Fedora Core 7 & Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Complete Reference

Fedora Core 7 & Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Authors: Richard Petersen

Published: June 2007

eISBN: 9780071510998 0071510990 | ISBN: 9780071486422

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Getting Started

1 Introduction to Red Hat and Fedora Linux

Red Hat and Fedora Linux

Fedora 7

Fedora Live CD

Operating Systems and Linux

History of Linux and Unix

Linux Overview

Open Source Software

Linux Software

Online Linux Information Sources

Linux Documentation

2 Installing Fedora

Key Feature of Fedora Installation

Minimal Install Strategy with Desktop Spins: Making Use of Repositories

Minimal Install Strategy with Fedora Live CD: First Time Installs

Obtaining the CDs and DVDs

Installation Overview

Install Procedures

Simple Graphical Direct Install with DVD/CD-ROMs

Hardware, Software, and Information Requirements

Boot Source Options

Install Methods

Virtual Network Computing

Automating Installation with Kickstart

Installing Linux

Finishing Installation

Login and Logout

Boot Disks

Rescue

Re-installing the Boot Loader

Creating Your Own Fedora Install Spins with Pungi

3 Interface Basics: Login, Desktop, Help, Repositories, Multimedia, and Spins

User Accounts

Accessing Your Linux System

The GNOME and KDE Desktops

Desktop Operations

Burning DVD/CDs with GNOME

Command Line Interface

Help Resources

Using Fedora Software Repositories

Windows Access and Applications

4 System Configuration

Fedora Administrative Tools

Editing Configuration Files Directly

Simple Administrative Tasks

Login Screen

Configuring Users

Printer Configuration

X Window System Configuration: system-config-display and Vendor Drivers

Updating Fedora and Enterprise Linux: PUP and RHN

Installing Software Packages

Security Configuration

Unsupported Drivers

Installing Access for Local Windows NTFS File Systems

Bluetooth

5 Network Configuration

Network Information: Dynamic and Static

Network Manager

Network Configuration with Fedora Network Tools

Command Line PPP Access: wvdial

Manual Wireless Configurations

Setting Up Your Firewall: system-config-securitylevel

InfiniBand Support

Configuring a Local Area Network

Part II: Environments

6 GNOME

Fedora Desktop Look and Feel

GNOME 2.x Features

GTK+

The GNOME Interface

The GNOME Desktop

The GNOME Volume Manager

The GNOME File Manager: Nautilus

The GNOME Panel

GNOME Applets

GNOME Configuration

GNOME Directories and Files

7 The K Desktop Environment: KDE

The Qt Library

Configuration and Administration Access with KDE

The KDE Desktop

The KDE Help Center

Applications

Mounting Devices from the Desktop

KDE File Manager and Internet Client: Konqueror

KDE Configuration: KDE Control Center

8 The Shell

The Command Line

History

Filename Expansion: *, ?, [ ]

Standard Input/Output and Redirection

Pipes: |

Redirecting and Piping the Standard Error: >&, 2>

Jobs: Background, Kills, and Interruptions

Ending Processes: ps and kill

Shell Variables

Shell Scripts: User-Defined Commands

Control Structures

Filters and Regular Expressions

9 Shell Configuration

Aliases

Controlling Shell Operations

Environment Variables and Subshells: export

Configuring Your Shell with Shell Parameters

10 Managing Linux Files and Directories: Directories, Archives, and Compression

Linux Files

The File Structure

Listing, Displaying, and Printing Files: ls, cat, more, less, and lpr

Managing Directories: mkdir, rmdir, ls, cd, and pwd

File and Directory Operations: find, cp, mv, rm, and ln

The mtools Utilities: msdos

Archiving and Compressing Files

File Compression: gzip, bzip2, and zip

Part III: Applications

11 Office and Database Applications

Running Microsoft Office on Linux: CrossOver

OpenOffice

KOffice

GNOME Office

Document Viewers (PostScript, PDF, and DVI)

PDA Access

Database Management Systems

Editors

12 Graphics Tools and Multimedia

Graphics Tools

Multimedia

13 Mail and News Clients

Mail Clients

Usenet News

14 Web, FTP, and Java Clients

Web Clients

Java for Linux

FTP Clients

15 Network Tools

Network Information: ping, finger, traceroute, and host

Network Talk and Messenger Clients: VoIP, ICQ, IRC, AIM, and Talk

Telnet

RSH, Kerberos, and SSH Remote Access Commands

Part IV: Security

16 Encryption, Integrity Checks, and Signatures: GNU Privacy Guard

Public Key Encryption, Integrity Checks, and Digital Signatures

GNU Privacy Guard

Checking Software Package Digital Signatures

Intrusion Detection: Tripwire and AIDE

Encrypted File Systems: luks

17 Security-Enhanced Linux: SELinux

Flask Architecture

SELinux Policy Packages

System Administration Access

Terminology

Multilayer Security (MLS) and Multicategory Security (MCS)

Management Operations for SELinux

SELinux Management Tools

The SELinux Reference Policy

Policy Methods

SELinux Policy Rules

SELinux Policy Configuration Files

Creating an SELinux Policy: make and checkpolicy

SELinux: Administrative Operations

18 Internet Protocol Security: IPsec

IPsec Protocols

IPsec Modes

IPsec Security Databases

Configuring IPsec with system-config-network

Configuring Connections with setkey

Configuring IPsec with racoon: IKE

IPsec Tunnel Mode: Virtual Private Networks

19 Secure Shell and Kerberos

The Secure Shell: OpenSSH

Kerberos

20 Network Firewalls: Netfilter

Firewalls: IPtables, NAT, and ip6tables

Packet Filtering

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Packet Mangling: the Mangle Table

