4.2. System Administration and Configuration

Battery-Powered, Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO

Updated: October 2002. How to optimize and configure power management on a ready-configured Linux system for use on battery-powered laptops.

Bootdisk-HOWTO, The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO

Updated: January 2002. How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux.

BootPrompt-HOWTO, The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO

Updated: March 2003. A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can be passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel and device parameters.

Config-HOWTO, Configuration HOWTO

Updated: November 2001. Aims at making the fine-tuning of your newly installed Linux box quicker and easier. You will find a set of configurations for the most common applications and services.

Debian-Jigdo, Debian Jigdo mini-HOWTO

Updated: December 2002. Describes why you should use jigdo (a tool for obtaining Debian ISOs), a little bit about how it works and how you use it to get and update Debian ISOs.

Filesystems-HOWTO, Filesystems HOWTO

Updated: August 2000. About filesystems and accessing filesystems.

HP-HOWTO, HP HOWTO - Utilisation and Configuration Guide of HP Products under Linux

Updated: December 2001. Describes the use of products available in the Hewlett-Packard (HP) catalog with Linux and some free software.

Installation-HOWTO, The Linux Installation HOWTO

Updated: July 2002. How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first document which a new Linux user should read to get started.

Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO, Jabber Server Farming How-To

Updated: June 2002. Provide Jabber admins a look into the present and future of Jabber Server Farming.

Kernel-HOWTO, The Linux Kernel HOWTO

Updated: March 2003. A detailed guide to kernel configuration, compilation, upgrades, and troubleshooting for ix86-based systems.

KernelAnalysis-HOWTO, KernelAnalysis-HOWTO

Updated: March 2003. Explains some things about the Linux Kernel, such as the most important components, how they work, and so on.

KickStart-HOWTO, RedHat Linux KickStart HOWTO

Updated: January 1999. Briefly describes how to use the RedHat Linux KickStart system to rapidly install large numbers of identical Linux boxes.

Linux-Crash-HOWTO, Linux Crash HOWTO

Updated: January 2002. Describes the installation and usage of the LKCD (Linux Kernel Crash Dump) package.

Linux+XFS-HOWTO, Linux + XFS HOWTO : Linux on Steroids

Updated: May 2002. Describes how to build a Linux system that runs on top of the SGI XFS journaling filesystem.

LVM-HOWTO, Logical Volume Manager HOWTO

Updated: February 2003. Describes how to build, install, and configure LVM for Linux.

MultiOS-HOWTO, Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO

Updated: February 2000. Covers the procedures for using removable hard disks to install and manage multiple alternative operating systems while leaving a single fixed disk to permanently house and protect the primary operating system.

Path, PATH HOWTO

Updated: November 1997. Describes common tricks and problems with Unix / Linux environment variables, especially with PATH variable.

Public-Web-Browser, Linux web browser station

Updated: October 2000. Describes the setup of Internet kiosk-type system based on Linux to be deployed to provide public Internet/webmail access.

Quota, Quota mini-HOWTO

Updated: April 2002. How to enable file system quota on a Linux host, assigning quota for users and groups, as well as the usage of miscellaneous quota commands.

TimePrecision-HOWTO, Managing Accurate Date and Time HOWTO

Updated: August 2002. Explains the time mechanisms on Linux, what are time zones, and precision with NTP.

Visual-Bell, Visible bell mini-Howto

Updated: December 2001. How to use termcap to configure a visual bell on one's system and describes how to disable audible bells on demand.

Benchmarking-HOWTO, Linux Benchmarking HOWTO

Updated: August 1997. Discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of Linux systems and presents a basic benchmarking toolkit.

CSPM-HOWTO, Compaq Storage Performance Monitor HOWTO

Updated: July 2002. Provides an overview of the Compaq Storage Performance Monitor, including a description of the product and installation and configuration information.

Beowulf-HOWTO, Beowulf HOWTO

Updated: November 1998. Introduces the Beowulf Supercomputer architecture and provides background information on parallel programming, including links to other more specific documents.

SSI-UML-HOWTO, Creating SSI Clusters Using UML HOWTO

Updated: May 2002. A description of how to create a Single System Image (SSI) cluster of virtual User-Mode Linux (UML) machines.

ADSM-Backup, Linux ADSM mini-HOWTO

Updated: January 1997. How to install and use a client for the commercial ADSM backup system for Linux/i386.

Backup-With-MSDOS, Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO

Updated: August 1997. How to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an MS-DOS machine to back up the filesystem of a Linux machine.

Clone-HOWTO, HOWTO Clone Disk Images on Linux Booted from a Network

Updated: September 2002. Describes a setup that allows a machine to boot Linux from BOOTP/TFTP, using the Grub boot loader, and save and restore disk and partition images to and from a TFTP server.

Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO, Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO

Updated: February 2003. A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts. "Bare metal recovery" is the process of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure.

Ext2fs-Undeletion, Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO

Updated: February 1999. Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from a Second Extended File System.

Ext2fs-Undeletion-Dir-Struct, Ext2fs Undeletion of Directory Structures

Updated: November 2000. Describes a straight forward way of recovering whole directory structures, instead of file by file, that have been removed by a misplaced rm -rf

LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO, LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOWTO

Updated: January 2003. Discusses methods to recover from Linux system failures.

Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO, Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO

Updated: February 2003. A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts. "Bare metal recovery" is the process of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure.

Bridge+Firewall, Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO

Updated: December 1997. A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards. A firewall is an intelligent insulator.

Bridge+Firewall+DSL, Bridge + Firewall + DSL Mini-HOWTO

Updated: November 2000. Configuring a Linux system to act as a firewall and bridge with a DSL network connection.

Domain, Setting Up Your New Domain Mini HOWTO

Updated: October 2000. Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to setup a network of computers under your own domain. Covers configuration of network parameters, network services, and security settings.

Firewall-HOWTO, Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO

Updated: February 2000. Designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux based system.

Firewall-Piercing, Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO

Updated: November 2001. Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities transparently through an Internet firewall.

IPCHAINS-HOWTO, Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO

Updated: July 2000. How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them.

Secure-POP+SSH, Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO

Updated: September 1998. How to set up secure POP connections using ssh.

Security-HOWTO, Linux Security HOWTO

Updated: June 2002. A general overview of security issues that face the administrator of Linux systems.

Security-Quickstart-HOWTO, Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux

Updated: July 2002. An overview of the basic steps required to secure a Linux installation from intrusion.

Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO, Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Redhat Linux

Updated: July 2002. An overview of the basic steps required to secure a Linux installation from intrusion (Redhat specific version).

Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO, Sentry Firewall CD HOWTO

Updated: October 2002. An introduction on how the Sentry Firewall CDROM works and how to get started using the system.

Shadow-Password-HOWTO, Linux Shadow Password HOWTO

Updated: April 1996. How to obtain, install, and configure the Linux password Shadow Suite.

Snort-Statistics-HOWTO, Snort-Setup for Statistics HOWTO

Updated: February 2002. Describes how to configure Snort version 1.8.3 to be used in conjunction with the statistical tools ACID (Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases) and SnortSnarf.

Term-Firewall, Using Term to Pierce an Internet Firewall

Archived - Last Update: July 1996. Directions for using ``term'' to do network stuff through a TCP firewall that you're not supposed to be able to.

User-Authentication-HOWTO, User Authentication HOWTO

Updated: May 2000. Explains how user and group information is stored and how users are authenticated on a Linux system (PAM), and how to secure you system's user authentication.