This is the first Linux administration guide specifically focused on preparing students to administer large-scale enterprise systems. Written by the well-respected authors of Unix System Administration Handbook, Third Edition— the classic book that has taught Unix system administration to generations of students—Linux System Administration Handbook covers every key aspect of running systems utilizing today's leading Linux distributions for university and enterprise environments: RedHat, Debian, and SuSe.

• Sophisticated centralized management techniques—Presents specific techniques for centrally managing multiple RedHat, Debian, and/or SuSe Linux servers.

  • Teaches students to administer multiple Linux systems far more efficiently.

• Enterprise-class performance measurement and optimization—Teaches students to quantify the potential performance of Linux systems, identify bottlenecks, and ameliorate them.

  • Gives students key skills for maximizing the value of Linux systems in any real-world environment and teaches them to protect the data and applications they will be responsible for.

• Detailed RedHat, Debian, and SuSe coverage—Covers all three of the Linux distributions used most often in large-scale Linux deployments.

  • Offers well-targeted preparation for the Linux environments students are most likely to encounter.

• Broad, expert-class application coverage—Includes detailed coverage of configuring and administering sendmail, file and print services, web hosting, and other key applications.

  • Covers the Linux capabilities that are in greatest demand in real-world production environments.

• Extensive networking coverage—Presents practical guidance for working with TCP/IP networking, routing, network hardware, the Network File System, and other key network-related Linux features.

  • Helps students become effective in administering complex, networked environments.

• Step-by-step security coverage—Shows students how to secure Linux systems against intrusion and other current threats.

  • Teaches students how to protect servers, data, and applications against a wide range of external threats.

• Practical troubleshooting techniques—Includes coverage of reading, interpreting, and acting upon information available through syslog and log files.

  • Enables students to independently resolve a wide range of Linux system administration problems.

Foreword.


Preface.


Acknowledgments.

BASIC ADMINISTRATION.

NETWORKING.

BUNCH O' STUFF.

Linux  [PTG: PRENTICE HALL PROFESSIONAL]   (Computer Science)

Evi Nemeth has retired from the computer science faculty at the University of Colorado but still dabbles in network research at CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. She is currently exploring the Caribbean on her new toy, a 40-foot sailboat named Wonderland.

Garth Snyder has worked at NeXT and Sun and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Swarthmore College. He is currently an MD/MBA candidate at the University of Rochester.

Trent R. Hein is the co-founder of Applied Trust Engineering, a company which provides network infrastructure security and performance consulting services. Trent holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Colorado.

As the deployment of Linux systems in production environments has accelerated, Linux administrators have longed for a book that addresses the challenges of this complex and exciting frontier. Linux Administration Handbook was written with this audience in mind. This book serves both as a valuable tutorial for the novice administrator and as a trustworthy reference for the seasoned professional. Using the practical approach of their highly regarded UNIX System Administration Handbook, the authors describe every aspect of Linux system administration and cover the following major Linux distributions: Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, Debian GNU/Linux.

Replete with war stories and hard-won insights, this book examines how Linux systems behave in real-world ecosystems, not how they might behave in ideal environments. Difficult tasks are described in all their complexity, including DNS configuration, networking, sendmail configuration, security management, kernel building, performance analysis, and routing. The book's many true-life examples will help administrators implement solutions that continue to work effectively as their operations grow.

"As this book shows, Linux systems are just as functional, secure, and reliable as their proprietary counterparts. Thanks to the ongoing efforts of its thousands of developers, Linux is more ready than ever for deployment at the frontlines of the real world. The authors of this book know that terrain well, and I am happy to leave you in their most capable hands."

—Linus Torvalds

"I'm absolutely amazed to see a computing book that focuses on concepts and how to implement them instead of explaining man pages for dummies. I also find the historical remarks very interesting. Your book is the very best of its kind I have ever read."

—Hanspeter Schmid, Bernafon, Switzerland

"I just wanted to tell you guys that I have learned more about system administration from your book than from $10,000 worth of training classes. This book has been an invaluable part of my day-to-day life as a system and network administrator."

—Chris Bourne, Xapnet, Emeryville, CA

"The seminal work in the field. If you can have only one system administration book, this should be it."

—Brad Knowles, Brussels, Belgium

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