A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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This book is recommended as a classroom text and an excellent Linux reference by Eric Hartwell, Chair, School of Information Technology, ITT Technical Institute.

If you want to succeed with Fedora™ or Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®, A Practical Guide to Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux is what you need.

• Master Linux administration and security using the command line, GUI tools, Python, systemd, and firewalld
• Set up key internet servers, including Samba, Apache, MariaDB/MySQL, sendmail, OpenSSH, DNS, LDAP, and more
• Brand-new chapter on Virtual Machines and Cloud Computing!

In this comprehensive guide, Linux expert Mark Sobell brings together his knowledge and real-world insights to help you master today’s versions of Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, whether you are a user, programmer or administrator.

Sobell assumes no prior Linux knowledge and uses easy-to-understand examples to explain everything from the beginning. You’ll learn how to:

• Install and configure Linux from the accompanying DVD
• Navigate its graphical user interface
• Provide file/printer sharing
• Configure network servers
• Secure Linux desktops and networks
• Work with the command line
• Automate administration using Python and bash

This edition offers:

• Complete, up-to-date coverage of Fedora 19 and RHEL 7 (beta)
• New programming chapters that cover Python and MariaDB/MySQL, plus a new tutorial on using GnuPG to encrypt communications
• Information on state-of-the-art security: SELinux, ACLs, firewalld (firewall-config and firewall-cmd), iptables (system-config-firewall), GnuPG, and OpenSSH
• New chapter on VMs (virtual machines) and cloud computing, including VMware, QEMU/KVM, virt-manager, virsh, GNOME Boxes, and AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Detailed instructions on keeping Linux systems up to date, finding software packages, and working with repositories using yum and rpm
• Full coverage of the LPI Linux Essentials exam objectives plus extensive coverage of the CompTIA Linux+ exam objectives; Appendix E provides a map from objectives to pages in the book
• Expanded command-line coverage, including a new chapter that details 32 important utilities
• Practical information on Internet server configuration, including Apache, sendmail, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, the new LDAP Dynamic Server, and IPv6
• Complete “meat-and-potatoes” information on system/network administration, now including GRUB 2, the XFS filesystem, the new Anaconda Installer, the systemd init daemon, firewalld, and NetworkManager
• New coverage of find, sort, xz (compression), free, xargs, and the nano editor
• A 500+ term glossary and comprehensive indexes

Includes DVD! Get the full version of the Fedora 19 release!

ASIN: 0133477436

Publisher: Pearson; 7th edition (December 31, 2013)

Language: English

Paperback: 1408 pages

ISBN-10: 9780133477436

ISBN-13: 978-0133477436

Item Weight: 3.79 pounds

Dimensions: 7.4 x 2.2 x 9.15 inches