How Linux Works

Brian Ward (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2004
No Starch Press,US (Verlag)
978-1-59327-035-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Delves into the Linux system for systems administrators, whether they maintain an extensive network in the office or one Linux box at home. With a mixture of background theory and real-world examples, this book shows both how to administer Linux, and why each particular technique works.

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Whether you're a systems administrator or a home user, you need to understand how Linux internals work before you can really master Linux - how it boots, how networking works, how to customize the kernel, and even what hardware to buy. How Linux Works contains the kind of information normally handed down from wizards knowledge that comes from years of experience doing things the hard way. But instead of seeking the right incantation to make your system work, you can read How Linux Works to see how to administer Linux and why each particular technique works. This book covers such need-to-know topics as: How Linux boots, with coverage of boot loaders and init How networking, interfaces, firewalls, and servers work How development tools and shared libraries work How the kernel manages devices, device drivers, and processes, and how to build a custom kernel How the Linux printing system works, with sections on cups, filters, and Ghostscript How shell scripts work With its combinatio

Autor

Brian Ward has been working with Linux since 1993. He is the author of The Linux Kernel-HOWTO, The Book of VMware (No Starch Press), and The Linux Problem Solver (No Starch Press).

Inhalt

PREFACEChapter 1: THE BASICSChapter 2: DEVICES, DISKS, FILESYSTEMS, AND THE KERNELChapter 3: HOW LINUX BOOTSChapter 4: ESSENTIAL SYSTEM FILES, SERVERS, AND UTILITIESChapter 5: CONFIGURING YOUR NETWORKChapter 6: NETWORK SERVICESChapter 7: INTRODUCTION TO SHELL SCRIPTSChapter 8: DEVELOPMENT TOOLSChapter 9: COMPILING SOFTWARE FROM SOURCE CODEChapter 10: MAINTAINING THE KERNELChapter 11: CONFIGURING AND MANIPULATING PERIPHERAL DEVICESChapter 12: PRINTINGChapter 13: BACKUPSChapter 14: SHARING FILES WITH SAMBAChapter 15: NETWORK FILE TRANSFERChapter 16: USER ENVIRONMENTSChapter 17: BUYING HARDWARE FOR LINUXChapter 18: FURTHER DIRECTIONSCommand ClassificationBIBLIOGRAPHY

Produkt-Details

• Verlagsort: San Francisco
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 178 x 234 mm
• Einbandart: Paperback
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server ► Unix / Linux
• ISBN-10: 1-59327-035-6 / 1593270356
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59327-035-3 / 9781593270353
• Zustand: Neuware