Red Hat Linux 9 Bible

"The definitive work on Red Hat Linux. Chain it to your desk. Youll browse others but youll wear this one out." -Nicholas Petreley Founding Editor of LinuxWorld If Red Hat Linux 9 can do it you can do it too... Activate the power of Red Hat Linux 9 the most popular distribution of this practical economical operating system with the in-depth information in this comprehensive reference manual. If youre exploring Linux for the first time the hands-on instructions for installing configuring and customizing the system will get you going with confidence. If youre a Red Hat veteran Linux expert Christopher Negus gives you everything you need to administer the latest desktop server and networking enhancements plus much more. Inside youll find complete coverage of Red Hat Linux 9 Explore GNOME and KDE desktop menus panels file managers workspaces and themes Configure a firewall to share your Internet connection and protect your LAN Run applications for Internet browsing publishing music video and gaming Construct your own public Internet server complete with mail DNS FTP and Web services Administer users manage backups and automate system tasks Create dial-up connections wireless LANs and virtual private networks (CIPE) Set up Windows (Samba) Mac (netatalk) or NetWare (mars-nwe) file and print sharing from Linux Use the Red Hat Network up2date facility to easily get software updates Special 3 CD-ROM version of Red Hat Linux 9 with 260 additional packages not included in the standard 2 CD Publishers Edition Red Hat Linux 9 core includes: Linux kernel GNU C compiler GNOME desktop Apache Web server Samba Windows file/print sharing CUPS print service Sendmail mail server and BIND DNS server Additional packages include: KDE desktop samba-swat vsftpd spamassassin sendmail-cf Legacy UNIX network services Tripwire sndconfig