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The SuSE Linux Server (With CD-ROMs)
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by Paul G. Sery and Mohammed J. Kabir
Sales Rank: 1549469
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$1.00
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Paperback: 600 pages
Publisher: Wiley January 15, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764547658
ISBN-13: 978-0764547652
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 7.7 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
Product Description
The SuSE Linux Server demonstrates how to: master the ins and outs of Linux installation and configuration; Manage privileged and ordinary users, groups, and disk quotas; Control, monitor, prioritize, and automate programs using various tools; Set up DNS, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, FTP, IRC and SQL servers; Secure your server using firewalls and tools like Satan, Cops, etc.; Design a load-balanced, multi-server Apache-based Web network; Set up Samba and NFS fileserver for your office network.
Back Cover Copy
The SuSE™ Linux® Server Written in collaboration with SuSE Inc., this unique guide shows you step-by-step how to deploy a SuSE Linux server, whether you work for a large organization or run your own small business. From installation and configuration to administration, Internet services, file- and printer-sharing, security, and performance tuning, two SuSE Linux experts walk you through all the most common server scenarios — and explain how to build a secure, high-performance system from the ground up.- Install and configure only the files you need
- Use YaST to set user privileges and administer your network
- Establish e-mail services with DNS, SMTP, and POP
- Connect to the Web using Apache server
- Set up FTP and Internet Relay Chat servers
- Share files and printers with Samba and NFS file server
- Build a SQL database server you can access from the Web
- Create firewalls and master other security tools
- Boost performance with a custom kernel
- Design a load-balanced, multiserver Web network
SuSE Linux on 2 CD-ROMs- SuSE Linux 7.0 evaluation version
- Ftpchk
- Dumpxfer
- cgiwrap
- Ready-to-run ipfilter scripts
System Requirements Linux-compatible PC with hard drive, CD-ROM drive, and 3?" floppy drive. See Appendix A for details and complete system requirements. www.mandtbooks.com
Customer Reviews & Comments
First, I need to make clear that I have not read this book. I am currently trying to use SuSE's configuration files and packet filtering firewall script /sbin/SuSEfirewall to set up IP-masquerading and packet filtering on my four machine home network. The working solution has eluded me for about two weeks now. So, when I saw this book, I went straight to the index looking for SuSEfirewall. Nothing. There was a listing for ipchains, however, so I looked at that. In that section, there is no mention at all of SuSE specific tools for setting up packet filtering, just a discussion of ipchains rulesets which I could get for free from the IPCHAINS how-to at the Linux Documentation Project. The discussion of protecting the firewall from internal machines references the book "Red Hat Linux Network Administration". How SuSE specific is that? Not wanting to pan this book on just this one issue alone, I looked for information on setting up printers (another issue that caused me some frustration in the past). The only mention I could find was in reference to setting up Samba so that Windows machines could use printers on a Linux server. That discussion was a page and half long. No mention of apsfilter or CUPS in the index. Sections which mention using yast to set up a NIC and a network have screen shots, but these are so dark that I had to struggle to see what screen they were taken from. It would have been much better to print them in color, or to just describe them in words. The dark splotches on the screen just seem amateurish. This book may have some good information in it, but I am not going to spend over $30 to find out. SuSE includes a manual with their distribution which is at least as good as this book, and although the distribution might be $15 to $20 more expensive, it also comes with more software.
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