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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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