Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora Core 4 : The Complete Reference

Includes Fedora Core 4 on DVD!

The Most Comprehensive Linux Resource Available

Maximize all the features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core 4 using this up-to-date and thorough reference. Get complete coverage of everything from installation and configuration to system administration and server management. Chapters include full details on the Red Hat Linux Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core 4 system, network, security, and server setup tasks as well as discussion of desktop interfaces (GNOME and KDE), TCP/IP network configuration (IPv6), Internet tools, and software management. Plus, you’ll get a DVD with more than 1,500 applications for the entire Fedora Core 4 distribution. Fedora Core 4 is distributed by the Fedora Project, an Open Source project drawing on all the resources of the Linux community. This is the only guide you’ll need to the most advanced release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Core.

• Install, use, manage, secure, and administer Red Hat, focusing on the new Enterprise and Fedora Core 4
• Deploy powerful desktop, office, database, multimedia, editing, and Internet applications such as FireFox and Thunderbird, as well as software support tools including BitTorrent and Update Agent, along with configuration for MP3 and DVD video support
• Deploy and manage servers—vsftpd (FTP), Apache (Web), Sendmail and Postfix (mail), Squid (proxy), CUPS (print), SAMBA and NFS (file), GFS (network file system), NIS and BIND (DNS), and MySQL (database)
• Master the complete suite of Red Hat system and network administration tools
• Manage users, services, journaling file systems, RAID devices, LVM volumes,hotplug devices, and printers, as well as IPv6 addressing
• Configure and support the automatic detection of removable devices using udev and the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• Ensure system and network security using packet filtering (firewalls), SELinux, authentication, digital signatures, VPNs, and encryption methods

Richard L. Petersen, MLIS, teaches UNIX and C/C++ courses at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Linux: The Complete Reference (all five editions), Linux Programming: A Beginner’s Guide, and many other books.