Setting Up a Linux Intranet Server Visual Black Book: Visual Black Book
by Tsuji, Hidenori; Watanabe, TakashiFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Coriolis Group
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Author Biography
Hidenori Tsuji is pursuing a Ph.D. at Tokyo University researching next-generation high-performance microprocessor architecture
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xvii |
| Linux Basics | p. 13 |
| What Is Linux? (Linux Basics) | p. 14 |
| Linux Is An OS | p. 14 |
| The Best OS For Servers | p. 15 |
| What You Can Do With Linux (Server Functions) | p. 16 |
| Linux Is Best Suited For An Intranet | p. 16 |
| Internet Connection | p. 17 |
| The Varieties Of Linux (Linux Distributions) | p. 18 |
| Available Distributions | p. 19 |
| Understanding A Network (TCP/IP) | p. 20 |
| Connecting Personal Computers | p. 20 |
| Explaining IP Addresses | p. 21 |
| Use Of IP Addresses | p. 21 |
| Network Essentials (Networking Devices) | p. 22 |
| Network Cards | p. 22 |
| Hubs | p. 22 |
| Cables | p. 23 |
| Deciding On The Right Network (Setting Up A Network) | p. 24 |
| Notes On Using An Ethernet | p. 25 |
| Checking PC Specs (Hardware Environment) | p. 26 |
| Installable Computers | p. 26 |
| Recommended PC Specifications | p. 26 |
| Familiarization Through Installation And Use | p. 27 |
| STEP UP (Linux Is A Type Of Unix OS) | p. 28 |
| Installing Linux | p. 29 |
| Pre-Installation Procedures For Linux (Checking The Installation Order) | p. 30 |
| Pre-Installation Preparations | p. 30 |
| Linux Installation Sequence | p. 31 |
| Creating An Installation Disk (Creating A Boot Disk) | p. 32 |
| Installing Linux Part 1 (Booting The Installer) | p. 34 |
| Installing Linux Part 2 (Usage Of fdisk) | p. 38 |
| Changing The Hard Disk Partition For Linux Use | p. 38 |
| Installing Linux Part 3 (Installing Red Hat Linux) | p. 44 |
| Trouble With Booting Up After Installation | p. 53 |
| Step Up (Laptops As Servers) | p. 54 |
| Mastering The Basic Operations Of Linux | p. 55 |
| Running Linux (Log in and Log out) | p. 56 |
| Starting Linux Operations | p. 56 |
| Starting Linux Operations From Log in | p. 57 |
| Understanding Directories (Creating Linux Directories) | p. 58 |
| Linux Directories: The Same As Windows Folders | p. 58 |
| Mastering Commands (Commands) | p. 60 |
| Understanding Command And Argument Relationships | p. 60 |
| Changing Current Directories (cd) | p. 62 |
| Using The cd Command To Change The Current Directory | p. 62 |
| Proper Use Of Absolute Paths And Relative Paths | p. 63 |
| Displaying Directory Contents (Is) | p. 64 |
| Using The Is Command To Display Directory Contents | p. 64 |
| Understanding Permissions (Permissions) | p. 66 |
| Permissions Show Access Privileges To Files And Directories | p. 66 |
| Basic File Operations (cp, mv, rm, mkdir commands) | p. 68 |
| Using The cp Command To Copy Files | p. 68 |
| Using The mkdir Command To Create Directories | p. 69 |
| Using The mv Command To Move Files | p. 69 |
| Using The rm Command To Delete Files | p. 70 |
| Input Support Function: Making File And Directory Names Easier To Enter | p. 71 |
| Setting Up The CD ROM Drive (mount) | p. 72 |
| Mounting And Using The CD ROM And Other Disk Drives | p. 72 |
| Using CD ROMs With Linux | p. 72 |
| Shutting Down Linux (Shutdown) | p. 74 |
| The Little-Used Shutdown Command | p. 75 |
| Step Up (Applying The man Command) | p. 76 |
| Registering As A Linux User | p. 77 |
| Understanding The Role Of The User (A Look At Users) | p. 78 |
| The Role Of Linux Users | p. 78 |
