Contents

From SLGfG

Introduction

Part 1: Linux Files and File Systems

1. Understanding File Types
2. Determining the File Type
3. Creating Files
4. Understanding File Systems
5. Exploring the File System Hierarchy

Part 2: The Boot Process

1. LILO: From "power on" to "Loading linux..."
2. The init process: the kernel needs company
3. Customizing the boot process

Part 3: System Setup

1. Automating tasks: the system never sleeps
2. TCP/IP networks: some theory
3. SuSE's scheme of network configuration
4. inetd: the Internet super server
5. Basic network services
6. SSH: Secure Shell
7. DNS: Domain Name Service
8. NIS: Network Information Service
9. FTP: File Transfer Protocol
10. HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
11. SMTP - Simple Mail Transport Protocol
12. Samba - The Server Message Block Protocol (SMB)
13. NFS - Network File System
14. DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Part 4: System Security

1. General Thoughts on Security
2. Host Security
3. PAM - Pluggable Authentication Modules
4. Network Security
5. The Secure Shell Client
6. Packet Filtering with IP-Chains
7. The SuSE packet filter

Part 5: Customized Installations

1. Setting up an Installation Server
2. Diskless Clients
3. Setting up an X-Terminal

Part 6: Package Development

1. RPM - The Red Hat Package Manager
2. Compiling SuSE Source Packages
3. Creating Your Own RPM Packages