Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents To access the contents, click the chapter and section titles. Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux (Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing) Author(s): Manuel Ricart ISBN: 078971826x Publication Date: 12/22/98 Brief Full Advanced Search Search this book: Search Tips 1, 2, 3 Go! About the Authors Part 1—Working with Linux in a Graphical Environment—The KDE Desktop Chapter 1—The First Login on the KDE Desktop Logging In The KDE Desktop The Panel The Taskbar The Desktop Applications Using the Mouse Basic Mouse Actions Buttons, Menus, and Text Fields Buttons Lists and Menus Text Fields Manipulating Controls with the Keyboard http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (1 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents Ending the Work Session Chapter 2—Working with Windows Windows and Panels Window Controls The Active Window Accessing Windows that Overlap Scrollbars Resizing Windows Moving a Window Closing a Window Chapter 3—Navigating through the File System The File System Through KFM The KFM Navigation Toolbar Opening a Folder Opening a File A Tree View A File List What the Listing Means Bookmarks Selecting Files and Folders Chapter 4—Working with Applications Manually Starting an Application Working with Multiple Applications Switching Between Applications Hiding an Application Virtual Desktops Starting Applications Automatically The KDE Workspace Auto-restore Feature KDE Application Help: kdehelp Exiting Applications Chapter 5—Creating, Editing, and Saving Files Creating and Saving Files Creating a New File Opening an Existing File http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (2 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents Customizing the Open Panel Open Panel Setting Customizations Saving a New File File Naming Saving Changes to Your Documents Saving a New Version Text Editing Basics Selecting Text Copying and Moving Text Chapter 6—Organizing Your Files Getting Organized: Creating a Folder Copying Files and Folders Copying Files Using Drag and Drop Copying Files Using the Clipboard Moving Files and Folders Linking Files and Folders Replacing a File or a Folder Deleting a File or Folder Moving a File or Folder to the Trash Retrieving a File or Folder from the Trash Emptying the Trash File Properties Renaming a File or Folder Setting File and Folder Permissions Changing the Group of a File or Folder KDE Templates Chapter 7—Working with Disks Configuring the System to Allow Users to Access the CD-ROM and the Floppy Starting a Superuser KFM Session Enabling Regular Users to Access Disk Devices Creating kdelnk Files for the Floppy and CD Copying Files to or from a Floppy Opening and Saving Files to a Floppy Disk Accessing the CD-ROM http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (3 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents Preparing a New Floppy Disk Chapter 8—Accessing the Network Connecting to the Network Using a Dialup (PPP) Connection Adding an Internet Connection with Kppp Adding a New Dialup Configuration Configuring the Modem Device Debugging the Connection Connecting via Your Local Network Chapter 9—Communication: Web, FTP, Email, and News Accessing the Web FTP Email Configuring Your Identity for Netscape Messenger Configuring Your Mail Server Reading Email Composing an Email Message News Telnet Chapter 10—Customizing KDE Adding an Application to the Panel or Application Launcher Creating a Kdelnk File that Represents an Application Other KDE Options The KDE Control Center Part 2—Working on the Command Line Chapter 11—Shells and Consoles The UNIX Command Prompt Shell Flavors Graphic Consoles http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (4 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents Logging in Through a Console What Shell Are You Running? Command Line Program Syntax Navigating the File System Where Are You?: pwd Listing Files Listing Directories Remotely ls in Technicolor Making Shell Options the Default Changing Directories: cd Relative and Absolute Paths Filename Expansion: Tab Exiting the Console Shutting Down a Linux Box Rebooting a Linux Box Chapter 12—Working with Files on the Shell Working with Files and Folders Creating a New Empty File: touch Removing Files: rm Creating a Directory: mkdir Removing an Empty Directory: rmdir Copying Files: cp Moving Files and Directories: mv Creating Links: ln Reading Files Concatenating: cat Viewing a Page at a Time: less Peeking at the First Few Lines: head Peeking at the Last Few Lines: tail Chapter 13—Text Editing under a Shell An Improved Visual Editor: Vim