Linux Essentials

INDEX

Note to the Reader: Throughout this index boldfaced page numbers indicate primary discussions of a topic. Italicized page numbers indicate illustrations.

A

AbiWord program, 60

absolute file references, 108–110, 109

accounts, 217

creating, 235

GUI tools, 239–241, 240

shell, 241–243

deleting, 250–252

features, 218–220

group strategy, 235–236

groups, 222–223

identifying, 220–221, 221

modifying, 244–245

GUI tools, 245–246, 246–247

shell, 247–249

network databases, 222

passwords, 236–239

root user, 226–231, 229

tools, 223–226

administrative tasks, 227

administrator skill requirements for distributions, 16

administrators. See root users

Advanced Package Tool (APT), 153

algorithms, 35

alpha software, 17

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