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<P>Part V, &#147;Network Administration,&#148; provides a greater understanding of the procedures and processes necessary to administer a robust Linux system.
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<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 23, &#147;Understanding the TCP/IP Protocol Suite,&#148; provides an overview of the network transport protocol suite in use today on the Internet.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 24, &#147;Configuring a TCP/IP Network,&#148; shows you how to set up and configure TCP/IP on Linux.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 25, &#147;Configuring Domain Name Service,&#148; provides you with the necessary information to get your system up and running with Domain Name Service (DNS).
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 26, &#147;Configuring Electronic Mail,&#148; provides you with the necessary information to get your e-mail system up and running with sendmail.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 27, &#147;Configuring a Usenet News Service,&#148; provides you with the necessary information to set up Usenet news on your system.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 28, &#147;Using the <TT>emacs</TT> Editor,&#148; teaches you how to use the ubiquitous UNIX editor written by GNU patriarch Richard Stallman.
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<H4 ALIGN="LEFT"><A NAME="Heading11"></A><FONT COLOR="#000077">Part VI: Using the Internet</FONT></H4>
<P>The six chapters in Part VI, &#147;Using the Internet,&#148; provide a basic overview of the Internet.
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<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 29, &#147;Using SLIP and PPP,&#148; illustrates how to configure and use Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) and Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) lines to connect with the Internet.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 30, &#147;Accessing the Network with <TT>telnet, ftp,</TT> and the <TT>r-</TT> Commands,&#148; provides you with information on how to use various programs such as <TT>telnet</TT> and <TT>ftp</TT> to access information around the world.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 31, &#147;Surfing the Internet with the World Wide Web,&#148; gives you an overview of using various Linux utilities to search for and retrieve information from the Internet, with emphasis on the Web.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 32, &#147;Creating Web Documents with HTML,&#148; tells you how to create home pages for the World Wide Web by using HTML for your Linux system.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 33, &#147;Using Electronic Mail,&#148; gives you an overview of electronic mail (e-mail) and how to use it in Linux.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 34, &#147;Surviving Usenet News,&#148; provides you with an explanation of Usenet newsgroups, as well as instructions for accessing this global community of newsgroups.
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<H4 ALIGN="LEFT"><A NAME="Heading12"></A><FONT COLOR="#000077">Part VII: Setting Up a Linux Web Server</FONT></H4>
<P>Part VII, &#147;Setting Up a Linux Web Server,&#148; provides detailed information on setting up and running a Web server on Linux. Three chapters make up this part:
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<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 35, &#147;Getting Started with Apache,&#148; gives you the basics so that you can get started with Apache. It covers compiling and installing Apache, and the basic configuration options.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 36, &#147;Configuring Apache,&#148; discusses the major configuration options within Apache, including MIME types, indexing, server-side includes, image maps, and virtual hosts.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter 37, &#147;Managing an Internet Web Server,&#148; discusses the various administrative concepts involved with managing a Web server, including controlling the server child process, increasing server efficiency, managing log files, and dealing with security issues.
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<H4 ALIGN="LEFT"><A NAME="Heading13"></A><FONT COLOR="#000077">Appendixes</FONT></H4>
<P>The appendixes provide supplementary information on installing and using Linux, as well as licensing information for using Linux. The book contains the following six appendixes:
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<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Appendix A, &#147;Sources of Information,&#148; provides you with a detailed listing of books, magazines, Usenet newsgroups, and FTP sites dealing with Linux. Also, you get a brief glimpse of the myriad resources available to you as a Linux user.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Appendix B, &#147;The Linux HOWTO Index,&#148; provides a list of all the main and mini HOWTOs available. HOWTOs provide information on <I>how to</I> accomplish a specific task with Linux. This HOWTO comes directly from the Internet.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Appendix C, &#147;The Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO,&#148; provides important details on the hardware supported by the current Linux distribution. This HOWTO also comes directly off the Internet.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Appendix D, &#147;The GNU General Public License,&#148; is the verbatim license for using GNU applications. It describes your responsibilities when modifying, distributing, or using GNU programs.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Appendix E, &#147;Installing StarOffice,&#148; covers how to install and use StarOffice, Caldera&#146;s office suite of applications.
