A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux
The Most Complete, Easy-to-Follow Guide to Ubuntu Linux
The #1 Ubuntu server resource, fully updated for Ubuntu 10.4
(Lucid Lynx)–the Long Term Support (LTS) release many companies
will rely on for years!
Updated JumpStarts help you set up Samba, Apache, Mail, FTP,
NIS, OpenSSH, DNS, and other complex servers in minutes
Hundreds of up-to-date examples, plus comprehensive indexes
that deliver instant access to answers you can trust
Mark Sobell’s A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux®, Third Edition,
is the most thorough and up-to-date reference to installing,
configuring, and working with Ubuntu, and also offers comprehensive
coverage of servers—critical for anybody interested in unleashing
the fuThis edition has been fully updated for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx),
a milestone Long Term Support (LTS) release, which Canonical will
support on desktops until 2013 and on servers until 2015.
Sobell walks you through every essential feature and technique,
from installing Ubuntu to working with GNOME, Samba, exim4, Apache,
DNS, NIS, LDAP, g ufw, firestarter, iptables, even Perl scripting.
His exceptionally clear explanations demystify everything from
networking to security.ll power of Ubuntu.
You’ll find full chapters on running Ubuntu from the command line
and desktop (GUI), administrating systems, setting up networks and
Internet servers, and much more. Fully updated JumpStart sections
help you get complex servers running—often in as little as five
minutes.
Sobell draws on his immense Linux knowledge to explain both the
“hows” and the “whys” of Ubuntu. He’s taught hundreds of thousands
of readers and never forgets what it’s like to be new to Linux.
Whether you’re a user, administrator, or programmer, you’ll find
everything you need here—now, and for many years to come.
The world’s most practical Ubuntu Linux book is now even more useful!
This book delivers
Hundreds of easy-to-use Ubuntu examples
Important networking coverage, including DNS, NFS, and Cacti
Coverage of crucial Ubuntu topics such as sudo and the Upstart
init daemon
More detailed, usable coverage of Internet server configuration,
including Apache (Web) and exim4 (email) servers
State-of-the-art security techniques, including up-to-date
firewall setup techniques using gufw and iptables, and a full chapter
on OpenSSH
A complete introduction to Perl scripting for automated
administration
Deeper coverage of essential admin tasks–from managing users
to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to building a kernel
Complete instructions on keeping Ubuntu systems up-to-date
using aptitude, Synaptic, and the Software Sources window
And much more...
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