| User Environment | p. 79 |
| Understanding User And Group Relationships | p. 79 |
| Set up | p. 79 |
| Registering Linux Users (useradd) | p. 80 |
| User Roles | p. 81 |
| Changing Passwords (passwd) | p. 82 |
| Passwords: Important Keys | p. 83 |
| Creating New Groups (Editing Groups Using vi) | p. 84 |
| Using vi | p. 88 |
| vi Command List | p. 89 |
| Step Up (Managing Users And Passwords) | p. 90 |
| Using Linux From Windows And Macintosh | p. 91 |
| Using Linux From A Client PC (Using Telnet) | p. 92 |
| Operating Linux From A Client PC | p. 92 |
| Preparations | p. 93 |
| Advantages And Disadvantages Of Assigning IP Addresses With DHCP | p. 93 |
| Automatic Assignment Of IP Addresses (Setting Up A DHCP Server) | p. 94 |
| DHCP Explained | p. 96 |
| Daemon: A Program That Provides A Service | p. 97 |
| Connecting To Linux From Windows (Setting Up The Network) | p. 98 |
| Adding Network Cards To Desktop PCs | p. 98 |
| Adding Network Cards To Laptop PCs | p. 99 |
| Setting Up TCP/IP | p. 100 |
| The Necessity Of Setting Up Each PC On The Network | p. 101 |
| Using Linux From Windows (Telnet Using Tera Term Pro) | p. 102 |
| Connecting To Linux From Macintosh (Setting Up The Network) | p. 106 |
| The Necessity Of Setting Up Each Mac On The Network | p. 107 |
| Using Linux From Macintosh (Using Better Telnet) | p. 108 |
| Step Up (Telnet And Virtual Terminals) | p. 110 |
| Using Linux As A File Server From Windows | p. 111 |
| How To Configure Linux As A Windows File Server (The Role Of Samba) | p. 112 |
| The Windows And Linux Systems Cannot Seamlessly Exchange Data | p. 112 |
| The Role Of Samba | p. 113 |
| Samba And Linux Use Different User Management Systems | p. 113 |
| Installation Preparations | p. 113 |
| How To Handle A Linux File In Windows (Samba) | p. 114 |
| Setting Up Windows PCs | p. 117 |
| How To Use Shared Folders | p. 118 |
| How To Verify smb.conf Settings | p. 119 |
| Linux And Samba Usernames Are The Same | p. 119 |
| Changing A Samba Password From Windows | p. 120 |
| How To Change Passwords | p. 120 |
| Creating Folders Anyone Can Use (Creating Shared Folders) | p. 122 |
| Setting Directory Permissions | p. 123 |
| Creating Folders For Specific Users Only (Setting Access Rights) | p. 124 |
| Advantages Of Using Groups | p. 125 |
| Step Up (Why Are Passwords In Samba Set Seperately?) | p. 126 |
| Using Linux As A Macintosh File Server | p. 127 |
| How To Configure Linux As A Macintosh File Server (The Role Of netatalk) | p. 128 |
| Macintosh And Linux Systems Cannot Exchange Data Without Assistance | p. 128 |
| The Role Of netatalk | p. 129 |
| What You Can Do With netatalk | p. 129 |
| Installation Preparations | p. 129 |
| How To Handle Linux Files From Macintosh Part 1 (Open Source (tar)) | p. 130 |
| The Linux Archiving Tool: tar | p. 131 |
| How To Handle Linux Files From Macintosh Part 2 (Revising The Source (patch)) | p. 132 |
| Patches | p. 133 |
| Operating Problems | p. 133 |
| How To Handle Linux Files From Macintosh Part 3 (Compiling Source (make)) | p. 134 |
| Compiling: Changing Source Code Into Executable Files | p. 135 |
| How To Handle Linux Files From Macintosh Part 4 (Booting Up netatalk) | p. 136 |
| Using Linux As A File Server From Macintosh | p. 137 |
| Creating Shared Folders (Setting Access Rights) | p. 138 |
| Access Privileges To netatalk Shared Folders | p. 139 |
| STEP UP (Why Compile?) | p. 140 |
| Using Printers In Windows And Macintosh | p. 141 |
| Using Network Printers (Shared Printer Types) | p. 142 |
| Non-PostScript Printer | p. 142 |
