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Linux System Administrators Guide:
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A

at , Periodic command execution: cron and at

B

BIOS, The root filesystem, Hard disks, Partitioning a hard disk

booting

vmlinuz, The root filesystem

C

CMOS, Hard disks

commands

badblocks, Formatting

cfdisk, Partitioning a hard disk

chsh, The /etc directory

depmod, depmod

df, The /etc directory

fdformat, Formatting

fdisk, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table, Partition types, Partitioning a hard disk

file, The /etc directory

fips, Partitioning a hard disk

free, The /proc filesystem

fsck, Formatting

ftpd, The /etc directory

getty, init, The /etc directory

gzexe, Tips for saving disk space

gzip, Tips for saving disk space

hdparm, The hdparm command

init, init

insmod, insmod

login, The /etc directory, The /var filesystem

losetup, The /dev directory

lpr, Two kinds of devices

ls, Two kinds of devices

lsdev, The lsdev command

lsmod, lsmod

lspci, The lspci command

lsraid, The lsraid command

lsusb, The lsusb command

MAKEDEV, The /dev directory, The MAKEDEV Script, The mknod command

man, The /var filesystem

mkfs, Formatting

mknod, The mknod command

modprobe, modprobe

mount, The /etc directory, The /dev directory

parted, Partitioning a hard disk

rmmod, rmmod

setfdparm, Floppies

setfdprm, The /etc directory, Formatting

su, The /etc directory

sudo, The /etc directory

swapon, The /etc directory

syslog, The /var filesystem, Formatting

zip, Tips for saving disk space

Common Internet File System (CIFS), Network file systems, Network Attached Storage - Draft, CIFS

cron, Periodic command execution: cron and at

crontab , Periodic command execution: cron and at

D

devices

block, Two kinds of devices

character, Two kinds of devices

disks, Using Disks and Other Storage Media

bad blocks, Formatting

bad sectors, Formatting

boot sectors, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table

changing partition size, Partitioning a hard disk

components, Hard disks

cylinders, Hard disks

extended partition, Extended and logical partitions, Device files and partitions

filesystem, What are filesystems?

data block, What are filesystems?
directory block, What are filesystems?
indirection block, What are filesystems?
inode, What are filesystems?
superblock, What are filesystems?

formatting, Formatting

high-level, Formatting
low-level, Formatting

geometry, Hard disks

IDE, Partitioning a hard disk

Logical Block Addressing (LBA), Partitioning a hard disk

MBR, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table

partition table, The MBR, boot sectors and partition table

partition type, Partition types

partitions, Partitions

saving space, Tips for saving disk space

sectors, Hard disks

tracks, Hard disks

E

email, Mail

F

fibre channel, Storage Area Networks - Draft

filesystem, The filesystem layout, The /usr filesystem.

/ (root), Background, The root filesystem

/bin, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem

/boot, The root filesystem

/dev, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem, The /dev directory, Two kinds of devices

/dev/dsp, The /dev directory
/dev/fb0, The /dev directory
/dev/fd0, The /dev directory, Floppies, Formatting
/dev/fd1, Floppies
/dev/hda, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/hdb, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/hdc, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/hdc9, The /dev directory
/dev/hdd, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/ht0, The /dev directory
/dev/js0, The /dev directory
/dev/loop0, The /dev directory
/dev/lp0, The /dev directory
/dev/md0, The /dev directory
/dev/mixer, The /dev directory
/dev/null, The /dev directory
/dev/parport0, The /dev directory
/dev/pcd0, The /dev directory
/dev/pda, The /dev directory
/dev/pdb, The /dev directory
/dev/pdc, The /dev directory
/dev/pdd, The /dev directory
/dev/psaux, The /dev directory
/dev/pt0, The /dev directory
/dev/pt1, The /dev directory
/dev/random, The /dev directory
/dev/sda, The /dev directory, Two kinds of devices, Hard disks
/dev/sdb, The /dev directory, Hard disks
/dev/sdd, The /dev directory
/dev/ttyS0, The /dev directory, The MAKEDEV Script, The mknod command
/dev/urandom, The /dev directory
/dev/zero, The /dev directory

/etc, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem, The /etc directory

/etc/bash.rc, The /etc directory
/etc/csh.cshrc, The /etc directory
/etc/fdprm, The /etc directory, Floppies
/etc/fstab, The /etc directory
/etc/group, The /etc directory
/etc/inittab, The /etc directory
/etc/issue, The /etc directory
/etc/login.defs, The /etc directory
/etc/magic, The /etc directory
/etc/motd, The /etc directory
/etc/mtab, The /etc directory
/etc/passwd, The /etc directory
/etc/printcap, The /etc directory
/etc/profile, The /etc directory
/etc/rc.d, The /etc directory
/etc/securetty, The /etc directory
/etc/shadow, The /etc directory
/etc/shells, The /etc directory
/etc/termcap, The /etc directory

/home, The filesystem layout, Background, The root filesystem

/lib, The filesystem layout, The root filesystem

/lib/modules, The root filesystem

/mnt, The root filesystem

/proc, The root filesystem, The /proc filesystem, Filesystems galore

/proc/1, The /proc filesystem
/proc/cpuinfo, The /proc filesystem
/proc/devices, The /proc filesystem
/proc/dma, The /proc filesystem
/proc/filesystems, The /proc filesystem
/proc/interrupts, The /proc filesystem
/proc/ioports, The /proc filesystem
/proc/kcore, The /proc filesystem, Filesystems galore
/proc/kmsg, The /proc filesystem
/proc/ksyms, The /proc filesystem
/proc/loadavg, The /proc filesystem
/proc/meminfo, The /proc filesystem
/proc/modules, The /proc filesystem
/proc/net, The /proc filesystem
/proc/self, The /proc filesystem
/proc/stat, The /proc filesystem
/proc/uptime, The /proc filesystem
/proc/version, The /proc filesystem

