managing Files from Your Desktop Using Konqueror in KDE Using Krusader in KDE Using Nautilus in GNOME Configuring Your Desktop Environment KDE Control Center Customizing GNOME What Is a Window Manager and Why Would I Want to Use It? Why Run a Window Manager? Starting Up with a Window Manager Running fvwm Running WindowMaker Running IceWM References 7. Printing with SUSE Linux. Printing: An Overview Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) Configuring Printers with YaST Configuring CUPS and Network Printers with KDEPrint Printing with CUPS Working with the Portable Document Format (PDF) Console Print Control Using Basic Print Commands Avoiding Printing Problems Multifunction (Print/Fax/Scanner) Devices USB and Older Inkjet Printers References 8. Shaking Hands with Your Shell. The Power of the Command Line Pattern-Matching in the Shell Redirecting Input and Output Piping Data Background Processing Writing a Shell Script: The Basics Scripting in bash Variables in Shell Scripts Assigning Values to Variables Accessing Variable Values Positional Parameters Using Positional Parameters to Get Command-Line Variables Automating Tasks with Scripts Built-In Variables References 9. Being Productive: Office Suites and Other Tools. Comparing Linux Office Suites Running OpenOffice.org Running Koffice Running GNOME Office Running Softmaker Office Other Commercial Suites PDA Connectivity Command-Line PDA Software for SUSE Linux Managing Your Finances More Tools to Make You Productive Desktop Publishing with Scribus Diagramming and Flowcharting with Dia Mindmapping with VYM Fax and Scanner Applications References 10. Sights, Sounds, and Other Fun Things. Starting Out: Configuring Your Sound and Video Cards Configuring Sound Cards in YaST Playing Music and Listening to the Radio Sound Formats Internet Radio and Other Streaming Media Making Your Own Music Burning CDs and DVDs Creating CDs and DVDs from Your Desktop Creating a CD from the Shell Creating DVDs from the Shell TV and Video: Xine and Mplayer TV and Video Hardware Linux and Your Digital Camera Webcams Editing Images with The GIMP Graphics Formats Gaming on Linux KDE Games GNOME Games Freeciv: A Free Strategy Game References 11. Going Cross-Platform. Viewing Files from the Windows Side of Your Computer Emulating Other Operating Systems in Linux: An Overview A Few Misconceptions About Cross-Platform Tools Using Wine to Run Windows Applications Installing and Configuring Wine Installing Windows Applications Under Wine Running Wine Crossover Office Running Windows Applications with Win4Lin Installing Win4Lin Running Win4Lin Running Windows Applications with Vmware Installing Vmware Running Vmware Emulating a Mac with Basilisk II Using dosemu and DOSBox Xen: The Future of Virtualization? References III. USING THE INTERNET. 12. Connecting to the Internet. Basic Connectivity Information Starting with a localhost Interface Configuring localhost Manually Configuring Your Dial-up Internet Connection Using YaST to Set Up Your Dial-up Connection Configuring a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Connection Using YaST to Set Up Your DSL Connection Connecting Your Computer to a Wireless Network Getting Firmware and Drivers in Place Finding an Access Point Configuring Your Wireless Card When to Call Your Internet Service Provider References 13. Using the Internet: Browsing the Web and Writing Email. Choosing a Web Browser Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox Konqueror Epiphany Galeon Opera Setting Up Your SUSE Linux Email Account Choosing a Mail Client (Mail User Agent) Evolution KDE Personal Information Manager: Kmail/KOrganizer and Kontact Mozilla Mail and Thunderbird Sylpheed mutt Sending File Attachments BinHex yEnc UUEncode/UUDecode MIME/Base64 Using UUDeview to Decode a File Attachment References 14. Creating Basic Websites. Choosing a Web Development Tool For the Beginner Browser-Based Page Creators Specialized Web Tools Aubergeek Web Page Tools Practice: Building a Site with Quanta Plus Weblogging with SUSE Linux Blogging with Blosxom Movable Type and Typepad Blogging with WordPress Popular Blog Services Syndicating Your Blog References 15. Managing Email Servers. How Email Works MTA Configuration Masquerading Authentication Remote SMTP Connections Incoming Mail Protocols Delivery Mode Aliases Virtual Domains Fighting Spam and Viruses Antispam Tools Client-Side Spam Filters Procmail Antivirus Tools Alternatives to Postfix Microsoft Exchange Server