Fedora 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Bible

Chapter 2: Installing Fedora

Figure 2-1: Use QTParted to resize your Windows NTFS partitions.

Figure 2-2: Partition your disk during installation from the Disk Setup window.

Figure 2-3: Edit the boot entry from your Fedora system from the GRUB menu.

Chapter 3: Getting Started with the Desktop

Figure 3-1: A graphical login screen greets Fedora desktop users.

Figure 3-2: After login, Fedora starts you off with a GNOME desktop by default.

Figure 3-3: Select a color or picture for your desktop background.

Figure 3-4: Change the default Clearlooks theme.

Figure 3-5: Launch popular desktop applications with one click.

Figure 3-6: A drawer is a great way to contain personal utilities and launchers .

Figure 3-7: In the GNOME desktop environment, you can manage applications from the panels.

Figure 3-8: Left-click any open spot on the GNOME Panel to see the Panel menu.

Figure 3-9: Applets let you monitor activities, play CDs, watch your mail, or check the weather.

Figure 3-10: Add launchers or applets to a drawer on your GNOME panel.

Figure 3-11: Move around the file system, open directories, launch applications, and open Samba folders.

Figure 3-12: Display shared Windows file and printer servers (SMB) in Nautilus.

Figure 3-13: Set keyboard responses from the Keyboard Accessibility Preferences window.

Figure 3-14: Choose which removable drives and media are mounted and played .

Figure 3-15: Manage files and applications graphically with the KDE desktop.

Figure 3-16: Konqueror provides a network-ready tool for managing files.

Figure 3-17: Search for files and folders from the kfind window.

Figure 3-18: Create an image gallery in Konqueror.

Figure 3-19: Configure your desktop from the KDE Control Center.

Figure 3-20: With AIGLX enabled for the Compiz window manager, windows wobble as you move them around on the desktop and workspaces spin on a cube.

Chapter 4: Using Linux Commands

Figure 4-1: The Linux file system is organized as a hierarchy of directories.

Chapter 5: Accessing and Running Applications

Figure 5-1: Check for software updates with Pup.

Figure 5-2: Change software packages after Fedora installation using the Package Manager window.

Figure 5-3: Starting X applications from the Applications menu.

Figure 5-4: Select a program to run from the list in the Run Application window.

Figure 5-5: Set up your Windows applications in Linux from the Wine configuration window.

Figure 5-6: Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) lets you install guest operating systems.

Chapter 6: Publishing with Fedora and RHEL

Figure 6-1: Work with Microsoft Word documents in OpenOffice.org Writer.

Figure 6-2: You can work with Word documents in KWord.

Figure 6-3: Simple markup is required to create man pages.

Figure 6-4: Man page formatting adds headers and lays out the page of text.

Figure 6-5: Create a simple letter using mm macros.

Figure 6-6: Add headings and approval lines automatically to memos.

Figure 6-7: Produce equations in documents with the use of the eqn command's .EQ and .EN macros.

Figure 6-8: Set how text is justified and put in columns with the use of the tbl command's .TS and .TE macros.

Figure 6-9: Create simple flow diagrams with the pic command's .PS and .PE macros.

Figure 6-10: Create LaTeX documents graphically with the LyX editor.

Figure 6-11: The DocBook file is output in HTML with the db2html command.

Figure 6-12: Display PDF files in the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Figure 6-13: GIMP is a powerful tool for grahic manipulation.

Figure 6-14: Grab a picture of your desktop or selected window with Screen Capture.

Figure 6-15: Edit bitmap images with KPaint.

Chapter 7: Gaming in Fedora and RHEL

Figure 7-1: In the xboard window, you can either play against the computer or replay saved games .

Figure 7-2: Play Freeciv to build civilizations and compete against others.

Figure 7-3: Choose a nation to begin Freeciv.

Figure 7-4: Race Tux the penguin down a mountain.

Figure 7-5: Quake III Arena is a popular first-person shooter game that runs in Linux.

Figure 7-6: Return to Castle Wolfenstein combines strange creatures and WWII battles .

Figure 7-7: Use the Cedega GUI window to check computer hardware for Cedega gaming.

Figure 7-8: Civilization-Call to Power features excellent graphics and network play.

Figure 7-9: Use warriors, archers, and dwarves to battle in Myth II.

Chapter 8: Music, Video, and Images in Linux

Figure 8-1: The Audio Configuration (system-config-soundcard) window detects your sound card.

Figure 8-2: The GNOME Volume Control window provides simple, intuitive controls for setting audio levels.

Figure 8-3: Adjust audio levels using the alsamixer utility.

Figure 8-4: Play CDs and store artist, title, and track information with gnome-cd.

Figure 8-5: Define where you store your music with Rhythmbox.

Figure 8-6: View your music library and play selected songs or albums with Rhythmbox.

Figure 8-7: Play Ogg Vorbis and other audio files from the XMMS playlist.

Figure 8-8: Extract songs from music CDs and encode them using Sound Juicer.

Figure 8-9: Master and burn CDs and DVDs using the K3b window.

Figure 8-10: Generate CD jewel case labels with cdlabelgen and print them with evince.

Figure 8-11: Connect to ILS servers to video-conference with Ekiga.

Figure 8-12: Play video CDs, MP3s, QuickTime, and other video formats with xine.

Figure 8-13: Totem plays Theora video, plus any codecs supported by Xine and GStreamer.

Figure 8-14: Download images from digital cameras with the gThumb image viewer.

Chapter 9: Using the Internet and the Web

Figure 9-1: Fedora offers choices of Web browsers, e-mail clients , and other Internet client applications.

Figure 9-2: Many Web pages contain text, images, headings, and links.

Figure 9-3: Firefox makes it easy to search, do tabbed browsing, and get plugins in a secure way.

