With User Mode Linux you can create virtual Linux machines within a Linux computer and use them to safely test and debug applications, network services, and even kernels. You can try out new distributions, experiment with buggy software, and even test security. Now, for the first time, the creator and maintainer of User Mode Linux shows how to put it to work hands-on. Jeff Dike covers everything from getting started through running enterprise-class User Mode Linux servers. You'll find authoritative advice on bootup, compilation, administration, specialized configurations, and much more. Coverage includes What User Mode Linux is, how it works, and its uses in Linux networks Key applications, including server consolidation, development, and disaster recovery Booting and exploration: logins, consoles, swap space, partitioned disks, and more Copy-On-Write (COW): UML's efficient approach to storing filesystem changes In-depth discussion of User Mode Linux networking and security Centrally managing User Mode Linux instances, and controlling their hardware resources Implementing clusters and other specialized configurations Setting up User Mode Linux servers, step-by-step: small-scale and large-scale examples The future of virtualization and User Mode Linux Whether you're a netadmin, sysadmin, teacher, student, or programmer, User Mode Linux® --the technology and this book--is indispensable.
This work covers almost everything from getting started through running enterprise-class User Mode Linux servers. It offers advice on bootup, compilation, administration, and more.
"This new book by best-selling UNIX author Mark Sobell combines the strengths of a tutorial and those of a reference to give you the knowledge and skills to master Linux. Uniquely designed for both beginners and experienced users, A Practical Guide to Linux requires no prior programming experience. It begins with an extensive tutorial to bring those with less experience up to speed, and then quickly progresses to detailed chapters on GUIs, networking, the vi and emacs editors, three popular shells, programming tools, and system administration. Part II is a comprehensive reference containing descriptions and examples of 87 utilities. This book includes several complete example sessions on downloading and installing Linux-based utilities and other software from the Internet."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
"This new book by best-selling UNIX author Mark Sobell combines the strengths of a tutorial and those of a reference to give you the knowledge and skills to master Linux.
Offers instructions for creating a TCP/IP-based, Linux-driven local area network, covering installation, configuration, system and network management, servers, file systems, and network security.
Offers instructions for creating a TCP/IP-based, Linux-driven local area network, covering installation, configuration, system and network management, servers, file systems, and network security.
With step-by-step instructions and how-to videos, the reader will master everything from word processing to the Web and email, instant messaging to CD burning. This work also includes a CD: which features SimplyMEPIS Linux, and a DVD: which features the author explaining all the reader needs to know in bite-sized video tutorials.
This work also includes a CD: which features SimplyMEPIS Linux, and a DVD: which features the author explaining all the reader needs to know in bite-sized video tutorials.
This comprehensive manual covers three areas in which system administrators must be proficient to successfully recover data: the structure and operating principles of the most popular file systems, automatic data recovery techniques, and manual recovery techniques used in cases of total data destruction. Data recovery from hard drives and optical storage in Windows, BSD, and Linux file systems is described, as are automatic recovery utilities, manual and automatic recovery of deleted files on ext2/ext3 partitions and NTFS partitions, formatted NTFS partitions and deleted UFS/FFS files, RAID data recovery, media restoration with physical damage, and data loss prevention.
This comprehensive manual covers three areas in which system administrators must be proficient to successfully recover data: the structure and operating principles of the most popular file systems, automatic data recovery techniques, and ...
A guide to Linux covers such topics as logging in, compressing files, using the command line, scripting, and security.
This authoritative guide includes: Instructions for users and administrators covering security and RH features, including Red Hat Network (RHN), Red Hat system administration tools, and Red Hat Package Manager (RPM).A full chapter on the ...
Your UNIX/Linux: The Ultimate Guide, written with both users and programmers in mind, is the ultimate UNIX/Linux text. Both pedagogical tool and exhaustive reference, it is well-suited to any course that includes UNIX or Linux. A strong pedagogical framework sets it apart from similar texts and allows beginning students to gain a firm grasp of fundamental concepts, while chapters on advanced topics inspire the more experienced reader to move beyond the basics. Nearly a thousand exercises and self-test questions provide a way for students to test and reinforce their understanding of the material.
Your UNIX/Linux: The Ultimate Guide, written with both users and programmers in mind, is the ultimate UNIX/Linux text.
