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SUSE Linux

Name: SUSE Linux
Author: Chris Brown PhD
ISBN: 9780596101831

by Chris Brown PhD

July 2006

Beginner

445 pages

13h 50m

English

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Preface
How This Book Is OrganizedWhat You Need to Use This BookConventions Used in This BookUsing Code ExamplesWe’d Like to Hear From YouSafari® EnabledAcknowledgments
1. Quick Start
1.1. Installing SUSE Linux from Local Media1.1.1. How Do I Do That?1.2. Set Up a Local Printer1.2.1. How Do I Do That?1.2.2. What About...1.2.3. Where to Learn More1.3. Get Started with Email1.3.1. How Do I Do That?1.3.1.1. Kmail1.3.1.2. Evolution1.3.2. What About...1.4. Configure a Network Card1.4.1. How Do I Do That?1.4.2. How It Works1.4.3. Where to Learn More1.5. Access Documentation1.5.1. How Do I Do That?1.5.2. Where to Learn More
2. Basic System Administration
2.1. View and Edit Text Files2.1.1. How Do I Do That?2.1.2. What About...2.2. Explore the Filesystem2.2.1. How Do I Do That?2.2.1.1. Using the command line2.2.2. How It Works2.2.3. What About...2.2.4. Where to Learn More2.3. Manage Files and Directories2.3.1. How Do I Do That?2.3.2. How It Works2.3.3. What About...2.3.4. Where to Learn More2.4. Set File Access Permissions and Ownership2.4.1. How Do I Do That?2.4.1.1. Using the command line2.4.2. How It Works2.4.3. What About...2.4.4. What About...2.4.5. Where to Learn More2.5. Access a Remote Printer2.5.1. How Do I Do That?2.5.2. What About...2.6. Create User Accounts2.6.1. How Do I Do That?2.6.2. How It Works2.6.3. What About...2.6.4. Where to Learn More2.7. Rescue a System That Won’t Boot2.7.1. How Do I Do That?2.7.2. How Does It Work?2.7.3. Where to Learn More2.8. Finding Files2.8.1. How Do I Do That?2.8.2. How It Works2.8.3. What About...2.8.4. What About...2.8.5. Where to Learn More2.9. Mounting Filesystems2.9.1. How Do I Do That?2.9.2. How It Works2.9.3. What About...2.9.4. What About...2.9.5. Where to Learn More2.10. Access Your Desktop Remotely2.10.1. How Do I Do That?2.10.2. How It Works2.10.3. What About...2.10.4. Where to Learn More
3. Using SUSE Linux on Your Desktop
3.1. Configure Your Graphics Card and Monitor3.1.1. How Do I Do That?3.1.2. How It Works3.1.3. What About...3.1.4. Where to Learn More3.2. Configure Your Keyboard and Mouse3.2.1. How Do I Do That?3.2.2. What About...3.2.3. What About...3.2.4. How It Works3.2.5. Where to Learn More3.3. Configure the KDE Menus and Panel3.3.1. How Do I Do That?3.3.2. How It Works3.3.3. What About...3.3.4. Where to Learn More3.4. Configure the KDE Desktop3.4.1. How Do I Do That?3.4.2. How It Works3.4.3. Where to Learn More3.5. Lock Down the Desktop for Kiosk Mode3.5.1. How Do I Do That?3.5.2. How Does It Work?3.6. Configure the GNOME Desktop3.6.1. How Do I Do That?3.6.2. What About...3.6.3. Where to Learn More3.7. Play Audio and Video3.7.1. How Do I Do That?3.7.1.1. To rip an audio CD3.7.1.2. To play audio files3.7.2. What About...3.7.3. What About...3.7.4. Where to Learn More3.8. Burn Your Own CDs and DVDs3.8.1. How Do I Do That?3.8.1.1. To create a data CD3.8.1.2. To create an audio CD3.8.1.3. To burn a CD from an ISO image3.8.1.4. To copy a CD3.8.1.5. To create an ISO image from a CD3.8.2. How It Works3.8.3. What About...3.8.4. Where to Learn More3.9. Capture Screenshots3.9.1. How Do I Do That?3.9.2. What About...3.9.3. Where to Learn More3.10. Use Command-Line Tools3.10.1. How Do I Do That?3.10.2. How It Works3.10.3. What About...3.10.4. Where to Learn More3.11. Configure Multiheaded Displays3.11.1. How Do I Do That?3.11.2. How It Works3.11.3. What About...3.11.4. What About...3.11.5. Where to Learn More3.12. Animate the Desktop with Xgl and Compiz3.12.1. How Do I Do That?3.12.2. How It Works3.12.3. What About...3.12.4. Where to Learn More
