Slackware Linux Essentials

Slackware Linux Essentials - Half-title
Title Page
Printer's Imprint
Table of Contents
List of Tables / Figures / Examples
Preface
	Intended Audience
	Changes from the First Edition
	Organization of this Book
	Conventions used in this book
		Typographic Conventions
		User Input
		Examples
	Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Slackware Linux
	1.1 What is Linux?
		1.1.1 A Word on GNU
	1.2 What is Slackware?
	1.3 Open Source and Free Software
Chapter 2 Help
	2.1 System Help
		2.1.1 man
		2.1.2 The /usr/doc Directory
		2.1.3 HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs
	2.2 Online Help
		2.2.1 The Official Website and Help Forums
		2.2.2 E-mail Support
			2.2.2.1 Slackware Linux Project Mailing Lists
		2.2.3 Non-Official Websites and Help Forums
			2.2.3.1 Websites
			2.2.3.2 Web-based Resources
			2.2.3.3 Usenet Groups (NNTP)
Chapter 3 Installation
	3.1 Getting Slackware
		3.1.1 The Official Disc and Box Sets
		3.1.2 Via the Internet
	3.2 System Requirements
		3.2.1 The Software Series
		3.2.2 Installation Methods
			3.2.2.1 Floppy
			3.2.2.2 CD-ROM
			3.2.2.3 NFS
		3.2.3 Boot Disk
		3.2.4 Root Disk
		3.2.5 Supplemental Disk
		3.2.6 Making the Disks
	3.3 Partitioning
	3.4 The setup Program
		3.4.1 HELP
		3.4.2 KEYMAP
		3.4.3 ADDSWAP
		3.4.4 TARGET
		3.4.5 SOURCE
		3.4.6 SELECT
		3.4.7 INSTALL
		3.4.8 CONFIGURE
			3.4.8.1 Kernel selection
			3.4.8.2 Make a boot disk
			3.4.8.3 Modem
			3.4.8.4 Timezone
			3.4.8.5 Mouse
			3.4.8.6 Hardware clock
			3.4.8.7 Font
			3.4.8.8 LILO
			3.4.8.9 Network
			3.4.8.10 X Window Manager
Chapter 4 System Configuration
	4.1 System Overview
		4.1.1 File System Layout
		4.1.2 Finding Files
			4.1.2.1 which
			4.1.2.2 whereis
			4.1.2.3 find
			4.1.2.4 slocate
		4.1.3 The /etc/rc.d Directory
			4.1.3.1 System Startup
			4.1.3.2 Runlevel Initialization Scripts
			4.1.3.3 Network Initialization
			4.1.3.4 System V Compatibility
			4.1.3.5 Other Files
	4.2 Selecting a Kernel
		4.2.1 The /kernels Directory on the Slackware CD-ROM
		4.2.2 Compiling a Kernel from Source
			4.2.2.1 Linux Kernel version 2.4.x Compilation
			4.2.2.2 Linux Kernel Version 2.6.x
		4.2.3 Using Kernel Modules
Chapter 5 Network Configuration
	5.1 Introduction: netconfig is your friend.
	5.2 Network Hardware Configuration
		5.2.1 Loading Network Modules
		5.2.2 LAN (10/100/1000Base-T and Base-2) cards
		5.2.3 Modems
		5.2.4 PCMCIA
	5.3 TCP/IP Configuration
		5.3.1 DHCP
		5.3.2 Static IP
		5.3.3 /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
		5.3.4 /etc/resolv.conf
		5.3.5 /etc/hosts
	5.4 PPP
		5.4.1 pppsetup
		5.4.2 /etc/ppp
	5.5 Wireless
		5.5.1 Hardware Support
		5.5.2 Configure the Wireless Settings
		5.5.3 Configure the Network
	5.6 Network File Systems
		5.6.1 SMB/Samba/CIFS
		5.6.2 Network File System (NFS)
Chapter 6 X Configuration
	6.1 xorgconfig
	6.2 xorgsetup
	6.3 xinitrc
	6.4 xwmconfig
	6.5 xdm
Chapter 7 Booting
	7.1 LILO
	7.2 LOADLIN
	7.3 Dual Booting
		7.3.1 Windows
			7.3.1.1 Using LILO
			7.3.1.2 Using LOADLIN
			7.3.1.3 Deprecated Windows NT Hack
