Linux Administration
A Beginner's Guide
by Wale Soyinka
8th Edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781260441703 |
| eText ISBN | 9781260441710 |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill |
| Publishing Year | 2020 |
| Edition | 8th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 688 |
Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, 8th Edition, provides practical instruction on configuring Linux distributions on individual servers and constructing network infrastructures. Author Wale Soyinka combines step-by-step guidance with real-world examples to explain essential system administration concepts.
The volume addresses system setup and daily operation across major distributions, including Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS, openSUSE, Debian, and RHEL. Coverage examines core administration workflows, command-line usage, service configuration, and software management.
To facilitate practical learning, downloadable virtual machine images and containers are available to replicate the exercises, server configurations, and command demonstrations presented in the text.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Linux, Distributions and FOSS
Chapter 2: Installing Linux in a Server
Chapter 3: Deploying Linux Servers in the Cloud
Chapter 4: The Command Line
Chapter 5: Managing Software
Chapter 6: Managing Users and Groups
Chapter 7: Booting and Shutting Down
Chapter 8: File Systems
Chapter 9: Core System Services
Chapter 10: The Linux Kernal
Chapter 11: Knobs and Dials: API (Virtual) File Systems
Chapter 12: TCP/IP for System Administrators
Chapter 13: Network Configuration
Chapter 14: Linux Firewall (Netfilter)
Chapter 15: Local Security
Chapter 16: Network Security
Chapter 17: DNS
Chapter 18: FTP
Chapter 19: Appache Web Server
Chapter 20: SMTP
Chapter 21: POP and IMAP
Chapter 22: Voice Over IP (IP)
Chapter 23: The Secure Shell
Chapter 24: Network File System
Chapter 25: Samba
Chapter 26: Distributed File Systems
Chapter 27: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Chapter 28: Printing
Chapter 29: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Chapter 30: Virtualization
Chapter 31: Backups
Chapter Appendix A: Creating a Linux Installer on Flash/USB Devices
Chapter Appendix B: Using the Demo Virtual Machine Images and Cloud Images
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