Fedora Linux

Conventions Used in This Book

The following typographical conventions are used in this book:

Italic

Indicates new terms, URLs, email addresses, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, and directories.

Constant width

Indicates commands, options, switches, the contents of files, or the output from commands.

Constant width bold

Shows commands or other text that should be typed literally by the user. Also used to highlight key portions of code or files.

Constant width italic

Shows text that should be replaced with user-supplied values.

$

This is the shell prompt for a regular user, which indicates that the command interpreter is ready to accept a new command. The normal Fedora shell prompt includes additional information before the dollar sign, including the username, hostname, and current directory; I’ve left those out to reduce clutter in the examples.

#

This is the shell prompt for the system administrator, known as root or the superuser. Use the command su - to switch from a normal account to the superuser account.

Tip

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Warning

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