| Advantages Of Shared Printers | p. 144 |
| Network Printers And Their Uses | p. 145 |
| Using Shared Printers In Linux | p. 145 |
| Sharing Printers (printcap And papd.conf) | p. 146 |
| How To Set Up Different Kinds Of Printers | p. 146 |
| Using Shared Printers (Client PC Settings) | p. 152 |
| Setting Shared Printers For Windows PCs | p. 152 |
| How To Use A Shared Printer With Macintosh | p. 153 |
| Sharing Printers Connected To Windows PCs (Shared Network Service) | p. 154 |
| STEP UP (Sharing Printers On A Macintosh That Doesn't Have A Printer Port) | p. 156 |
| Making Web Pages For Intranet Use | p. 157 |
| How Web Pages Are Displayed (apache) | p. 158 |
| How A Web Page Works | p. 158 |
| The Role Of Apache | p. 159 |
| Directories Assigned By Apache As The Document Root | p. 159 |
| Customizing Your Web Server (Changing Settings Files) | p. 160 |
| Changing Document Roots | p. 160 |
| Assigning Special Directories To Document Root Subdirectories | p. 161 |
| Adding New Index Files | p. 162 |
| Creating A Web Page For Each Linux User | p. 163 |
| Changing Directory Names For Linux Users | p. 163 |
| STEP UP (Web Server And Apache) | p. 164 |
| Creating A Mail Server For Intranet Use | p. 165 |
| Understanding How Email Works (sendmail And qpopper) | p. 166 |
| How Email Is Exchanged | p. 166 |
| Mail Servers Running On Linux | p. 167 |
| Exchanges Between Mail Servers And Mailers | p. 167 |
| Installation Preparations | p. 167 |
| Installing Mail Server Software (Installing sendmail) | p. 168 |
| Creating A Mail Server Part 1 (Editing sendmail.cf) | p. 170 |
| Creating A Mail Server Part 2 (Installing qpopper) | p. 174 |
| The Role Of inetd.conf | p. 177 |
| Preparing To Use Email (Settings On The Client Side) | p. 178 |
| Settings For The Mailer Software | p. 178 |
| Examples Of Sending Email | p. 178 |
| Examples Of Outlook Express Settings | p. 179 |
| Examples Of PostPet Settings | p. 179 |
| STEP UP (The Road To The Internet) | p. 180 |
| Managing Linux | p. 181 |
| Trouble On The Network (Network Troubleshooting) | p. 182 |
| Hardware Troubleshooting | p. 182 |
| Service Troubleshooting | p. 184 |
| Gathering Information From Log Files And Web Pages | p. 184 |
| Using Your Hard Disk Efficiently (Disk Capacity) | p. 186 |
| Checking Disk Capacity | p. 186 |
| Cleaning Up Unwanted Files | p. 186 |
| Move To A Less-Used File System | p. 187 |
| Expanding Hard Disk Capacity | p. 189 |
| Backing Up Data (Back Up Methods) | p. 190 |
| Backing Up Settings Files And Shared Files | p. 190 |
| Moving The Linux Environment To Another PC | p. 191 |
| Back Up Methods By Media | p. 192 |
| Shutting Down Linux Safely (Checking For Users) | p. 194 |
| Checking Each Service For Linux Users | p. 194 |
| Shutdown Methods | p. 195 |
| Expanding The File Sharing Hard Disk (fstab) | p. 196 |
| Partitioning The Hard Disk | p. 196 |
| Precautions When Using IDE Hard Disks Larger Than 8GB | p. 201 |
| Using Llnux More Efficiently (Linux Hints) | p. 202 |
| Command Line Alias | p. 202 |
| Add New Alias | p. 203 |
| Useful Operations In Linux | p. 203 |
| When Commands Cannot Be Entered | p. 203 |
| If The Linux Screen Goes Blank | p. 204 |
| Displaying File Contents | p. 204 |
| Combining Commands | p. 205 |
| STEP UP (In Case Of Emergency) | p. 206 |
| How To Set Up A Windows Client PC | p. 207 |
| How To Set Up A Macintosh Client | p. 213 |
| How To Install A SCSI Card | p. 215 |
| Command References | p. 219 |
| GNU General Public License | p. 225 |
| Glossary | p. 233 |
| Index | p. 241 |
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