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Red Hat Linux 6.1 The Official Red Hat Linux Reference Guide ISBN: 1-58569-020-1 Red Hat, Inc. 2600 Meridian Parkway Durham NC 27709 US 919-547-0012 1-888-733-4281 919-547-0024 [email protected] 13588 Research Triangle Park NC 27713 © 1999 Red Hat, Inc. RefGuide(EN)-6.1-Print-RHI (10/99) Red Hat is a registered trademark and the Red Hat Shadow Man logo, RPM, the RPM logo, and Glint are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Motif and UNIX are registered trademarks of The Open Group. Alpha is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International, Inc. Products bearing the SPARC trademark are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries. TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. 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Printed in Canada, Ireland, and Japan ii Contents Red Hat Linux 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................... vii Welcome.................................................................................... vii Getting the Documentation That’s Right for You........................................ vii More to Come .............................................................................. xi Sign Up for Support........................................................................ xi Part I System-Related Reference ............................................. 13 Chapter 1 Red Hat Linux 6.1 New Features .......................... 15 1.1 Installation-related Enhancements ............................................. 15 1.2 System-Related New Features.................................................. 15 1.3 Miscellaneous New Features.................................................... 16 Chapter 2 System Administration .......................................... 19 2.1 Filesystem Structure ............................................................. 19 2.2 Special Red Hat File Locations ................................................. 23 2.3 Users, Groups and User-Private Groups ...................................... 23 2.4 Configuring Console Access .................................................... 28 2.5 The floppy Group ................................................................. 31 2.6 User Authentication with PAM................................................... 32 2.7 Shadow Utilities................................................................... 36 2.8 Building a Custom Kernel........................................................ 37 2.9 Sendmail .......................................................................... 42 2.10 Controlling Access to Services.................................................. 44 2.11 Anonymous FTP.................................................................. 44 2.12 NFS Configuration................................................................ 45 2.13 The Boot Process, Init, and Shutdown ......................................... 46 2.14 Rescue Modes.................................................................... 61 2.15 What is Rescue Mode? .......................................................... 61 iii Chapter 3 System Configuration............................................ 67 3.1 System Configuration With Linuxconf ........................................... 67 3.2 System Configuration with the Control Panel.................................. 116 Chapter 4 PowerTools.............................................................. 137 4.1 PowerTools Packages............................................................ 137 4.2 Installing PowerTools Packages................................................. 137 4.3 If You’re Not Running GNOME or KDE......................................... 138 Chapter 5 Working with Update Agent .................................. 141 5.1 Starting Update Agent ............................................................. 141 5.2 Configuring Update Agent......................................................... 142 5.3 Using Update Agent ............................................................... 148 Chapter 6 Package Management with RPM .......................... 153 6.1 RPM Design Goals ............................................................... 153 6.2 Using RPM ........................................................................ 155 6.3 Impressing Your Friends with RPM ............................................. 161 6.4 Other RPM Resources ........................................................... 163 Chapter 7 Gnome-RPM ............................................................ 165 7.1 Starting Gnome-RPM ............................................................ 167 7.2 The Package Display............................................................. 168 7.3 Installing New Packages......................................................... 170 7.4 Configuration...................................................................... 173 7.5 Package Manipulation............................................................ 179 Part II Installation-Related Reference....................................... 187 Chapter 8 Before You Begin.................................................... 189 8.1 Things You Should Know ........................................................ 189 iv Chapter 9 Installing Red Hat Linux with the Text Mode Installer ....................................................................... 197 9.1 The Installation Program User Interface ....................................... 198 9.2 Starting the Installation Program................................................ 201 9.3 Choosing a Language............................................................ 203 9.4 Selecting a Keyboard Type ...................................................... 203 9.5 Selecting an Installation Method ................................................ 204 9.6 Identify Disk Partition to Install From ........................................... 206 9.7 Installing over a Network......................................................... 207 9.8 Welcome........................................................................... 211 9.9 Upgrading or Installing ........................................................... 211 9.10 Partitioning Your Disk for Red Hat Linux ....................................... 216 9.11 Installing LILO..................................................................... 229 9.12 Naming Your Computer .......................................................... 234 9.13 Configuring a Network Connection ............................................. 235 9.14 Configuring Your Mouse ......................................................... 237 9.15 Configuring the Time Zone ...................................................... 239 9.16 Setting a Root Password......................................................... 241 9.17 Creating a Login Account........................................................ 242 9.18 Authentication Configuration .................................................... 243 9.19 Select Packages to Install ....................................................... 245 9.20 Configuring your Video Adapter................................................. 249 9.21 Creating a Boot Diskette......................................................... 251 9.22 Package Installation .............................................................. 253 9.23 Configuring the X Window System ............................................. 254 9.24 Finishing Up....................................................................... 259 Chapter 10 Kickstart Installations............................................ 261 10.1 Where to Put A Kickstart File.................................................... 261 10.2 Starting a Kickstart Installation.................................................. 263 10.3 The Kickstart File ................................................................. 263 Part III Appendixes ....................................................................... 279 v Appendix A Red Hat Linux 6.1 Package List .......................... 281 A.1 Using the Package List After Installation ..................................... 282 A.2 Amusements ...................................................................... 283 A.3 Applications ....................................................................... 288 A.4 Development ...................................................................... 345 A.5 Documentation.................................................................... 373 A.6 System Environment ............................................................. 382 A.7 User Interface ....................................................................