/root, The root filesystem

/sbin, The root filesystem

/tmp, The root filesystem, The /var filesystem

/usr, The filesystem layout, Background, The root filesystem

/usr/bin, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/include, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/lib, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/local, The /usr filesystem., The /var filesystem
/usr/sbin, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/doc, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/info, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/man, The /usr filesystem.
/usr/share/man/cat, The /var filesystem
/usr/share/man/man, The /var filesystem
/usr/X11R6, The /usr filesystem.

/var, The filesystem layout, Background, The root filesystem, The /var filesystem

/var/cache/man, The /var filesystem
/var/games, The /var filesystem
/var/lib, The /var filesystem
/var/local, The /var filesystem
/var/lock, The /var filesystem
/var/log, The /var filesystem
/var/log/messages, The /var filesystem
/var/log/wtmp, The /var filesystem
/var/mail, The /var filesystem
/var/run, The /var filesystem
/var/spool, The /var filesystem
/var/spool/mail, The /var filesystem
/var/spool/news, The /var filesystem
/var/tmp, The /var filesystem
/var/utmp, The /var filesystem

Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) , The filesystem layout, Overview of the Directory Tree, Background

filesystem types

ext, Filesystems galore

ext2, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison

ext3, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison

fat16, Filesystem comparison

fat32, Filesystem comparison

hfs+, Filesystem comparison

hpfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison

iso9660, Filesystems galore

jfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison

minix, Filesystems galore

msdos, Filesystems galore

nfs, Filesystems galore

ntfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison

reiserfs, Filesystems galore, Filesystem comparison

smbfs, Filesystems galore

sysv, Filesystems galore

ufs2, Filesystem comparison

umsdos, Filesystems galore

vfat, Filesystems galore

vxfs, Filesystem comparison

xfs, Filesystems galore

xia, Filesystems galore

zfs, Filesystem comparison

filesystems

/etc

/etc/fstab, Adding more disk space for Linux

Free Software Foundation, Linux or GNU/Linux, that is the question.

G

getty, Logins from terminals, Network logins

GNOME, Graphical user interface

GRUB , The root filesystem

GUI, init, Graphical user interface

blackbox, Graphical user interface

fvwm, Graphical user interface

icewm, Graphical user interface

windowmaker , Graphical user interface

X Windows, Graphical user interface

H

hardware

CD-ROM, CD-ROMs

Central Processing Unit (CPU), Hard disks

disk controller, Hard disks

fibre channel, Storage Area Networks - Draft

floppy disk, Floppies

tape drive, Tapes

I

init, init, Logins from terminals

inittab, init

iSCSI, Storage Area Networks - Draft

ISO 9660, CD-ROMs

Rock Ridge extensions, CD-ROMs

K

KDE, Graphical user interface

kernel

devices, Hardware, Devices, and Tools

documentation

devices.txt, The mknod command

driver, Important parts of the kernel

memory management, Important parts of the kernel

modules, Kernel Modules

depmod, depmod
insmod, insmod
lsmod, lsmod
modprobe, modprobe
rmmod, rmmod

NFS, Network file systems

overview, Various parts of an operating system, Important parts of the kernel

process management, Important parts of the kernel

virtual filesystem (VFS), Important parts of the kernel

L

LILO, The root filesystem, Partitioning a hard disk

Linux

Distributions, Introduction

GNU , Linux or GNU/Linux, that is the question.

logging in, Network logins

login, Logins from terminals

logs

/var/log/messages, The /var filesystem, Formatting

/var/log/wtmp, The /var filesystem

M

mail transfer agent (MTA) , Mail

postfix, Mail

sendmail, Mail

mail user agent, Mail

evolution, Mail

pine, Mail

N

Network Attached Storage (NAS), Network Attached Storage - Draft

Network File System (NFS), Network file systems, Background, Network Attached Storage - Draft, NFS

networking, Networking

Network Admin Guide (NAG), Networking

O

Open Sound System (OSS), The /dev directory

P

partition types

AIX, Partition types

FAT16, Partition types

FAT32, Partition types

FreeBSD, Partition types

HPFS, Partition types

Linux, Partition types

Linux LVM, Partition types

Linux Swap, Partition types

Minix, Partition types

NetBSD, Partition types

NTFS, Partition types

printing, Printing

queue, Printing

spools, Printing

R

runlevels, init

0 - shutdown, init

1 - single user , init

1 - single-user, init

3 - multi-user, init

5 - multi-user with GUI , init

6 - reboot, init

inittab, init

S

Samba , Network file systems, Network Attached Storage - Draft, CIFS

shells

bash - Bourne Again SHell, The /etc directory

csh - C SHell, The /etc directory

sh - Bourne, The /etc directory

ssh, Network logins

Storage Area Network (SAN), Storage Area Networks - Draft, Network Attached Storage - Draft

LUN, Storage Area Networks - Draft

syslog , Syslog

T

telnet , Network logins

V

VMWare, CD-ROMs

W

WINE, CD-ROMs

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