		7.3.2 Linux
Chapter 8 The Shell
	8.1 Users
		8.1.1 Logging In
		8.1.2 Root: The Superuser
	8.2 The Command Line
		8.2.1 Running Programs
		8.2.2 Wildcard Matching
		8.2.3 Input/Output Redirection and Piping
	8.3 The Bourne Again Shell (bash)
		8.3.1 Environment Variables
		8.3.2 Tab Completion
	8.4 Virtual Terminals
		8.4.1 Screen
Chapter 9 Filesystem Structure
	9.1 Ownership
	9.2 Permissions
	9.3 Links
	9.4 Mounting Devices
		9.4.1 fstab
		9.4.2 mount and umount
	9.5 NFS Mounts
Chapter 10 Handling Files and Directories
	10.1 Navigation : ls, cd, and pwd
		10.1.1 ls
		10.1.2 cd
		10.1.3 pwd
	10.2 Pagers: more, less, and most
		10.2.1 more
		10.2.2 less
		10.2.3 most
	10.3 Simple Output: cat and echo
		10.3.1 cat
		10.3.2 echo
	10.4 Creation: touch and mkdir
		10.4.1 touch
		10.4.2 mkdir
	10.5 Copy and Move
		10.5.1 cp
		10.5.2 mv
	10.6 Deletion: rm and rmdir
		10.6.1 rm
		10.6.2 rmdir
	10.7 Aliasing files with ln
Chapter 11 Process Control
	11.1 Backgrounding
	11.2 Foregrounding
	11.3 ps
	11.4 kill
	11.5 top
Chapter 12 Essential System Administration
	12.1 Users and Groups
		12.1.1 Supplied Scripts
		12.1.2 Changing Passwords
		12.1.3 Changing User Information
	12.2 Users and Groups, the Hard Way
	12.3 Shutting Down Properly
Chapter 13 Basic Network Commands
	13.1 ping
	13.2 traceroute
	13.3 DNS Tools
		13.3.1 host
		13.3.2 nslookup
		13.3.3 dig
	13.4 finger
	13.5 telnet
		13.5.1 The other use of telnet
	13.6 The Secure shell
	13.7 email
		13.7.1 pine
		13.7.2 elm
		13.7.3 mutt
		13.7.4 nail
	13.8 Browsers
		13.8.1 lynx
		13.8.2 links
		13.8.3 wget
	13.9 FTP Clients
		13.9.1 ftp
		13.9.2 ncftp
	13.10 Talking to Other People
		13.10.1 wall
		13.10.2 talk
		13.10.3 ytalk
Chapter 14 Security
	14.1 Disabling Services
		14.1.1 Services started from inetd
		14.1.2 Services started from init scripts
	14.2 Host Access Control
		14.2.1 iptables
		14.2.2 tcpwrappers
	14.3 Keeping Current
		14.3.1 slackware-security mailing list
		14.3.2 The /patches directory
Chapter 15 Archive Files
	15.1 gzip
	15.2 bzip2
	15.3 tar
	15.4 zip
Chapter 16 Vi
	16.1 Starting vi
	16.2 Modes
		16.2.1 Command Mode
		16.2.2 Insert Mode
	16.3 Opening Files
	16.4 Saving Files
	16.5 Quitting vi
	16.6 vi Configuration
	16.7 Vi Keys
Chapter 17 Emacs
	17.1 Starting emacs
		17.1.1 Command Keys
	17.2 Buffers
	17.3 Modes
		17.3.1 Opening files
	17.4 Basic Editing
	17.5 Saving Files
		17.5.1 Quitting Emacs
Chapter 18 Slackware Package Management
	18.1 Overview of Package Format
	18.2 Package Utilities
		18.2.1 pkgtool
		18.2.2 installpkg
		18.2.3 removepkg
		18.2.4 upgradepkg
		18.2.5 rpm2tgz/rpm2targz
	18.3 Making Packages
		18.3.1 explodepkg
		18.3.2 makepkg
		18.3.3 SlackBuild Scripts
	18.4 Making Tags and Tagfiles (for setup)
Chapter 19 ZipSlack
	19.1 What is ZipSlack?
		19.1.1 Advantages
		19.1.2 Disadvantages
	19.2 Getting ZipSlack
		19.2.1 Installation
	19.3 Booting ZipSlack
Glossary
Appendix A. The GNU General Public License
	A.1. Preamble
	A.2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS
	A.3. How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
Index