Linux cookbook / Carla Schroder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroder, Carla.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (582 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This unique and valuable collection of tips, tools, and scripts provides clear, concise, hands-on solutions that can be applied to the challenges facing anyone running a network of Linux servers from small networks to large data centers in the practical and popular problem-solution-discussion O'Reilly cookbook format. The Linux Cookbook covers everything you'd expect: backups, new users, and the like. But it also covers the non-obvious information that is often ignored in other books the time-sinks and headaches that are a real part of an administrator's job, such as: deal

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Audience; What Is Included/Omitted; Platforms; Conventions; Downloads and Feedback; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments; Finding Documentation; 1.1 Introduction; man and info: The Universal Linux Manuals; Other Documentation; Graphical Viewers; 1.2 Understanding man Pages; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.3 Finding Appropriate man Pages; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.4 Finding Lost man Pages; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.5 Reading man Pages Without a man Viewer; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also

1.6 Configuring Your manpathProblem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.7 Using info Pages; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.8 Printing man Pages; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.9 Printing info Pages; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.10 Printing Selected man or info Pages; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 1.11 Finding All of the Documentation foraProgram; Problem; Solution; Program: finddoc; See Also; Installing and Managing Software onRPM-Based Systems; 2.1 Introduction; Source-Built Systems: The Olde Way; Dependency Resolvers; 2.2 Installing RPMs

ProblemSolution; Discussion; See Also; 2.3 Upgrading RPMs; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.4 Removing RPMs; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.5 Collecting Information on Installed RPMs; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.6 Collecting Information from RPMs ThatAreNot Installed; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.7 Finding Recently Installed RPMs; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.8 Rebuilding the RPM Database; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.9 Tracking Source-Built Libraries onanRPMBased System; Problem; Solution; Program: rpm-orphan-find

See Also2.10 Fixing RPM Installation Problems; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.11 Installing Source RPMs; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.12 Customizing Build Options in a Source RPM; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.13 Installing Yum; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.14 Configuring Yum; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.15 Installing and Upgrading Packages withYum; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.16 Removing Packages with Yum; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 2.17 Getting Information on Installed Packages with Yum; Problem

SolutionDiscussion; See Also; 2.18 Maintaining Yum; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; Installing and Managing Software on DebianBased Systems; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Getting Software for a Debian System; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 3.3 Installing Debian Packages from CD-ROM; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 3.4 Installing Packages on Debian-Based Systems; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also; 3.5 Removing Packages from a Debian System; Problem; Solution; See Also; 3.6 Installing from Sources on a Debian System; Problem; Solution; Discussion; See Also

3.7 Upgrading Packages on Debian

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596517502

0596517505