SAMS Teach Yourself Red Hat® Fedora™ 4 Linux® All in One

Before You Begin

This chapter refers often to topics covered in earlier chapters. If you haven't yet read them or haven't read them recently, consider refamiliarizing yourself with the following topics and chapters before continuing:

• Using the Package Management tool to install Fedora Core 4 components, covered in Chapter 31, “Installing Linux Software.”

• Using text editors to make changes to plaintext files, covered in Chapter 5, “Working with Files on the Desktop,” and Chapter 20, “Creating, Editing, and Saving Text Files”

• Using Fedora Core 4 and Linux system administration tools to enable or disable installed services for a given runlevel, covered in Chapter 28, “Command-Line System Administration,” and Chapter 29, “Desktop System Administration” ...