4. Using Linux on Your Laptop
4.1. Configure Laptop Power Management4.1.1. How Do I Do That?4.1.2. How It Works4.1.3. What About...4.1.4. Where to Learn More4.2. Configure Wireless Networking4.2.1. How Do I Do That?4.2.2. How It Works4.2.3. What About...4.2.4. Where to Learn More4.3. Configure Bluetooth Devices4.3.1. How Do I Do That?4.3.2. How It Works4.3.3. What About...4.3.4. What About...4.3.5. Where to Learn More4.4. Synchronize Files with Your Desktop4.4.1. How Do I Do That?4.4.2. How It Works4.4.3. What About...4.4.4. Where to Learn More
5. Package Management
5.1. Find Out What’s Installed5.1.1. How Do I Do That?5.1.2. How It Works5.1.3. What About...5.1.4. Where to Learn More5.2. Finding the Packages You Need5.2.1. How Do I Do That?5.2.2. What About...5.2.3. Where to Learn More5.3. Install and Upgrade RPMs5.3.1. How Do I Do That?5.3.2. What About...5.3.3. Where to Learn More5.4. Remove Software Packages5.4.1. How Do I Do That?5.5. Perform an Online Update5.5.1. How Do I Do That?5.5.2. What About...5.5.3. What About...5.6. Manage Software Packages Using ZENWorks5.6.1. How Do I Do That?5.6.2. What About...5.6.3. How It Works5.6.4. Where to Learn More5.7. Manage Software Packages Using YUM5.7.1. How Do I Do That?5.7.2. What About...5.7.3. Where to Learn More5.8. Compile and Install Source Code5.8.1. How Do I Do That?5.8.2. What About...5.8.3. What About...5.8.4. How Does It Work?5.8.5. Where to Learn More
6. System Administration for Servers
6.1. Control Boot-Time Service Startup6.1.1. How Do I Do That?6.1.2. How Does It Work?6.1.3. What About...6.1.4. What About...6.1.5. What About...6.1.6. Where to Learn More6.2. Start Services on Demand6.2.1. How Do I Do That?6.2.2. How Does It Work?6.2.3. What About...6.2.4. What About...6.2.5. Where to Learn More6.3. Create and Mount Disk Partitions6.3.1. How Do I Do That?6.3.2. How It Works6.3.3. What About...6.3.4. Where to Learn More6.4. Create Logical Volumes6.4.1. How Do I Do That?6.4.2. How It Works6.4.3. What About...6.4.4. Where to Learn More6.5. Monitor and Manage Processes6.5.1. How Do I Do That?6.5.2. How Does It Work?6.5.3. What About...6.5.4. Where to Learn More6.6. Examine and Manage Logfiles6.6.1. How Do I Do That?6.6.2. How It Works6.6.3. What About...6.6.4. Where to Learn More6.7. Monitor System Load and Performance6.7.1. How Do I Do That?6.7.2. How It Works6.7.3. What About...6.7.4. Where to Learn More6.8. Backup and Restore Filesystems6.8.1. How Do I Do That?6.8.2. What About...6.8.3. What About...6.8.4. Where to Learn More6.9. Configure and Debug Network Interfaces6.9.1. How Do I Do That?6.9.2. How It Works6.9.3. What About...6.9.4. What About...6.9.5. Where to Learn More6.10. Configure Name Resolution6.10.1. How Do I Do That?6.10.2. How It Works6.10.3. What About...6.10.4. What About...6.10.5. Where to Learn More
7. Network Services
7.1. Set Up Disk Quotas7.1.1. How Do I Do That?7.1.2. How It Works7.1.3. What About...7.1.4. What About...7.1.5. Where to Learn More7.2. Configure a DNS Server7.2.1. How Do I Do That?7.2.2. How It Works7.2.3. What About...7.2.4. Where to Learn More7.3. Share Files Using NFS7.3.1. How Do I Do That?7.3.2. How It Works7.3.3. What About...7.3.4. Where to Learn More7.4. Serve Filesystems to Windows with Samba7.4.1. How Do I Do That?7.4.2. How It Works7.4.3. What About...7.4.4. Where to Learn More7.5. Configure a DHCP Server7.5.1. How Do I Do That?7.5.2. How It Works7.5.3. What About...7.5.4. What About...7.5.5. Where to Learn More7.6. Configure a Web Server with Apache7.6.1. How Do I Do That?7.6.2. How It Works7.6.3. What About...7.6.4. Where to Learn More7.7. Configure a Mail Server7.7.1. How Do I Do That?7.7.2. How It Works7.7.3. What About...7.7.4. Where to Learn More
