Sobell practical guide to linux
A Book by Mark G. Sobell
A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, Fourth Edition
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- Includes a DVD with the full Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)
- Covers Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)
- Full coverage of the LPI Linux Essentials exam objectives plus extensive coverage of the CompTIA Linux+ exam objectives; Appendix D provides a map from objectives to pages in the book
- One chapter each on setting up and using these servers/clients: Samba, NIS/LDAP, the new LDAP dynamic server, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, Apache (httpd), OpenSSH, FTP (vsftpd), sendmail, and IPv6
- A chapter that covers the ufw, gufw, and iptables firewall tools
- New coverage of find, sort, xz (compression), free, xargs, and the nano editor
- Expanded command-line coverage, including a new chapter that details 32 important utilities
- New programming chapters that cover Python and MariaDB/MySQL
- A new tutorial on using the GPG (GnuPG) encryption tool to provide message authentication, confidentiality, and integrity
- A new chapter on system security that includes sections on gaining root privileges using su and sudo, password security, securing a server, PAM, cryptography, hash functions, and GPG
- A new chapter that covers VMs (virtual machines) and cloud computing, including VMware, QEMU/KVM, virt-manager, virsh, GNOME Boxes, and AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Seven chapters on sytem administration including setting up a server, DHCP, the Linux filesystem, keeping a system up-to-date using yum, GRUB2, the XFS filesystem, setting up a LAN, and monitoring a network using Cacti
- Three chapters on bash (the Bourne Again Shell) including one chapter on shell programming (writing shell scripts)
- Coverage of the command line and key system GUI tools
- Complete coverage of how to use both su and sudo to gain root privileges
- See the Preface for more details of coverage
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Sobell practical guide to linux
A Book by Mark G. Sobell
A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, Second Edition
Available January 5, 2009
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- Includes a DVD with the full Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
- Covers both Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) and Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
- A new chapter on using the Perl scripting language
- One chapter each on setting up and using these servers/clients: Samba, NIS/LDAP, NFS, DNS/BIND, Apache (httpd), OpenSSH, FTP (vsftpd), and exim4
- A chapter on ufw, firestarter, and iptables with examples and a discussion of setting up different types of firewalls
- Seven chapters on sytem administration including setting up a server, DHCP, the Linux filesystem, keeping a system up-to-date using Apt and aptitude, and setting up a LAN
- Three chapters on bash (the Bourne Again Shell) including one chapter on shell programming (writing shell scripts)
- Coverage of the GNOME desktop how to customize it
- See the Preface for more details of coverage
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Sobell practical guide to linux
A Book by Mark G. Sobell
A Practical Guide to Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Third Edition
Available September 24, 2012
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- Covers the Mac OS X command-line interface (CLI) in addition to Linux
- A quick introduction to 30+ useful utilities
- An introduction to the Linux filesystem and its features
- One chapter on vim and one chapter on emacs
- A new chapter on Python
- A new chapter on setting up and running a MySQL database
- A chapter on writing Perl scripts
- Detailed coverage of 98 Linux and OS X utilities with many examples (Part VI)
- An introductory chapter on using the shells
- A chapter on using bash (the Bourne Again Shell) interactively (from the command line)
- A chapter covering bash as a programming language (to write shell scripts)
- A chapter about how to use tcsh (the TC Shell) interactively (from the command line) and as a programming language
- A chapter on how to use rsync to copy files between systems and create backups
- A chapter on the gawk pattern processing language
- An appendix on regular expressions
- An appendix on keeping a system up-to-date using apt-get, yum, and BitTorrent
- A Main index, a Utility index, and a File Tree index
- A glossary with over 500 entries
- See the Preface for more details of coverage
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Read a brief biography of Mark Sobell.
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Sobell practical guide to linux
A Book by Mark G. Sobell
A Practical Guide to Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Second Edition
Available December 1, 2009
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- Now covering the Mac OS X command-line interface (CLI) in addition to Linux
- A quick introduction to 30+ useful utilities
- An introduction to the Linux filesystem and its features
- One chapter on vim and one chapter on emacs
- A new chapter on writing Perl scripts.
- Detailed coverage of 100 Linux and OS X utilities with many examples (Part V)
- An introductory chapter on using the shells
- A chapter on using bash (the Bourne Again Shell) interactively (from the command line)
- A chapter covering bash as a programming language (to write shell scripts)
- A chapter about how to use tcsh (the TC Shell) interactively (from the command line) and as a programming language
- A new section on how to use rsync to copy files between systems and create backups
- A chapter on the gawk pattern processing language
- An appendix on regular expressions
- An appendix on keeping a system up-to-date using apt-get, yum, and BitTorrent
- A glossary with over 500 entries
- See the Preface for more details of coverage
Read a brief biography of Mark Sobell.
View a list of Linux Links.
View answers to even-numbered exercises.
Review a list of errata for the book.
Send a note to Mark Sobell at mgs@sobell.com.
Sobell practical guide to linux
A Book by Mark G Sobell
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
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- A quick introduction to 30+ useful utilities
- An introduction to the Linux filesystem and its features
- One chapter on vim and one chapter on emacs
- A chapter on programming tools including sections on gcc, make, gdb, and CVS
- Detailed coverage of more than 80 Linux utilities with many examples (Part V)
- An introductory chapter on using the shells
- A chapter on using bash (the Bourne Again Shell) interactively (from the command line)
- A chapter covering bash as a programming language (to write shell scripts)
- A chapter about how to use tcsh (the TC Shell) interactively (from the command line) and as a programming language
- A chapter on the gawk pattern processing language
- An appendix on regular expressions
- An appendix on keeping the system up-to-date using Apt, yum, and BitTorrent
- A glossary with over 500 entries
- See the Preface for more details of coverage
Download code from the book.
Read a brief biography of Mark Sobell.
View a list of Linux Links.
View answers to even-numbered exercises.
Review a list of errata for the book.
Send a note to Mark Sobell at mgs@sobell.com.