CommuniGate Pro Novell GroupWise Samsung Connect OPEN-XCHANGE Kolab/Kroupware OpenGroupware (Ogo) phpGroupWare Hula Conclusion References 16. Collaborating with Others. Usenet News Today Choosing a Usenet Newsreader Mail/News Clients Standalone GUI Newsreaders Text-Based Newsreaders Collaborating with Wikis Zwiki Hosting Electronic Mailing Lists Installing Mailman Running a Mailman List Working with Instant Messengers and Internet Relay Chat Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Linux Instant Messaging Linux Videoconferencing References 17. Secure File Transfer. Choosing a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client Text-Based FTP Clients Using sftp for Secure File Transfers GUI FTP Clients Peer-to-Peer File Transfer Napster-Style File Sharing Wrangling the BitTorrent Building an FTP Server Configuring xinetd for Secure File Transfer Configuring Secure File Transfer Servers References IV. BASIC SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION. 18. Managing Files, Volumes, and Drives. Choosing a File System Understanding the Physical Structure of a Disk Working with ReiserFS The Extended File System (ext2, ext3) JFS and XFS Choosing a File System Creating and Managing File Systems with Expert Partitioner Using Expert Partitioner Mounting a File System The mount Command The umount Command Using /etc/fstab to Automatically Mount File Systems Logical Volume Management (LVM) Finding Files Using find Using locate Using which Using whereis Using kfind Using Beagle File System Manipulation Creating a File System for Testing Mounting a Read-Only Partition on a Running System Examining a Floppy Image File Managing Files for Character Devices, Block Devices, and Special Devices References 19. Managing Users, Managing Security. User Accounts and Permissions Setting Up User Accounts in YaST System Users RWX: Understanding Permissions Who Needs What? Managing Groups Adding Groups Passwords: The First Line of Security The passwd and shadow Files Selecting Passwords User Authentication Settings with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) Monitoring User Activity Shell Tools for Watching Users Letting Mortals Play at Wizardry: SuperUsers Changing User Identity with su Using sudo to Grant Root Privileges References 20. Managing Data: Backup, Restoring, and Recovery. Preparing for Preventing Data Loss How to Lose Data Assessing Your Needs and Resources Choosing a Backup Strategy Choosing Your Backup Medium Mirrors and RAID Arrays Removable Storage Media Network Storage Tape Drive Backup Using YaST System Backup Backup Software Backups with tar Using Ark Using GNOME File Roller Setting Up Mirror Disks and RAID Arrays Rescuing a Broken System Booting from the SUSE Linux CD Booting from a Rescue Disk Set Using System Restore References 21. Keeping Your System Current: Package Management. Installing Software with YaST The Basics of the Red Hat Package Management System (RPM) Downloading RPM Packages Outside of YaST Updating Your System with YaST Online Update (YOU) Running YOU Using SUSEwatcher to Monitor YOU Servers Updating Your System with apt Updating Your System with Red Carpet Installing Red Carpet Running Red Carpet from the Command Line (rug) Updating with the Red Carpet GUI Compiling Software from Source References V. ADVANCED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION. 22. Managing the Boot Process and Other Services. Understanding the Boot Process Starting to Boot: BIOS to Boot Manager Choosing a Boot Manager: GRUB Versus LILO Loading the Kernel System Services and Runlevels Controlling Services at Boot with the YaST Runlevel Editor Using the Runlevel Editor Expert Mode Manually Starting and Stopping Services System Monitoring Tools KsysGuard KDiskFree and KwikDisk GkrellM References 23. Securing Your Machines. Understanding Computer Attacks Assessing Your Vulnerability Protecting Your Machine Securing a Wireless Network Another Word on Passwords and Physical Security Configuring the SUSE Firewall Other Security Utilities to Consider What to Do if You've Been Hacked Keeping Up to Date on Linux Security Issues References 24. Kernel and Module Management. Linus's Baby: The Linux Kernel The Linux Source Tree Types of Kernels Managing Modules When to Recompile Kernel Versions Getting New Kernel Sources Patching the Kernel Compiling the Kernel Troubleshooting Problems Errors During Compile Runtime Errors, Bootloader Problems, and Kernel Oops Kernel Tuning with sysctl References 25. Setting