This comprehensive guide can help you  administer Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 effectively in any production  environment, no matter how complex or challenging.    Long-time  Red Hat insider Tammy Fox brings together today’s best practices for  the entire system lifecycle, from planning and deployment through  maintenance and troubleshooting. Fox shows how to maximize your  efficiency and effectiveness by automating day-to-day maintenance  through scripting, deploying security updates via Red Hat Network,  implementing central identity management services, and providing shared  data with NFS and Samba.   Red  Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Administration Unleashed contains extensive  coverage of network and web services, from the Apache HTTP server and  Sendmail email services to remote login with OpenSSH. Fox also  describes Red Hat’s most valuable tools for monitoring and optimization  and presents thorough coverage of security—including a detailed  introduction to Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux).    Streamline deployment with Kickstart Find, install, update, remove, and verify software Detect, analyze, and manage hardware Manage storage with LVM, RAID, ACLs, and quotas Use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on 64-bit and multi-core systems Administer users and groups more efficiently and securely Ensure trustworthy backup and rapid recovery Script and schedule tasks to run automatically Provide unified identity management services Configure Apache, BIND, Samba, and Sendmail Monitor and tune the kernel and individual applications  Protect against intruders with SELinux and ExecShield Set up firewalls with iptables Enable the Linux Auditing System Use virtualization to run multiple operating systems concurrently    Part I     Installation and Configuration  Chapter 1 Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Chapter 2 Post-Installation Configuration  Chapter 3 Operating System Updates  Part II Operating System Core Concepts  Chapter 4 Understanding Linux Concepts  Chapter 5 Working with RPM Software Chapter 6 Analyzing Hardware Chapter 7 Managing Storage Chapter 8 64-Bit, Multi-Core, and Hyper-Threading Technology Processors   Part III System Administration  Chapter 9 Managing Users and Groups  Chapter 10 Techniques for Backup and Recovery Chapter 11 Automating Tasks with Scripts    Part IV Network Services  Chapter 12 Identity Management Chapter 13 Network File SharingChapter 14 Granting Network Connectivity with DHCP Chapter 15 Creating a Web Server with the Apache HTTP Server   Chapter 16 Hostname Resolution with BIND Chapter 17 Securing Remote Logins with OpenSSH Chapter 18 Setting Up an Email Server with Sendmail Chapter 19 Explaining Other Common Network Services  Part V Monitoring and Tuning  Chapter 20 Monitoring System Resources   Chapter 21 Monitoring and Tuning the Kernel  Chapter 22 Monitoring and Tuning Applications   Chapter 23 Protecting Against Intruders with Security-Enhanced Linux   Chapter 24 Configuring a Firewall Chapter 25 Linux Auditing System   Appendixes Appendix A Installing Proprietary Kernel Modules  Appendix B Creating Virtual Machines   Appendix C Preventing Security Breaches with ExecShield  Appendix D Troubleshooting    Tammy  Fox served as technical leader of Red Hat’s documentation group, where  she wrote and revised The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System  Administration Guide. She was founding editor of Red Hat Magazine, now  an online publication reaching more than 800,000 system administrators  and others interested in Linux and open source. She wrote Red Hat’s  LogViewer tool and has written and contributed to several Red Hat  configuration tools. Fox is also the founding leader of the Fedora Docs  Project.   Register  your book at www.samspublishing.com/register for convenient access to  updates and to download example scripts presented in this book.   Category: Linux/Networking Covers: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 User Level: Intermediate–Advanced

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