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Debian GNU/Linux System Administrator's Manual

Abstract

The Debian GNU/Linux System Administrator's Manual covers all system administration aspects of a Debian GNU/Linux system.

Copyright Notice

• Copyright © 1997 Ardo van Rangelrooij

• Copyright © 1998 Oliver Elphick

• Copyright © 1998 Tapio Lehtonen

This manual is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with your Debian GNU/Linux system, in /usr/doc/copyright/GPL, or with the debiandoc-sgml source package as the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

Contents

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 About this manual
  • 1.2 Where to find newer versions
  • 1.3 Comments
• 2 Overview of a Debian GNU/Linux System
  • 2.1 The main components of a system
• 3 Files and Devices
  • 3.1 Files
  • 3.2 Devices
• 4 Programs and processes
  • 4.1 Programs
  • 4.2 Processes
  • 4.3 The /proc filesystem
  • 4.4 Tools for handling programs and processes
• 5 Directory Structure
  • 5.1 Directories
  • 5.2 Permissions
  • 5.3 Links
  • 5.4 ACL - Access Control Lists
  • 5.5 Tools for managing directories
• 6 Filesystems and Storage Media
  • 6.1 Storage devices and media
  • 6.2 Types of filesystem
  • 6.3 Quotas
  • 6.4 Tools for managing filesystems
• 7 Boot and Shutdown
  • 7.1 Boot loaders
• 8 Managing User Accounts
  • 8.1 Concepts
  • 8.2 Common tasks
  • 8.3 Tools reference
  • 8.4 Files reference
• 9 Logging In and Out
  • 9.1 Starting a session - logging in
• 10 Printing
  • 10.1 Print devices
  • 10.2 Spooler
• 11 Accounting
  • 11.1 Concepts
• 12 Backup and Restore
  • 12.1 Why backup?
  • 12.2 What to backup?
  • 12.3 Backup devices and media
  • 12.4 Backup methods and software
  • 12.5 Types of backup
• 13 X Windows
  • 13.1 Overview of X
• 14 Security
  • 14.1 Threats
• 15 System Configuration
  • 15.1 ???
• 16 Time
  • 16.1 Setting time, time zones and Daylight Saving
  • 16.2 Setting and showing hardware clock
  • 16.3 Multiboot with operating systems not understanding timezone
  • 16.4 Syncing time, rdate and NTP
  • 16.5 Setting up an NTP server
  • 16.6 Radio clocks
  • 16.7 Timestamps
  • 16.8 Time in cron
• 17 Localisation
  • 17.1 Environment variables
• 18 Index

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Debian GNU/Linux System Administrator's Manual