Up Networks and Samba. Networking with TCP/IP TCP/IP Addressing The Next Step: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Ports Network Organization Subnetting Netmasks Network Address Translation (NAT) Hardware Devices in Networking Network Interface Cards (NICs) Network Cable Hubs Routers and Bridges Initializing New Network Hardware Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) How DHCP Works DHCP Software Installation and Configuration Setting Up a DHCP Server Using the Network File System Starting and Configuring the NFS Server Importing Directories with the NFS Client Playing Nice with Microsoft Windows with Samba Securing Network Services References 26. Managing Your Apache Web Server. What Is Apache? Installing Apache Building Apache from the Source Code Starting and Stopping Apache Runtime Server Configuration Settings Additional Settings in httpd.conf File System Authentication and Access Control Restricting Access with allow and deny Authentication Apache Modules Virtual Hosting Name-Based Virtual Hosting IP-Address-Based Virtual Hosting Dynamic Content CGI Programs Server-Side Includes Active Content Modules Other Web Servers thttpd Caudium WebServer Xitami Zope ColdFusion TomCat References 27. Managing Domain Names. Essential DNS Concepts DNS Hierarchy Zones Records Configuring DNS with YaST2 Hosts File Basic DNS Tools Configuring Name Servers with BIND Logging Summary References VI. PROGRAMMING. 28. Using the GNU Compiler Collection and Other Programming Tools. Basic Programming in C Under Linux A Simple C Program Using the GNU Compiler Collection Building Java Applications with Eclipse Using the Eclipse Workbench Creating a Small Java Application in Eclipse Using the KDevelop Integrated Development Environment Using Anjuta to Create GNOME Applications Managing Collective Software Development with CVS and Subversion Creating RPM Packages Making a Spec File Listing Files and Generating Patches Building and Testing Your RPM Package Other Linux Programming Resources References 29. Managing Databases. What Is a Relational Database? Implementing MySQL Installing MySQL Completing MySQL Initial Configuration Tasks Using the MySQL Control Center Connecting to a MySQL Database with a Database Client Using the MySQL Monitor Database Client Optimizing MySQL Measuring Key Buffer Usage Using the Query Cache Miscellaneous Tweaks Query Optimization Summary References 30. Using Perl and Python. What Is Perl? Perl Variables and Data Structures Operators and Other Statements Regular Expressions Perl Modules and CPAN The Future of Perl What Is Python? Python Variables and Data Structures Indentation Extreme Object Orientation Python IDEs and the Interactive Shell References 31. Creating Dynamic Websites. Using PHP Installing PHP Writing PHP Scripts Adding More Functions to PHP The Future with PHP 5 Setting Up an Interactive Site with WordPress Installing WordPress Overseeing Users' Access to WordPress Setting Up a Web-Based Community Forum Installing phpBB Configuring phpBB and Creating Forums References 32. Performance Tuning. Optimizing Services Using PowerTweak Tuning Hard Disk Drives Choosing the Best Hardware Tuning Hard Drive Parameters at Boot The hdparm Command Disabling File Access Time Spreading Out the Load References 33. Command-Line Master Class. Some Basic Commands Displaying the Contents of a File with cat Making and Changing Directories with mkdir and cd Changing File Access Permissions with chmod Copying, Moving, and Renaming Files with cp and mv Displaying Disk Usage with du Searching for Strings with grep Finding Files from an Index with locate Listing Files in the Current Directory with ls Reading Man Pages with man Listing Processes with ps Deleting Files and Directories with rm Displaying the Last Lines of a File with tail Displaying Resource Usage with top Displaying the Location of a Command with which Combining Commands Together References VII. APPENDICES. A. Versions of Novell's SUSE Linux SUSE Linux 10 Version 10.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) Open Enterprise Server (OES) B. SUSE and Linux Internet Resources Novell SUSE Linux Reference Mailing Lists Unix General Reference General Linux Resources Linux News Reference Linux Search Reference General Web Link Reference SUSE and Linux Internet Resources Installation, Disk Tools, and General Systems Administration Linux Networking and Security Reference LAMP and Other Programming References Worldwide Linux Newsgroups Index.