<DD><B>&#149;</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;Appendix F, &#147;What&#146;s on the CD-ROM,&#148; discusses the contents of the three CD-ROMs included with this book.
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<H3><A NAME="Heading14"></A><FONT COLOR="#000077">Conventions Used in This Book</FONT></H3>
<P>This book uses several special conventions that you need to become familiar with. These conventions are listed here for your reference.
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<P>Linux is a <I>case-sensitive</I> operating system; that means when this book instructs you to type something at a command or shell prompt, you must type exactly what appears in the book, exactly as it is capitalized. This book uses a <TT>monospaced typeface</TT> for Linux commands to set them off from standard text. If you&#146;re instructed to type something, what you are to type appears in <B><TT>bold monospace text</TT></B>. For example, if the book gives the following instruction:</P>
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<DD>Enter <B><TT>cat</TT></B>.
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<P>You must press the letters &lt;c&gt;, &lt;a&gt;, and &lt;t&gt; and then press the &lt;Enter&gt; key.
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<P>Keys are sometimes pressed in combination; when this is the case, the keys are presented like this: &lt;Ctrl-h&gt;. This example implies that you must press and hold the &lt;Ctrl&gt; key, press the &lt;h&gt; key, and then release both keys.</P>
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<P><FONT SIZE="-1"><HR><B>NOTE:&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>This book uses a convention for key names that may vary from what you are accustomed to. To avoid confusion in the case-sensitive UNIX environment, this book uses lowercase letters to refer to keys when uppercase letters may be the norm. For example, this book uses the form &lt;Ctrl-c&gt; instead of the form &lt;Ctrl-C&gt; (the latter form may make some readers wonder whether they should press &lt;Ctrl&gt; and &lt;Shift&gt; and &lt;c&gt;).<HR></FONT>
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<P>Some example listings show a portion of the screen after you type a specific command. These listings show the command prompt or shell prompt&#151;usually a dollar sign (<TT>$</TT>)&#151;followed by what you type in <B><TT>bold</TT></B>. Don&#146;t type the dollar sign when you follow the example on your own system. Consider this example:</P>
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<P>You should type only what appears in <TT>bold</TT> on the first line (that is, type <TT>lp report.txt &</TT> and then press &lt;Enter&gt;). The rest of the listing shows Linux&#146;s response to the command.</P>
<P>When discussing the syntax of a Linux command, this book uses some special formatting to distinguish between the required portions and the variable portions. Consider the following example:</P>
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<P>In this syntax, the <I>filename</I> portion of the command is a variable; that is, it changes depending on what file you actually want the <TT>lp</TT> command to work with. The <TT>lp</TT> is required because it&#146;s the actual command name. Variable information is presented in <I>italic</I>; information that must be typed exactly is not in italic.</P>
<P>In some cases, command information is optional&#151;that is, it&#146;s not required for the command to work. Square brackets (<TT>[]</TT>) enclose optional parts of the command syntax. Consider the following example:</P>
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lp <I>filename</I> [<I>device1</I>] [<I>abc</I>]
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<P>Here, <TT>lp</TT> is the command name and is neither optional nor variable. The <I>device1</I> parameter is both variable and optional (it is in italic and enclosed in square brackets); this means that you can type any device name in place of <I>device1</I> (without the brackets), or you can type nothing at all for that parameter. The <TT>abc</TT> parameter is optional (you don&#146;t have to use it if you don&#146;t want to), but it&#146;s not variable; if you use it, you must type it exactly as it appears in the book&#151;again, without the brackets.</P>
<P>Tips, notes, and cautions appear throughout the book in special formats to make the information they contain easy to locate. Longer discussions not integral to the flow of the chapter are set aside as <I>sidebars</I>, with their own heading.</P>
<P>The book also contains many cross-references to appropriate topics throughout the book. A typical cross-reference appears as follows:</P>
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<P><FONT SIZE="-1"><HR>&#149; <B>See</B> &#147;Using X Windows,&#148; <B>p. xxx</B><HR></FONT>
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