Prentice announces A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux
[Posted July 10, 2006 by cook]
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| "Fox, Heather" <Heather_Fox-AT-prenhall.com> |
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| Prentice Hall New Book Announcement:
"A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux" (3rd Ed.) |
| Date: |
| Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:36:30 -0400 |
Prentice Hall Announces New Third Edition of âA Practical Guide to Red Hat
Linux: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linuxâ, authored by Mark G. Sobell
Title: âA Practical Guide to Red Hat® Linux®: Fedora⢠Core and Red Hat
Enterprise Linuxâ, Third Edition
Author: Mark G. Sobell
ISBN: 0132280272
Price: US $49.99
More info: www.prenhallprofessional.com/title/0132280272
Or www.sobell.com
Book Summary:
This book explains Linux clearly and effectivelyâwith a focus on features
readers care about, from system security and Internet server setup to
Windows file/printer sharing. Best-selling author Mark Sobell starts at the
beginning and walks readers through everything that matters, from installing
Linux using the included DVD to working with GNOME, KDE, Samba, sendmail,
Apache, DNS, NIS, and iptables.
This new Third Edition contains extensive coverage, including full chapters
on using Linux from the command line and GUI; even more thorough system
administration and security guidance; and up-to-the-minute, step-by-step
instructions for setting up networks and every major type of Internet
server.
The book also includes the full version of Red Hatâs Fedora Core 5 release
on DVD!
An overview of topics includes:
⢠Complete coverage of Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
⢠Deeper coverage of the command line and the GNOME and KDE GUIs,
including GUI customization
⢠More practical coverage of file sharing with Samba, NFS, and FTP
⢠More detailed, usable coverage of Internet server configuration
including Apache, sendmail, NFS, and DNS/BIND
⢠More state-of-the-art security techniques, including SELinux
(Security Enhanced Linux), ACLs (Access Control Lists), firewall setup using
the Red Hat GUI and using iptables, and a full chapter on OpenSSH
⢠More and better coverage of âmeat-and-potatoesâ system/network
administration tasks
⢠A more practical introduction to writing bash shell scripts
⢠Complete instructions on how to keep your Linux system up-to-date
using yum
⢠And much more...including a 500+ term glossary and a comprehensive
index to help you find what you need fast!
About the Author: Mark G. Sobell is President of Sobell Associates, Inc., a
UNIX/Linux consulting firm. He is the author of many best-selling books,
including âA Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell
Programmingâ and âA Practical Guide to UNIX for Mac OS X Usersâ (co-authored
with Peter Seebach), both from Prentice Hall, and âA Practical Guide to the
UNIX Systemâ and âA Practical Guide to Solarisâ, from Addison-Wesley.
For more information, please contact Prentice Hall Publicist Heather Fox at:
Heather.fox(at)pearsoned.com or call: 201-236-7139.
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Addison-Wesley Professionalï ï¼ï IBM Press ï¼ï Prentice Hall Professional ï¼Â Sams
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heather.fox@pearsoned.com
Office Ph: 201-236-7139; Office Fx: 201-236-7123
*Mobile*: 201-362-7763
Geo: c/o Pearson Education, 1 Lake St., 3K17, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
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