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Linux
1.Introductions and Overview
Linux components
Comparing Linux distributions
Obtaining free software from the Internet
Designing a mission-critical server for use in a multi-vendor environment
Linux distributions
Selecting the hardware
Understanding your hardware
Installation planning
2. Installing Linux
Designing the installation
Evaluating automated installations
Planning custom installations
Organizing disk layout
Selecting an installation method
Making the boot disk
Booting the installation program
Disk portioning
Defining mount points
Formatting partition
Installing the software
3. Performing the installation
Selecting internationalization settings
Choosing software packages
Monitoring the installation process
Post-installation tasks
4. The Boot Process
Loading the boot sector
Loading the kernel with LILO
The Linux boot prompt
Hardware devise driver initialization
Loading Linux services
Start-up scripts
Loadable modules
5. Basic Commands
Understanding shells
Understanding shell variables
Understanding processes
Part 2 Internet server operations
Performing System Administration
Administering the server
Correcting installation problems
Setting up user accounts
Connecting to the network
Configuring utilities
Configuring a Mail Server
Using mail aliases
Using send mail to receive mail
The send mail configuration file
Using m4 to configure send mail
Compiling and installing send mail
The Apache Web Server
Installing apache
Configuring the apache server
Managing your web server
Creating web content
Maintaining the system
Examining the boot process
Logging system events
Managing software packages
Verifying software with digital signatures
Adding disk partitions and file systems
Implementing File and Print Services
Sharing file systems across the network
Linux-to-Windows shares with Samba
Exporting with NFS
Controlling exports with graphical configuration tools
Berkeley (BSD) printing system
Printing with Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS)
Sharing printers to the Windows network neighborhood
Selecting printer drivers
Web-based printer and print queue administration
Login Services
Starting services with Internet
Creating user accounts
Understanding login security
Linux Name Services
The host files
Understanding DNS
The bind software
Configuring a domain name server
Running named
Providing Mission-Critical Intranet and Internet Services
Implementing DNS with BIND 9
Writing zone files
Transferring zone information to secondary servers
Caching non-authoritative information about other zones
Transferring bulk data with FTP
Extending FTP capabilities with wu-ftpd
Setting up anonymous FTP service
Serving Web pages with HTTP
Installing Apache
Supporting multiple Web sites on one Linux server with virtual hosting Delivering mail to reliable servers using ESMTP
Setting up a mail transfer agent
Preventing unacceptable open relay behavior
Other information services
POP
IMAP
NNTP
Customizing The Linux Kernel
The anatomy of the kernel
The kernel source tree structure
Device drivers
File systems
Loadable modules
Generic kernels
Building a new kernel
Stable vs. experimental releases
Selecting required kernel components
Improving kernel efficiency with loadable modules
Customizing the kernel for specific tasks
Installing the kernel
Vital safety precautions you need to take before and during installation
Recovering from a bad kernel
Detecting and correcting system administration errors
Improving Network Security
Defining firewall rules
Establishing secure network connections with SSH, SSL and IPsec
Detecting unauthorized system changes with Tripwire
Network Gateway Services
Understanding routing
Defining static routes
Using dynamic routing
Network address translation
Library
Interrupts