IPtables Scripts

IP Masquerading

Part V: Red Hat and Fedora Servers

21 Managing Services

System Startup Files: /etc/rc.d and /etc/sysconfig

SysV Init: init.d Scripts

Starting Services: Stand-Alone and xinetd

Service Management Tools: chkconfig and system-config-services

Service Scripts: /etc/init.d

Extended Internet Services Daemon (xinetd)

22 FTP Servers

FTP Servers

Anonymous FTP: vsftpd

The FTP User Account: anonymous

Using FTP with rsync

The Very Secure FTP Server

23 Web Servers: Apache

Tux

Alternate Web Servers

Apache Web Server

Apache Configuration Files

Apache Configuration and Directives

Virtual Hosting on Apache

Server-Side Includes

PHP

Apache Configuration Tool

Web Server Security: SSL

24 Proxy Servers: Squid

Configuring Client Browsers

The squid.conf File

Security

Caches

Logs

Web Server Acceleration: Reverse Proxy Cache

25 Mail Servers: SMTP, POP, and IMAP

Mail Transport Agents

Received Mail: MX Records

Postfix

Sendmail

POP and IMAP Server: Dovecot

Spam: SpamAssassin

26 Print, News, and Database Servers: CUPS, INN, and MySQL

Printer Devices and Configuration

Installing Printers with CUPS

CUPS Configuration

CUPS Command Line Print Clients

CUPS Command Line Administrative Tools

News and Search Servers

Database Servers: MySQL and PostgreSQL

Part VI: System Administration

27 Basic System Administration

Superuser Control: the Root User

System Time and Date

Scheduling Tasks: cron

System Runlevels: telinit, initab, and shutdown

Managing Services

Fedora Administration Tools

System Directories

Configuration Directories and Files

System Logs: /var/log and syslogd

The Linux Auditing System: auditd

Performance Analysis Tools and Processes

Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB)

28 Managing Users

User Configuration Files

The Password Files

Managing User Environments

Adding and Removing Users with useradd, usermod, and userdel

Managing Groups

Controlling Access to Directories and Files: chmod

Disk Quotas

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Pluggable Authentication Modules

29 Software Management

Software Repositories

Downloading ISO and DVD Distribution Images with BitTorrent

Updating Using yum and PUP

Installing Fedora Packages with YUM

Yum Configuration

APT

Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)

Command Line Installation: rpm

Installing Software from RPM Source Code Files: SRPMs

Installing Software from Compressed Archives: .tar.gz

Command and Program Directories: PATH

Subversion and CVS

Packaging Your Software with RPM

30 File System Management

File Systems

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Journaling

Mounting File Systems Automatically: /etc/fstab

Mounting File Systems Manually: mount and umount

Creating File Systems: mkfs, mke2fs, mkswap, parted, and fdisk

CD-ROM and DVD ROM Manual Recording

31 RAID and LVM

Logical Volume Manager

Configuring RAID Devices

32 Devices and Modules: udev, HAL, and MAKEDEV

Hardware Device Installation: Kudzu

Device Information: /sys, /proc, and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf

udev: Device Files

Hardware Abstraction Layer: HAL

Manual Devices

Mono and .NET Support

Installing and Managing Terminals and Modems

Input Devices

Installing Sound, Network, and Other Cards

PCMCIA Devices

Modules

33 Kernel Administration: Virtualization

Kernel Versions

References

Kernel Tuning: Kernel Runtime Parameters

Installing a New Kernel Version

Precautionary Steps for Modifying a Kernel of the Same Version

Compiling the Kernel from Source Code

Important Kernel Configuration Features

Compiling and Installing the Kernel

Boot Loader Configurations: GRUB

Module RAM Disks

Virtualization

34 Backup Management: rsync, Amanda, and dump/restore

Individual Backups: archive and rsync

Amanda

Backups with dump and restore

Part VII: Network Administration

35 Administering TCP/IP Networks

TCP/IP Protocol Suite

IPv4 and IPv6

TCP/IP Network Addresses

IPv6 Addressing

IPv6 and IPv4 Coexistence Methods

TCP/IP Configuration Files

Domain Name Service (DNS)

Network Interfaces and Routes: ifconfig and route

Monitoring Your Network: ping, netstat, tcpdump, EtherApe, Ettercap, and Wireshark

IP Aliasing

36 Domain Name System

DNS Address Translations

Local Area Network Addressing

BIND

Domain Name Service Configuration

named.conf

The options Statement

Resource Records for Zone Files

Zone Files

Subdomains and Slaves

IP Virtual Domains

Cache File

Dynamic Update: DHCP and Journal Files

DNS Security: Access Control Lists, TSIG, and DNSSEC

Split DNS: Views

37 Network Autoconfiguration: IPv6, DHCPv6, and DHCP

IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration

IPv6 Stateful Autoconfiguration: DHCPv6

DHCP for IPv4

38 NFS, NIS, and GFS

Network File Systems: NFS and /etc/exports

Network Information Service: NIS

Distributed Network File Systems

Red Hat Global File System (GFS and GFS 2)

39 Samba

Samba Documentation

Samba Applications

Starting Up Samba

User Level Security

Configuring Samba with system-config-samba

The Samba smb.conf Configuration File

SWAT and smb.conf

Testing the Samba Configuration

Domain Logons

Accessing Samba Services with Clients

Index