How Linux Works: What Every Superuser Should Know

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e2fsck . See fsck

echo , 5

effective user ID, 85. See also user ID

EHCI, 213

elapsed time, 76

emacs , 13

emergency booting, 62

enable , 257

Encap, 193 “196

#endif , 167

environment variables , 10, 160

error code. See exit code

error messages

common, 17 “19

compiler, 165, 197 “200

configure , 188 “189

kernel build, 215

linker, 167 “168

make , 172

printing, 260 “262

Samba, 289

scripts, 178 “179

understanding, 16 “17

ESSID, 121 “122

/etc , 30, 67 “68

/etc/fstab , 46 “47, 51 “52

/etc/ group , 70 “71

/etc/ hosts , 94 “96

/etc/inetd.conf , 127

/etc/init.d , 57

/etc/inittab , 54 “56

/etc/ld.so.cache , 169

/etc/ld.so.conf , 169 “170

/etc/localtime , 72 “73

/etc/ modprobe .conf , 225 “226

/etc/modules.conf , 225

/etc/ nologin , 59

/etc/nsswitch.conf , 95

/etc/passwd , 68 “70. See also passwd

/etc/pcmcia , 122 “123, 237 “239

/etc/rc*.d , 56 “59

/etc/resolv.conf , 95

/etc/services , 113, 127. See also network, ports and services

/etc/shadow , 68

/etc/ shells , 70

/etc/syslog.conf , 66 “67

Ethernet

IP networking, 108 “109

network interface, 92 “93, 317 “318

networks, 107 “108

wireless, 121 “124, 318

exec , 160

executables

creating, 164 “165, 167 “172, 181 “182

file format, 209

locations, 30 “31

setuid, 22, 45, 152

shell scripts, 143 ( see also shell scripts)

exit code, 147 “148

expr , 160