8. Security
8.1. Set a Boot-Time Password8.1.1. How Do I Do That?8.1.2. What About...8.1.3. Where to Learn More8.2. Provide Secure Remote Login with SSH8.2.1. How Do I Do That?8.2.2. How It Works8.2.3. What About...8.2.4. Where to Learn More8.3. Set Up a Firewall8.3.1. How Do I Do That?8.3.2. How It Works8.3.3. What About...8.3.4. Where to Learn More8.4. Define a Security Level8.4.1. How Do I Do That?8.4.2. How It Works8.4.3. Where to Learn More8.5. Provide Role-Based Access Control with sudo8.5.1. How Do I Do That?8.5.2. How It Works8.5.3. What About...8.5.4. Where to Learn More8.6. Assess Vulnerabilities Using Nessus8.6.1. How Do I Do That?8.6.2. How It Works8.6.3. What About...8.6.4. Where to Learn More8.7. Detect Intrusion8.7.1. How Do I Do That?8.7.2. What About...8.7.3. Where to Learn More8.8. Protect Your Applications with AppArmor8.8.1. How Do I Do That?8.8.2. How It Works8.8.3. What About...8.8.4. Where to Learn More
9. Alternative Installations
9.1. Configure a Dual-Boot System9.1.1. How Do I Do That?9.1.2. How It Works9.1.3. What About...9.1.4. Where to Learn More9.2. Install from an Installation Server9.2.1. How Do I Do That?9.2.2. What About...9.2.3. What About...9.3. Automate Installations with AutoYaST9.3.1. How Do I Do That?9.3.2. How It Works9.3.3. What About...9.3.4. What About...9.3.5. What About...9.3.6. Where to Learn More9.4. Run Multiple Operating Systems with Xen9.4.1. How Do I Do That?9.4.2. How It Works9.4.3. What About...9.4.4. Where to Learn More

Index
About the Author
Colophon
Copyright

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Chapter 2. Basic System Administration

Once upon a time, Unix (the forerunner of Linux) had no graphical desktop at all. A command prompt was the only user interface. Of course, Linux now has a high-quality, modern, graphical desktop (indeed, it has more than one). Nowadays there are tools that let you perform most system administration through a graphical interface (in particular YaST, in SUSE Linux). Nonetheless, Linux retains its command-line interface (you’ll also hear this referred to as a shell prompt, “shell” being the Linux name for a command interpreter), and you’ll find plenty of Linux users (especially the hardcore geeks) who prefer this interface to the graphical tools. Throughout this book, I’ll often discuss how to perform a particular task using graphical tools and how to do the same thing from the command line. It is not my intention to embark on a religious crusade in favor of either the graphical desktop or the command line. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. Which you prefer depends largely on your background and expectations.

It is easy to access a command prompt from a Linux desktop. In KDE, for example, select System → Terminal → Konsole from the main menu. There is also an icon on Kicker (the KDE main panel). Either method will bring up a terminal window and start a shell. For a really old-fashioned, authentic view of the command line, you can use the shortcut keys Ctrl-Alt-F1 through Ctrl-Alt-F6 to view up to six virtual terminals on which you can ...

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