By Mark G. Sobell
The main whole, Easy-to-Follow consultant to Ubuntu Linux the number 1 Ubuntu server source, absolutely up-to-date for Ubuntu 10.4 (Lucid Lynx)–the long-term help (LTS) liberate many businesses will depend on for years! up to date JumpStarts assist you arrange Samba, Apache, Mail, FTP, NIS, OpenSSH, DNS, and different advanced servers in mins countless numbers of updated examples, plus accomplished indexes that bring immediate entry to solutions you could belief Mark Sobell’s a realistic consultant to Ubuntu Linux®, 3rd variation, is the main thorough and up to date connection with fitting, configuring, and dealing with Ubuntu, and likewise bargains complete assurance of servers—critical for anyone attracted to unleashing the total energy of Ubuntu. This version has been totally up to date for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), a milestone long-term help (LTS) liberate, which Canonical will help on pcs until eventually 2013 and on servers until eventually 2015. Sobell walks you thru each crucial function and method, from fitting Ubuntu to operating with GNOME, Samba, exim4, Apache, DNS, NIS, LDAP, gufw, firestarter, iptables, even Perl scripting. His highly transparent factors demystify every little thing from networking to safeguard. You’ll locate complete chapters on working Ubuntu from the command line and laptop (GUI), administrating platforms, constructing networks and web servers, and lots more and plenty more. Fully up to date JumpStart sections assist you get complicated servers running—often in as low as 5 mins. Sobell attracts on his vast Linux wisdom to provide an explanation for either the “hows” and the “whys” of Ubuntu. He’s taught thousands of readers and not forgets what it’s wish to be new to Linux. no matter if you’re a consumer, administrator, or programmer, you’ll locate every little thing you wish here—now, and for a few years to come back. The world’s so much sensible Ubuntu Linux ebook is now much more helpful! This e-book supplies hundreds and hundreds of easy-to-use Ubuntu examples Important networking assurance, together with DNS, NFS, and Cacti insurance of an important Ubuntu themes similar to sudo and the Upstart init daemon extra exact, usable assurance of web server configuration, together with Apache (Web) and exim4 (email) servers cutting-edge defense innovations, together with updated firewall setup techniques utilizing gufw and iptables, and an entire bankruptcy on OpenSSH a whole creation to Perl scripting for computerized management Deeper insurance of crucial admin tasks–from handling clients to CUPS printing, configuring LANs to development a kernel whole directions on preserving Ubuntu platforms updated utilizing flair, Synaptic, and the software program resources window and lots more and plenty more...including a 500+ time period word list comprises DVD! Get the entire model of Lucid Lynx, the newest Ubuntu LTS free up!
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This paragraph is not a legal interpretation of the GPL; it is intended merely to give you an idea of how it works. ) Have Fun! ” These words pop up in prompts and documentation. The UNIX—now Linux—culture is steeped in humor that can be seen throughout the system. For example, less is more—GNU has replaced the UNIX paging utility named more with an improved utility named less. The utility to view PostScript documents is named ghostscript, and one of several replacements for the vi editor is named elvis.
Explains how to customize and build a Linux kernel. Security • Helps you manage basic system security issues using ssh (secure shell), vsftpd (secure FTP server), Apache (Web server), iptables (firewalls), and more. • Describes how to use the textual uncomplicated firewall (ufw) and its graphical interface (gufw) to protect the system. • Covers the use of firestarter to share an Internet connection over a LAN, run a DHCP server, and set up a basic firewall to protect the system. • Provides instructions on using iptables to share an Internet connection over a LAN and to build advanced firewalls.
Ubuntu Linux is based on Debian Linux and focuses on enhancing usability, accessibility, and internationalization. Com The History of UNIX and GNU–Linux 3 user, recent releases have put increasing emphasis on the server market. With a new release scheduled every six months, Ubuntu provides cutting-edge software. org suite of productivity tools, the Firefox Web browser, the Pidgin (formerly Gaim) IM client, and an assortment of tools and games. To keep software on a system up-to-date, Ubuntu uses Debian’s deb package format and various APT-based tools.
