Using and Administering Linux: Volume 2

1. Front Matter

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2. Logical Volume Management

   • David Both

   Pages 1-15

3. File Managers

   • David Both

   Pages 17-41

4. Everything Is a File

   • David Both

   Pages 43-66

5. Managing Processes

   • David Both

   Pages 67-103

6. Special Filesystems

   • David Both

   Pages 105-136

7. Regular Expressions

   • David Both

   Pages 137-157

8. Printing

   • David Both

   Pages 159-190

9. Hardware Detection

   • David Both

   Pages 191-213

10. Command-Line Programming

    • David Both

    Pages 215-259

11. Automation with Bash Scripts

    • David Both

    Pages 261-296

12. Time and Automation

    • David Both

    Pages 297-324

13. Networking

    • David Both

    Pages 325-378

14. systemd

    • David Both

    Pages 379-410

15. D-Bus and udev

    • David Both

    Pages 411-424

16. Logs and Journals

    • David Both

    Pages 425-457

17. Managing Users

    • David Both

    Pages 459-494

18. Security

    • David Both

    Pages 495-543

19. Backup Everything – Frequently

    • David Both

    Pages 545-564

20. Back Matter

    Pages 565-583

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Experience an in-depth exploration of logical volume management and the use of file managers to manipulate files and directories and the critical concept that, in Linux, everything is a file and some fun and interesting uses of the fact that everything is a file.

This book builds upon the skills you learned in Volume 1 of this course and it depends upon the virtual network and virtual machine created there. More experienced Linux users can begin with this volume and download the assigned script that will set up the VM for the start of Volume 2. Instructions with the script will provide specifications for configuration of the virtual network and the virtual machine. Refer to the volume overviews in the book's introduction to select the volume of this course most appropriate for your current skill level.

You’ll see how to manage and monitor running processes, discover the power of the special filesystems, monitor and tune the kernel while it is running – without a reboot. You’ll then turn to regular expressions and the power that using them for pattern matching can bring to the command line, and learn to manage printers and printing from the command line and unlock the secrets of the hardware on which your Linux operating system is running.

Experiment with command line programming and how to automate various administrative tasks, networking, and the many services that are required in a Linux system. Use the logs and journals to look for clues to problems and confirmation that things are working correctly, and learn to enhance the security of your Linux systems and how to perform easy local and remote backups.

What You Will Learn

• Understand Logical Volume Management, using file managers, and special filesystems
• Exploit everything in a file
• Perform command line programming and basic automation
• Configure printers and manage other hardware
• Manage system services with systemd, user management, security, and local and remote backups using simple and freely available tools

Who This Book Is For

Anyone who wants to continue to learn Linux in depth as an advanced user and system administrator at the command line while using the GUI desktop to leverage productivity. 

• Linux
• system administration
• sysadmin
• FOSS
• linux foundation
• red hat

• Raleigh, USA

  David Both

David Both is a Linux and Open Source advocate who resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. He has been in the IT industry for over forty years and taught OS/2 for IBM where he worked for over 20 years. While at IBM, he wrote the first training course for the original IBM PC in 1981. He has taught RHCE classes for Red Hat and has worked at MCI Worldcom, Cisco, and the State of North Carolina. He has been working with Linux and Open Source Software for 20 years. David has written articles for OS/2 Magazine, Linux Magazine, Linux Journal and OpenSource.com. His article "Complete Kickstart," co-authored with a colleague at Cisco, was ranked 9th in the Linux Magazine Top Ten Best System Administration Articles list for 2008. He has spoken at POSSCON and All Things Open (ATO).

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