Knoppix For Dummies,9780764597794

Knoppix For Dummies

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Edition: DVD
ISBN13: 9780764597794
ISBN10: 0764597795
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-11-11
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

DVD lets you test-drive Knoppix in just minutes! Surf with Firefox?, build secure Web servers, create network clients, and more An adventure awaits you! With this book as your guide, you can start exploring Knoppix in just minutes. You'll be able to use the cool Firefox Web browser and Thunderbird e-mail, work with network clients and servers, play with Linux multimedia and games, use Knoppix to troubleshoot and repair Windows?, and even build a Web server and firewall. Discover how to * Use Linux? without installing * Install Knoppix without removing Windows * Connect to a wired or wireless network * Create diskless clients * Rescue and repair malfunctioning systems

Author Biography

Paul G. Sery is a systems administrator employed by Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He manages and troubleshoots Unix and Linux systems.
When he’s not beating his head against stubborn computers, Paul and his wife, Lidia, enjoy riding their tandem bicycle through the Rio Grande valley. They also enjoy traveling throughout Mexico. Paul is the author of Linux Network Toolkit and the coauthor of several other books. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(1)
About This Book
1(1)
Foolish Assumptions
2(1)
Conventions Used in This Book
2(3)
Typing Universal Resource Locator addresses
3(1)
Entering commands
3(1)
Clicks
4(1)
Meta versus detailed instructions
4(1)
How This Book Is Organized
5(2)
Part I: Get Knoppix Now!
5(1)
Part II: Permanent Knoppix
5(1)
Part III: Daily Knoppix
6(1)
Part IV: The Inevitable Internet Part
6(1)
Part V: Working (And Playing) with Knoppix
6(1)
Part VI: System Administration
6(1)
Part VII: Advanced Knoppix Devices
6(1)
Part VIII: The Part of Tens
6(1)
Icons Used in This Book
7(1)
Where to Go from Here
7(2)
Part I: Get Knoppix Now!
9(24)
Knock, Knock, Knoppix on Bill's Gate
11(8)
Peeking behind the Curtain: Understanding the Linux Operating System
11(6)
Introducing the Linux OS
12(2)
Understanding Linux distributions
14(3)
Live from DVD, It's Knoppix!
17(2)
Instant Knoppix
19(6)
Introducing the Live Knoppix DVD!
20(1)
``Installing'' Knoppix
20(5)
Boot options
21(1)
Starting Knoppix
22(3)
Portable Knoppix
25(8)
Saving (Your) Private Directory
25(7)
Memory devices
26(2)
Saving a persistent Knoppix image
28(4)
Booting from a Persistent Knoppix Image
32(1)
Part II: Permanent Knoppix
33(28)
Windows Gets a Roommate or Windows Gets Broken
35(14)
Preparing for a Dual-Boot Installation
35(10)
Saving old information
36(1)
Selecting files and folders
37(3)
Preparing your hard drive
40(5)
Breaking Away: Preparing to Replace the Windows OS with Knoppix
45(4)
Removing Windows partitions
46(1)
Repartitioning your hard drive
47(2)
The School of Hard Knoppix: Installing Knoppix to Your Hard Drive
49(6)
Starting the Knoppix Installation
50(1)
Using the knoppix-installer Utility
51(1)
Finishing the Installation
52(3)
Starting and Logging Into Your Knoppix PC
55(6)
Giving Your Computer the Boot
55(2)
Booting Knoppix into graphical and non-graphical mode with GRUB
56(1)
Booting Knoppix into non-graphical mode
57(1)
Default User Accounts
57(2)
Security
59(2)
Logging in
59(1)
Logging out
60(1)
Part III: Daily Knoppix
61(24)
Housekeeping
63(10)
Using Interfaces
63(4)
Using a GUI
64(1)
Using the CLI
65(2)
Sudo the Super User
67(3)
Using sudo: A simple example
68(1)
Configuring sudo
69(1)
Creating User Accounts
70(3)
GUI steps
70(1)
Command line steps (CLI)
71(2)
Navigating the KDE Desktop
73(12)
The K Desktop Environment What?
73(5)
Introducing the desktop
76(1)
The Panel
76(1)
The Taskbar
77(1)
Applications and utilities
78(1)
Navigating the K Desktop Environment
78(4)
Clicking the Kicker
78(3)
Working with windows
81(1)
Managing your files
81(1)
Customizing Your Desktop
82(3)
Part IV: the Inevitable Internet Part
85(54)
Dialup Modems
87(10)
Protecting Yourself with a Firewall
87(3)
Connecting to the Internet with a Modem
90(7)
Connecting a modem
90(2)
Configuring your modem
92(2)
Dialing the Internet
94(3)
Getting Wired: Connecting to Wired Networks
97(6)
Preparing Your Ethernet Adapter
98(1)
Configuring Your Network
99(4)
Using DHCP
99(1)
Without DHCP broadcast
100(3)
Wireless Networks
103(18)
WiFi Chipsets
103(4)
Network protocols
104(1)
NIC hardware
104(3)
Wireless NIC Configuration
107(10)
Knoppix-supported WiFi NICs
107(5)
Open source jujitsu: Using Windows WiFi drivers
112(5)
WPA: Better Security
117(4)
Configuring an AP to use WPA
117(1)
Configuring Knoppix to use WPA
