Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (6th Edition)

Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (6th Edition) Review

“I have found this book to be a very useful classroom text, as well as a great Linux resource. It teaches Linux using a ground-up approach that gives students the chance to progress with their skills and grow into the Linux world. I have often pointed to this book when asked to recommend a solid Linux reference.”

–Eric Hartwell, Chair, School of Information Technology, ITT Technical Institute

The #1 Fedora and RHEL resource—a tutorial AND on-the-job reference

Master Linux administration and security using GUI-based tools, the command line, and Perl scripts

Set up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, sendmail, DNS, LDAP, FTP, and more

 

Master All the Techniques You Need to Succeed with Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

 

In this book, one of the world’s leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge you need to master Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux and succeed with it in the real world. Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills you’ll actually use as a user, programmer, or administrator. Now an even more versatile learning resource, this edition adds skill objectives at the beginning of each chapter.

 

Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step, you’ll learn how to install and configure Linux from the accompanying DVD, navigate its graphical user interface, provide file/print sharing, configure network servers, secure Linux desktops and networks, work with the command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate administration with Perl scripts.

 

Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux nook and cranny—and he never forgets what it’s like to be new to Linux. Whatever you want to do with Linux—now or in the future—you’ll find it here.

 

Compared with the other Linux books out there, A Practical Guide to Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Sixth Edition, delivers

• Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 15 and RHEL 6
• State-of-the-art security techniques, including up-to-date firewall setup techniques using system-config-firewall and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH (ssh)
• Coverage of crucial topics such as using su and sudo, and working with the new systemd init daemon
• Comprehensive coverage of the command line and key system GUI tools
• More practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and FTP
• Superior coverage of automating administration with Perl
• More usable, realistic coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache (Web), sendmail, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, and LDAP, plus new coverage of IPv6
• More and better coverage of system/network administration tasks, including network monitoring with Cacti
• Deeper coverage of essential administration tasks—from managing users to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to building a kernel
• Complete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using yum
• And much more, including a 500+ term glossary and comprehensive indexes 

Includes DVD! Get the full version of the Fedora 15 release!

Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (5th Edition)

Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, A (5th Edition) Review

Master All the Techniques You Need to Succeed with Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

• Set up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, sendmail, DNS, FTP, and other Internet servers
• Automate and streamline administration with this edition’s outstanding new chapter on Perl scripting
• Master GUI-based admin tools and the powerful Linux command line (CLI) 

In this book, one of the world’s leading Linux experts brings together all the knowledge you’ll need to succeed with Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux in any real-world environment. Best-selling author Mark Sobell explains Linux clearly and effectively, focusing on skills you’ll actually use as an administrator, user, or programmer.

 

Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge. He starts at the beginning and walks you through every topic and task that matters, using easy-to-understand examples. Step by step, you’ll learn how to install and configure Linux from the accompanying DVD, navigate its graphical user interfaces, provide file/print sharing and Internet services, make sure Linux desktops and networks are as secure as possible, work with the powerful command line, administer Linux efficiently, and even automate administration with Perl scripts.

 

Mark Sobell has taught hundreds of thousands of Linux and UNIX professionals. He knows every Linux nook and cranny–and he never forgets what it’s like to be new to Linux. Whatever you’ll want to do with Linux–now or in the future–this book gives you everything you’ll need.

 

Compared with the other Linux books out there, A Practical Guide to Fedora™ and Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, Fifth Edition, delivers

• Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 12 and RHEL 5
• Deeper coverage of the command line and the newest GUIs, including desktop customization
• More practical coverage of file sharing using Samba, NFS, and FTP
• More and better coverage of automating administration with Perl
• More usable, realistic coverage of Internet server configuration, including Apache, sendmail, NFS, DNS/BIND, and LDAP
• More state-of-the-art security techniques, including SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux), ACLs (Access Control Lists), firewall setup using both the Red Hat GUI and iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH
• More and better coverage of system/network administration tasks, including new coverage of network monitoring with Cacti
• Complete instructions on keeping Linux systems up-to-date using yum
• And much more, including a 500+ term glossary and a comprehensive index  

Includes DVD! Get the full version of the Fedora 12 release!

Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A (2nd Edition)

Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A (2nd Edition) Review

For use with all versions of Linux, including Ubuntu,™ Fedora,™ openSUSE,™ Red Hat,® Debian, Mandriva, Mint, and now OS X, too!

• Get more done faster, and become a true Linux guru by mastering the command line!
• Learn from hundreds of realistic, high-quality examples
• NEW! Coverage of the Mac OS X command line and its unique tools
• NEW! Expert primer on automating tasks with Perl

The Most Useful Linux Tutorial and Reference, with Hundreds of High-Quality Examples for Every Distribution–Now Covers OS X and Perl, Too!

 

To be truly productive with Linux, you need to thoroughly master shells and the command line. Until now, you had to buy two books to gain that mastery: a tutorial on fundamental Linux concepts and techniques, plus a separate reference. Now, there’s a far better solution. Renowned Linux expert Mark Sobell has brought together comprehensive, insightful guidance on the tools system administrators, developers, and power users need most, and an outstanding day-to-day reference, both in the same book.

 

This book is 100 percent distribution and release agnostic: You can use it with any Linux system, now and for years to come. Use Macs, too? This new edition adds comprehensive coverage of the Mac OS X command line, including essential OS X-only tools and utilities other Linux/UNIX books ignore.

 

Packed with hundreds of high-quality, realistic examples, this book gives you Linux from the ground up: the clearest explanations and most useful knowledge about everything from filesystems to shells, editors to utilities, and programming tools to regular expressions. Sobell has also added an outstanding new primer on Perl, the most important programming tool for Linux admins seeking to automate complex, time-consuming tasks.

 

A Practical Guide to Linux® Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Second Edition, is the only book to deliver

• Better, more realistic examples covering tasks you’ll actually need to perform
• Deeper insight, based on Sobell’s immense knowledge of every Linux and OS X nook and cranny
• A start-to-finish primer on Perl for every system administrator
• In-depth coverage of basic and advanced Linux shell programming with bash and tcsh
• Practical explanations of 100 core utilities, from aspell to xargs–including Mac OS X specific utilities from ditto to SetFile
• All-new coverage of automating remote backups with rsync
• Dozens of system security tips, including step-by-step walkthroughs of implementing secure communications using ssh and scp
• Tips and tricks for customizing the shell and using it interactively from the command line
• Complete guides to high-productivity editing with both vim and emacs
• A comprehensive, 286-page command reference section–now with revised and expanded indexes for faster access to the information you need
• Instructions for updating systems automatically with apt-get and yum
• Dozens of exercises to help you practice and gain confidence
• And much more, including coverage of BitTorrent, gawk, sed, find, sort, bzip2, and regular expressions

 

 

A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8

A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8 Review

This new book by best-selling author Mark Sobell combines the strengths of a tutorial and those of a reference to give you the knowledge and skills to master Red Hat Linux. Uniquely designed for both beginners and experienced users, A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux requires no prior programming experience. It begins with an extensive tutorial to bring those with less experience up to speed, and then quickly progresses to detailed chapters on GUIs, networking, popular shells, programming tools, Red Hat Linux filesystems, and system administration. Part two is a comprehensive reference containing descriptions and examples of many utilities. The book takes a truly practical approach to the study of Red Hat Linux by the use of tutorial examples that show you what you will see on the screen each step of the way.