No Starch Press, 2004. - 347 p.
This guide describes the inner workings of a Linux system beginning with the file system and boot process and covering advanced topics such as networking, firewalls, development tools, device management, shell scripts, and sharing printers with Samba.
How Linux Works — What Every Super-User Should Know
The Basics
Devices, Disks, Filesystems, and the Kernel
How Linux Boots
Essential System Files, Servers, and Utilities
Configuring Your Network
Network Services
ntroduction to Shell Scripts
Development Tools
Compiling Software From Source Code
Maintaining the Kernel
Configuring and Manipulating Peripheral Devices
Printing
Backups
Sharing Files with Samba
Network File Transfer
User Environments
Buying Hardware for Linux
Further Directions
Appendix A - Command Classification
List of Sidebars