118(3)
Browsing and E-mailing
121(18)
Firefox Web Browser
121(10)
Browsing the Web
123(3)
Configuration options
126(5)
Thunderbird E-mail Client
131(8)
Adding an e-mail account
133(2)
Setting and protecting your account password
135(4)
Part V: Working (And Playing) with Knoppix
139(40)
Using OpenOffice.org
141(8)
Working in the OpenOffice.org Window
141(1)
Toolbars
142(1)
Menus
143(1)
File Management
144(2)
Opening files
144(2)
Saving files
146(1)
Configuration
146(3)
Using Multimedia
149(8)
Using Knoppix to Play Audio Media
149(5)
Playing CDs
150(1)
Listening to MP3s
151(1)
Tune in with Ogg Vorbis
152(2)
Knoppix Video
154(3)
DVDs with Xine
154(1)
I want my Knoppix TV
155(2)
Printing with Knoppix
157(10)
Locally Connected Printers
157(4)
Connection
158(1)
Configuration
158(3)
Networked Printers
161(6)
Essential information
161(1)
Connecting to a networked printer
162(5)
Sharing Files on Your Network
167(12)
File-Sharing Basics
167(1)
Configuring an NFS Client
168(5)
Create and export a user account on the NFS server
169(1)
Configure Knoppix as an NFS client
170(1)
Mount the remote file share
171(1)
Saving your settings
172(1)
Using Samba and Windows File Shares
173(6)
Browse and use a file share
174(3)
Mount the share
177(2)
Part VI: System Administration
179(72)
Rescue Me: Repairing Linux and Windows Computers
181(12)
Booting an Operating System
182(2)
Knoppix DVD Rescue Basics
184(1)
Resetting Linux Passwords
185(1)
Fixing Linux Disks
186(2)
Fixing LILO
187(1)
Fixing GRUB
188(1)
Cloning Hard Drives
188(5)
Curing the Common Cold: Fighting Viruses and Other Malware
193(10)
Calling Doctor Knoppix: Finding and Removing Windows Viruses
194(4)
Anti-virus system startup and update
195(1)
Partition cleanup
196(2)
Calling Nurse Knoppix: Finding and Removing Linux Malware
198(5)
Initial scanning
200(2)
Final scanning
202(1)
Keeping Up with the Updates: Updating and Managing Packages
203(10)
Using KPackage
204(7)
Updating packages
205(3)
Removing a package
208(1)
Getting package information
209(2)
An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Cure: Automatically Updating Knoppix
211(2)
Being Proactive: Logging, Detecting, and Auditing
213(22)
Dear Diary, Today I . . . : Logging with syslog
214(5)
Starting syslog
215(1)
Configuring syslog
215(4)
Using syslog
219(1)
Sniffing Around with tcpdump
219(2)
Detecting Intrusions with Snort
221(4)
Downloading Snort
222(1)
Configuring Snort
222(2)
Running Snort
224(1)
Scanning Your Network with Nmap
225(1)
Auditing Your Network with Nessus
226(9)
System setup
227(3)
Running Nessus
230(5)
Remastering Your Knoppix Universe
235(16)
Customizing Knoppix
235(2)
Creating a Smaller Version of Knoppix
237(14)
Starting the customization process
237(4)
Create directories
241(7)
Burning the disc
248(3)
Part VII: Advanced Knoppix Devices
251(54)
Going Diskless: Using Diskless Computers
253(8)
Introducing Diskless Computing
253(2)
Setting Up a Diskless Client-Server
255(6)
Accounting for any DHCP servers
256(1)
Configuring the server
256(3)
Configuring the client
259(1)
Using persistent settings
259(2)
Building a File Server
261(16)
Introducing Linux File Sharing
261(1)
Exporting Resources with Samba
262(11)
Essential Samba components
262(2)
Example 1: Exporting your DVD/CD-ROM drive
264(3)
Example 2: Exporting user home directories
267(3)
Restarting Samba
270(1)
Using SWAT to configure Samba
270(3)
Exporting Resources with NFS
273(4)
Essential NFS components
273(1)
Example: Exporting read-only user home directories
274(3)
I Want My MythTV
277(28)
Introducing MythTV
278(1)
Building a MythTV Client-Server
279(21)
Step 1: Make your computer ready for TV
279(5)
Step 2: Install the software
284(4)
Step 3: Set up the database
288(3)
Step 4: Configure the server
291(9)
Realizing the Myth: Watching TV with the MythTV Client
300(5)
Starting the front end
300(2)
Watching live TV
302(1)
Recording programs
302(1)
Network access
303(2)
Part VIII: The Part of Tens
305(24)
Ten Knoppix Hacks
307(14)
Fixing Freezes and Stopping Processes
307(2)
Fixing freezes
307(2)
Kill (Bill's) Windows
309(1)
Using OpenSSH to Communicate Securely
309(5)
Commands
310(1)
File transfer
311(1)
Tunneling
312(2)
System Setup
314(7)
Monitor madness
314(2)
Turn back time
316(2)
Learning another language
318(1)
Training your mouse
319(2)
Ten Knoppix Resources
321(8)
Help Files
321(2)
Man pages
321(2)
Knoppix DVD documents
323(1)
Internet-based Resources
323(6)
Klaus's page
323(1)
North American Web page
324(2)
The European Web page
326(1)
Online documents
327(1)
Knoppix forums
327(1)
Google
328(1)
Appendix: About the DVD
329(2)
System Requirements
329(1)
What You Find
330(1)
If You Have Problems with Your DVD
330(1)
Index 331

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