Fedora 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

name servers

caching, 969

forwarding, 969

named daemon (DNS), 981

NAT (Network Address Translation), 681

Nautilus, Samba shared directories, 779

ncftp command, 401–403

ncpfs file system, 438

NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications), 830

ndiswrapper

drivers, 652

module, loading, 653

source code package, 652

wireless network cards and, 648

netatalk

AppleShare file server and, 992

AppleTalk printer server and, 993

AppleTalk router and, 993

atalkd daemon (AppleTalk), 995

file types, 1002

file-level security, 1000–1003

host name, 994

host-level security, 1000

Linux shell and, 993

moving, 1002

papd daemon, 995

permissions, 1001–1002

Samba and, 1003

securing shared, 995

settings configuration, 994

setup, 994, 997

sharing, 993–995, 998–999, 1004–1005

sharing setup, 995

startup, 995–996

troubleshooting, 1005

user -level security, 999

volumes , 993

netatalk.conf file, 994

netbios alias option, Samba, 768

netbios name option, Samba, 768

network cards, wireless LANs, 648

Network Configuration window

dial-up connection setup, 688–689

dial-up connection setup, 687

PPP connection setup, 687

wireless LAN configuration, 655, 658

Network Configuration, installation, 27

Network Neighborhood, Samba and, 781

network services

database services, 1030

proxy/caching server, 1032

remote execution servers, 1030–1031

security services, 1032

system logging, 1032

user services, 1030

VPNs (virtual private networks), 1032

write-to-all server, 1031

Network Tools. See GNOME Network Tools

Network Trash Folder, netatalk and, 1001

Network window, administration and, 420

networks

backups , 547

connectivity, 9

daemons, 1019–1021

DNS server information, 964

file server, 1023–1024

host name, 965

IP addresses, 662

network interface, 964

Red Hat Network, 1045–1046

running, checklist, 1017–1018

Web server, 1022

New panel option, GNOME Panel menu, 107

newaliases command, 486

news login, 427

news protocol, URLs and, 368

news server, dial-up setup and, 686

news servers, 1026

newsgroups, Pan newsreader, 393

NFS (Network File System), 745

access from Macintosh, 1006–1009

command line connection, 1008

Connect to Server window and, 1007

daemons, 754–755

directories

mounting automatically, 756–758

mounting manually, 755–756

mounting on demand, autofs and, 759–760

mounting, hard mounting, 758

mounting, soft mounting, 758

file system sharing, 748

/etc/exports file, 750–753

exporting system, 753–754

/home directory, 760

NFS daemons, 754–755

/project directory, 761

/var/log directory, 761

sharing, /var/spool/mail directory, 760

unmounting, 760

nfs file system, 438

NFS Server configuration window, 748–750

NFS window, Server Settings, 419

NICs, Ethernet, 640

Nikon digital cameras as storage device, 361

NIS (Network Information Service), 910

domain name, 912

Fedora as client, 912–916

Fedora as master server, 916

groups, domain, /etc/exports file (NFS sharing), 752

map database, 919

maps, 916–918

master server name, 912

server daemon configuration, 919

setup, 920

shared files, 911–912

slave server addition, 919

slave server names , 913

NMB daemon, starting, 778

ntfs file system, 438

nttp protocol, URLs and, 368

numbers

usernames, 472

vi text editor commands, 188

NVIDIA video cards, gaming, 144, 290