Interactive Vim Tutorial Vim Basics Accessing the Shell from Vim Other Stuff http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (5 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents XEmacs Starting XEmacs and the XEmacs Tutorial Checking Your Spelling: Ispell Chapter 14—Putting the Shell to Work Using More Than One Command at a Time Command Groups and Subshells Redirection STDOUT STDERR Command Groups and Redirection Pipes: One Program’s Output Is Another’s Input Getting the Needed Input: Input Redirection Regular Expressions Match Anything: * Match Any Letter: ? Match in a Range: [] Negating a Range: ! Command History Jobs: Working on Multiple Things Using a Shell Suspending a Job Killing a Job Chapter 15—Help Please UNIX Manual Pages Searching for a Tool: apropos Getting a Brief Command Description: whatis Searching Standard Locations: whereis Built-in Command Information Online Help via /usr/doc More about HOWTO documents Mini HOWTOs LDP—Linux Documentation Project Reading Compressed Documentation: zless Info Pages Usenet: Internet Newsgroups Useful Books http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (6 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents Chapter 16—Permissions: Protecting and Sharing Your Work How Does Permissions Work? The Effective User Id Substitute User: su Beware of the Powers of Root! Changing Groups: newgrp Special Users Home Directories Changing File Permissions Permissions by the Numbers: 4, 2, 1, and 0 Permissions Using Symbols: u, g, o, r, w, and x Using chmod to Change Permissions Setuid, Setgid, and Sticky Bits The Default File Mode: umask Group Ownership and User Private Groups Chapter 17—Command Toolbox: Useful Shell Commands and Shortcuts User Utilities Changing Your Password: passwd Changing Your Shell: chsh Changing Personal Information: chfn Who’s on the System: who and w Viewing and Setting the Date and Time: date Getting a Calendar: cal Finding Files Finding Files by Name: find Locating Files: locate Finding Files that Contain a Word or Pattern: grep Text and File Utilities Counting Lines, Words, and Characters: wc Sorting Lines of Text: sort Formatting Text: fmt Splitting Files into Smaller Files: split Accessing a Computer Through the Network: telnet http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (7 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents Working on the Console: setfont UNIX Printing Primer UNIX Text Processing Part 3—Essential System Tasks Under Linux Chapter 18—Users, Groups, and Passwords Adding Users adduser Useradd Modifying Users: usermod Moving a Home Directory Changing a Login Name Changing Secondary Group Memberships Deleting Users: userdel Adding, Modifying, and Removing Groups Groupadd Managing Group Memberships: gpasswd Users and Passwords Password Don’ts Password Do’s Linux and Shadow Passwords Chapter 19—Backups: Safeguarding Your Work Media Are Just Devices Backup Media What to Back Up Simple Backups Tape Archive: tar Making a tar File Extracting Files from a tar Archive Extracting a File into a Device A Backup Strategy The dump Command dump Examples http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (8 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents restore Examples Graphical Backup Programs BRU2000 Chapter 20—Installing Programs and Applications RPM: The Red Hat Package Manager Installing, Upgrading, Downgrading, and Removing Software Installing Upgrading Downgrading Uninstalling A Database of Installed Software Finding Information About the Package Finding the Package that Owns a File Finding Files that are Owned by a Package Finding Documentation Related to a Package Verifying Your System Graphical Front Ends to RPM Non-RPM Packages Tar UNIX Compressed Archives: Gzip and Compress Windows Compressed Archives: Zip Chapter 21—LISA: Linux Installation and System Administration Utility Basic Functions of LISA Verbose System Analysis Software Package Administration System Configuration Hardware Configuration Area System Configuration Area Network Configuration Area Host Table Configuration Network Access Configuration General Network Services Configuration http://www.itknowledge.com/reference/standard/078971826x/ewtoc.html (9 of 11) [1/27/2000 5:48:30 PM] Complete Idiot's Guide to Linux - Table of Contents Boot Manager Configuration Chapter 22—System Monitoring: Keeping an Eye on Your System Monitoring Memory How Much Memory: free Procinfo Monitoring Processes Listing the Current Top Processes: top Process Status: ps ”Nicing” a process: nice and renice Monitoring Your Disk Finding out How Much Disk Files Consume: du Finding the Amount of Free Disk Space: df Log Files Monitoring