May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
14h 55m
English
Content preview from Mastering Ubuntu Server - Second Edition
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What this book covers
Chapter 1, Deploying Ubuntu Server, covers the installation process for Ubuntu Server. This chapter walks you through creating bootable media and the installation process.
Chapter 2, Managing Users, covers user management in full. Topics here will include creating and removing users, password policies, the sudo command, as well as group management and switching from one user to another.
Chapter 3, Managing Storage Volumes, takes a look at storage volumes. You'll be shown how to view disk usage, format volumes, manage the /etc/fstab file, use LVM, and more. In addition, we'll look at managing swap and creating links.
Chapter 4, Connecting to Networks, takes a look at networking in Ubuntu, specifically how to connect to ...