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For more information, please contact U.S. Corporate and Government Sales 1-800-382-3419 [email protected] For sales outside of the U.S., please contact International Sales [email protected] Contents at a Glance Introduction .................................................................................. 1 Part I Installation and Configuration 1 Installing Fedora............................................................................. 9 2 Fedora Quick Start......................................................................... 41 3 Working with GNOME................................................................... 53 4 Command Line Quickstart.............................................................. 77 Part II Desktop Fedora 5 On the Internet........................................................................... 111 6 Productivity Applications.............................................................. 129 7 Multimedia ................................................................................ 149 8 Printing with Fedora .................................................................... 179 9 Games ....................................................................................... 193 Part III System Administration 10 Managing Users .......................................................................... 205 11 Automating Tasks ........................................................................ 233 12 System-Monitoring Tools .............................................................. 261 13 Backing Up ................................................................................ 271 14 Networking ................................................................................ 297 15 Remote Access with SSH ............................................................... 335 16 Xen........................................................................................... 345 Part IV Fedora As a Server 17 Apache Web Server Management ................................................... 353 18 Administering Database Services .................................................... 389 19 File and Print.............................................................................. 415 20 Remote File Serving with FTP ........................................................ 445 21 Handling Electronic Mail .............................................................. 479 22 Setting Up a Proxy Server ............................................................. 501 23 Managing DNS............................................................................ 511 24 LDAP ........................................................................................ 551 iv Fedora 7 Unleashed Part V Programming Linux 25 Using Perl .................................................................................. 563 26 Working with Python .................................................................. 579 27 Writing PHP Scripts ..................................................................... 599 28 C/C++ Programming Tools for Fedora ............................................. 629 29 Mono ........................................................................................ 641 Part VI Fedora Housekeeping 30 Securing Your Machines ............................................................... 655 31 Performance Tuning .................................................................... 669 32 Command Line Masterclass........................................................... 683 33 Writing and Executing a Shell Script ............................................... 711 34 Advanced Software Management ................................................... 737 35 Managing the File System ............................................................ 757 36 Kernel and Module Management ................................................... 787 Part VII Appendices A The History of Red Hat and Fedora ................................................ 813 B Installation Resources................................................................... 821 C Fedora and Linux Internet Resources ............................................. 847 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Changes from Previous Editions ........................................................ 2 Licensing....................................................................................... 2 Who This Book Is For ...................................................................... 3 What This Book Contains ................................................................ 3 Conventions Used in This Book ........................................................ 5 Part I Installation and Configuration 1 Installing Fedora 9 Before You Begin the Installation....................................................... 9 Planning Partition Strategies ................................................... 10 Choosing How to Install Fedora ...................................................... 14 Installing from CD or DVD ..................................................... 14 Installing Using a Network...................................................... 15 Step-by-Step Installation................................................................. 16 Starting the Install................................................................. 17 Partitioning Your Hard Drive ................................................... 22 Choosing, Configuring, and Installing the Boot Loader ............... 25 Network Configuration .......................................................... 27 Setting the Time Zone ............................................................ 28 Creating a Root Password and User Accounts ............................. 29 Software Selection and Installation........................................... 30 Finishing the Install............................................................... 32 Firstboot Configuration .......................................................... 34 Logging In and Shutting Down ....................................................... 38 Reference..................................................................................... 39 2 Fedora Quick Start 41 The Fedora Desktop....................................................................... 41 Getting Around Fedora .................................................................. 43 The Menu Options ................................................................ 43 Window Selector ................................................................... 44 The Computer Icon ............................................................... 44 The Home Icon ..................................................................... 44 Accessing the Command Line ................................................. 45 vi Fedora 7 Unleashed Available Applications.................................................................... 46 Office Suite .......................................................................... 46 Internet Workstation ............................................................. 46 Multimedia .........................................................................