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Ubuntu Unleashed
by Eric Newcomer

Publisher : Sams
Pub Date :August 29, 2006
ISBN : 0672329093
Pages : 800

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

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Part I: Installation and Configuration

What Is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu for Business

Ubuntu in Your Home

Ubuntu on the PPC Platform

Ubuntu on Dual-Core Machines

Getting the Most from Ubuntu and Linux Documentation

Ubuntu Developers and Documentation

Planning Your Ubuntu Deployment

Hardware Requirements

Preparing for the Install Process

Partitioning Before and During Installation

Using Ubuntuâ€™s kickstart Installation Method

Before You Begin the Installation

Step-by-Step Installation

Troubleshooting Post-Installation Configuration Problems

The sudo command

Configuring Software Repositories

Installing Graphics Drivers

Changing Ubuntuâ€™s Look and Feel

Preferred Behaviors

Detecting and Configuring a Modem

Configuring Power Management in Ubuntu

Resetting the Date and Time

Managing PCMCIA

Configuring and Using CD, DVD, and CD-RW Drives

Configuring Wireless Networks

Configuring Firestarter

Working with the Linux File System

Logging in to and Working with Linux

Changing Your User Information

Reading Documentation

Using the Shell

Using the Text Editors

Working with Permissions

Working As Root

Basic X Concepts

Selecting and Using Window Managers

The GNOME and KDE Desktop Environments

Using Add/Remove Applications for Software Management

Using Synaptic for Software Management

Staying Up-to-Date

Working on the Command Line

Compiling Software from Source

Choosing a Web Browser

Choosing an Email Client

An Overview of Network News

Selecting a Newsreader

Internet Relay Chat

Internet Messaging with GAIM

Videoconferencing with Ekiga

Office Suites for Ubuntu

Productivity Applications Written for Microsoft Windows

Burning CDs and DVDs in Ubuntu

Sound and Music

Viewing TV and Video

The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Using Digital Cameras with Ubuntu

Using Scanners in Ubuntu

Overview of Ubuntu Printing

Configuring and Managing Print Services

Creating and Configuring Local Printers

Part II: System Administration

Managing Groups

Managing Passwords

Granting System Administrator Privileges to Regular Users

The User Login Process

Running Services at Bootup

Starting and Stopping Services Manually

Scheduling Tasks

Basic Shell Control

Writing and Executing a Shell Script

System-Monitoring Tools

Choosing a Backup Strategy

Choosing Backup Hardware and Media

Using Backup Software

Undeleting Files

Laying the Foundation: The localhost Interface

Networking with TCP/IP

Network Organization

Hardware Devices for Networking

Using Network Configuration Tools

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Wireless Networking

Beyond the Network and onto the Internet

Common Configuration Information

Configuring Digital Subscriber Line Access

Configuring Dial-Up Internet Access

Troubleshooting Connection Problems

Setting Up a Telnet Server

Telnet Versus SSH

Setting Up an SSH Server

Part III: Ubuntu as a Server

About the Apache Web Server

Installing the Apache Server

Starting and Stopping Apache

Runtime Server Configuration Settings

File System Authentication and Access Control

Virtual Hosting

Dynamic Content

Other Web Servers for Use with Ubuntu

A Brief Review of Database Basics

Choosing a Database: MySQL Versus PostgreSQL

Configuring MySQL

Configuring PostgreSQL

Database Clients

Using the Network File System

Putting Samba to Work

Network and Remote Printing with Ubuntu

Creating Network Printers

Using the Common UNIX Printing System GUI

Avoiding Printer Support Problems

Using FTP Clients

Installing FTP Software

inetd Configuration for wu-ftpd

Configuring the Very Secure FTP Server

Configuring the Wu-FTPd Server

Using Commands in the ftpaccess File to Configure wu-ftpd

Configure FTP Server File-Conversion Actions

Using Commands in the ftphosts File to Allow or Deny FTP Server Connection

Server Administration

How Email Is Sent and Received

Basic Postfix Configuration and Operation

Using Fetchmail to Retrieve Mail

Choosing a Mail Delivery Agent

Alternatives to Microsoft Exchange Server

What Is a Proxy Server?

Installing Squid

Configuring Clients

Access Control Lists

Specifying Client IP Addresses

Example Configurations

Configuring the Server

Configuring Clients

Part IV: Programming Linux

Using Perl with Linux

Perl Variables and Data Structures

Conditional Statements: if/else and unless

Regular Expressions

Access to the Shell

Modules and CPAN

Python on Linux

The Basics of Python

Object Orientation

The Standard Library and the Vaults of Parnassus

Introduction to PHP

Basic Functions

Handling HTML Forms

Programming in C with Linux

Elements of the C/C++ Language

Using the C Programming Project Management Tools Provided with Ubuntu

Using the GNU C Compiler

A Simple C Program

Graphical Development Tools

Part V: Ubuntu Housekeeping

Understanding Computer Attacks

Assessing Your Vulnerability

Protecting Your Machine

Configuring Your Firewall

Forming a Disaster Recovery Plan

Keeping Up-to-Date on Linux Security Issues

Why Use the Shell?

Combining Commands Together

Multiple Terminals

The dpkg Back-End

Configuring APT

The Linux Kernel

Managing Modules

When to Recompile

Kernel Versions

Obtaining the Kernel Sources

Patching the Kernel

Compiling the Kernel

When Something Goes Wrong

Part VI: Appendix

Websites and Search Engines

Usenet Newsgroups

Internet Relay Chat

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