Linux system administration / Tom Adelstein & Bill Lubanovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adelstein, Tom.

Contributor:

Lubanovic, Bill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Operating systems (Computers).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

If you're an experienced system administrator looking to acquire Linux skills, or a seasoned Linux user facing a new challenge, Linux System Administration offers practical knowledge for managing a complete range of Linux systems and servers. The book summarizes the steps you need to build everything from standalone SOHO hubs, web servers, and LAN servers to load-balanced clusters and servers consolidated through virtualization. Along the way, you'll learn about all of the tools you need to set up and maintain these working environments. Linux is now a s

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; How This Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Safari® Enabled; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Requirements for a Linux System Administrator; About This Book; How Can We Help?; Where Do You Start?; Do You Need a Book?; Who Needs You?; Help Wanted; Analyzing Skill Sets; What System Managers Should Know About Linux; What's Next; Setting Up a Linux Multifunction Server; Server Requirements; Installing Debian; Logging in Remotely; Configuring the Network; Changing the Default Debian Packages; Setting Up Quotas

Providing Domain Name ServicesAdding a Relational Database: MySQL; Configuring Mail Securely with Postfix, POP3, and IMAP; Putting Apache to Work; Adding FTP Services with ProFTPD; Summarizing Your Web Statistics with Webalizer; Synchronizing the System Clock; Installing Perl Modules Needed by SpamAssassin; What's Next; The Domain Name System; DNS Basics; Advantages of Localized DNS Administration; Getting into the BIND; Components of BIND; Setting Up a DNS Server; Using a chroot Environment for Security; Configuring an Authoritative DNS Server; Your Responsibility in DNS

The Distributed Method of Resolving Domain NamesFinding a Domain; Answering Queries; Primary and Secondary DNS Servers; Caching-Only Servers; Editing the Configuration Files; named.conf; The Primary Zone File; Enhancements and advanced features; Putting it all together; The Reverse Zone File; PTR records; Testing Lookups; Configuring the Secondary Nameserver; BIND Tools; nslookup; rndc; Troubleshooting BIND; Cannot Connect Using rndc; named Starts but Does Not Resolve Names; Hosts Aren't Recognized; What's Next; An Initial Internet-Ready Environment; Installing ISPConfig; Requirements

Getting StartedI SPConfig Directory Structure; Setting Up a Server and Users with ISPConfig; Adding Clients and Web Sites; Managing Users and Email; User, email, home, and public web directories; Email Client Configuration; Safeguarding a Linux Web Server; The Role of a Daemon-Monitoring Daemon; Installing and Configuring monit; What's Next; Mail; Key Mail Service Terms; Postfix, Sendmail, and Other MTAs; The Postfix SMTP Mail Server on Debian; Debian Postfix-Related Packages; Installing Postfix on Debian; Basic Postfix Configuration; Testing Mail; Adding Authentication and Encryption

SASL AuthenticationConfiguring Postfix with SASL to authenticate users with accounts; The saslauthd daemon; Configuring Postfix with SASL to authenticate users without accounts; TLS Encryption; Configuring POP3 and IMAP Mail Delivery Agents; Email Client Configuration; What's Next; Administering Apache; Static and Dynamic Files; A Simple LAMP Setup; Installation; Apache; PHP; MySQL; Apache Configuration Files; Configuration File Directives; User and Group directives; Listen directive; DocumentRoot directive; Authentication and Authorization; User files; Group files; Containers and Aliases

Absolute pathnames: Directory

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780596515294

0596515294

OCLC:

770008775