Figure 9-4: Firefox blocks pop-up windows, but lets you selectively allow or block pop-ups

Figure 9-5: Change settings for navigating the Web from the Firefox Preferences window.

Figure 9-6: Evolution can be used to manage your e-mail, appointments, and tasks .

Figure 9-7: Thunderbird is an efficient e-mail client that includes advanced junkmail and message filtering.

Figure 9-8: Access your AOL or other Instant Messaging account using Gaim.

Figure 9-9: View local and remote files simultaneously from the gFTP window.

Chapter 10: Understanding System Administration

Figure 10-1: Enter the root password to open system administration windows from a regular user 's GUI.

Figure 10-2: Choose an NTP server or set date and time in the Date/Time Properties window.

Figure 10-3: Change user and group accounts with the User Manager window.

Figure 10-4: Join multiple RAID partitions to form a single RAID device.

Figure 10-5: Find where disk space is being used with the Disk Usage Analyzer.

Figure 10-6: System Monitor graphically displays your system's CPU and memory usage.

Figure 10-7: View battery status from the Power Management applet in the GNOME panel.

Figure 10-8: Change SELinux policy settings using the Security Level Configuration window.

Figure 10-9: View messages related to SELinux activity in the seAudit window.

Chapter 11: Setting Up and Supporting Users

Figure 11-1: Manage users from the User Manager window.

Figure 11-2: The Create New User window

Figure 11-3: Choose Properties to modify an existing user account.

Chapter 12: Automating System Tasks

Figure 12-1: Reorganize, add, and remove run-level scripts from the Service Configuration window.

Chapter 14: Computer Security Issues

Figure 14-1: Set up a basic firewall using the Security Level Configuration window.

Figure 14-2: Using iptables as a firewall between the Internet and a LAN

Figure 14-3: Display system log file messages by date in the System Log window.

Figure 14-4: A pop-up window alerts you when a site is not authenticated.

Chapter 15: Setting Up a Local Area Network

Figure 15-1: In a star topology, machines on the network connect to a central hub.

Figure 15-2: A bus topology chains computers together without using a hub.

Figure 15-3: Wireless LANs can communicate as peers by broadcasting data.

Figure 15-4: Wireless communication can go through an access point.

Figure 15-5: A star topology's twisted-pair cables have RJ-45 connectors (similar to telephone-cable connectors).

Figure 15-6: Configure your LAN interface using the Network Configuration window.

Figure 15-7: Add hosts to /etc/ hosts using the Network Configuration window.

Figure 15-8: Configure TCP/IP on Windows XP for your Ethernet LAN.

Figure 15-9: The distance of obstructive objects from the wireless signal is called the clearance .

Figure 15-10: Add a wireless interface using the Network Configuration window.

Figure 15-11: Configure your Ethernet card for TCP/IP during installation.

Chapter 16: Connecting to the Internet

Figure 16-1: The Network Configuration Window helps you set up a PPP Internet connection.

Figure 16-2: The Preferences window identifies proxy servers and port numbers in Firefox.

Figure 16-3: The Local Area Network Settings window lets you add proxies to Internet Options in Internet Explorer.

Chapter 17: Setting Up a Print Server

Figure 17-1: Add printers connected locally or remotely with the Printer configuration window.

Figure 17-2: Change printer settings, policies and access from the Printer Configuration window.

Figure 17-3: CUPS enables Web-based administration via port 631

Figure 17-4: Temporarily stop printing or print test pages from the Printers page.

Figure 17-5: Find and display your Samba printer from Find - Computer.

Chapter 18: Setting Up a File Server

Figure 18-1: NFS can make selected file systems available to other computers.

Figure 18-2: Identify a directory to share and access permissions with the NFS Server Configuration window.

Figure 18-3: Define the workgroup and description for your Samba server.

Figure 18-4: Fill in Security information for your Samba server.

Figure 18-5: Use SWAT from your browser to manage your Samba configuration.

Figure 18-6: View your Linux Samba server from the My Network Places window.

Chapter 19: Setting Up a Mail Server

Figure 19-1: Add a logo to SquirrelMail and let users login from the Web to get mail.

Figure 19-2: Manage your mail from multiple folders in SquirrelMail.

Figure 19-3: Create multiple mailing lists in mailman.

Chapter 21: Setting Up a Web Server

Figure 21-1: Appearance of the Test Page indicates that the Apache installation succeeded.

Figure 21-2: Change how directories are displayed from Apache using IndexOptions.

Figure 21-3: The server- info page displays server and module information.

Figure 21-4: The Apache server-status page displays general Apache information and reports on individual server process activities.

Figure 21-5: Webalizer displays Web data in chart and column formats.

Chapter 22: Setting Up An LDAP Address Book Server

Figure 22-1: Enter information about your LDAP directory server to search for addresses from Evolution.

Figure 22-2: Search an LDAP address book directory by name , e-mail address, or other information.

Chapter 24: Setting Up a MySQL Database Server

Figure 24-1: Connect to your MySQL database using the MySQL Administrator window.

Chapter 25: Making Servers Public with DNS

Figure 25-1: The sample yourdomain.com DNS server has a combination of public servers and private client computers.

Chapter 26: Integrating Fedora with Apple Macs

Figure 26-1: Configure your Mac OS X network interface to connect to Linux servers.

Figure 26-2: In Mac OS X, see Samba and AppleTalk shares from the Connect to Server window.

Figure 26-3: Select authentication options when you connect to your AppleTalk (netatalk) server.

Figure 26-4: After requesting a Samba share, you must authenticate to the server.

Figure 26-5: Connect to an NFS server from the Connect to Server window.

Appendix B: Running Network Services

Figure B-1: Change your default mail-transport agent with system-switch-mail.