by Michael McCallister
openSUSE Linux Unleashed presents comprehensive coverage of the community version of SUSE Linux, one of the most popular and most complete Linux distributions in the world.This book provides detailed information on installing, using, and administering openSUSE. You'll learn how to unleash the vast array of software products included in openSUSE so that you can use it as a desktop computer, as a profess...
Price: $4.83 | Publisher: SAMS Publishing | Release: 2007
by Michael Rash
System administrators need to stay ahead of new security vulnerabilities that leave their networks exposed every day. A firewall and an intrusion detection systems (IDS) are two important weapons in that fight, enabling you to proactively deny access and monitor network traffic for signs of an attack.Linux Firewalls discusses the technical details of the iptables firewall and the Netfilter framework that ar...
Price: $25.00 | Publisher: No Starch Press | Release: 2007
Linux Thin Client Networks Design and Deployment 
by David Richards
A thin client network is a client-server architecture where client computers depend primarily on a central server for processing activities. The client machines (thin clients) mainly focus on passing user input to remote services and receiving and displaying the output; thin clients aren't as much about the hardware or software as about the design.This book has all the information you need to easily se...
Price: $23.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2007
Pluggable Authentication Modules
by Kenneth Geisshirt
PAM-aware applications reduce the complexity of authentication. With PAM you can use the same user database for every login process. PAM also supports different authentication processes as required. Moreover, PAM is a well-defined API, and PAM-aware applications will not break if you change the underlying authentication configuration.The PAM framework is widely used by most Linux distributions for authentic...
Price: $5.62 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2007
by Gerald Carter, Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein
This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially adopted by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's authentication with that of a Windows domain? How to get Samba to serve Microsoft Dfs shares? How to share files on Mac OS X? These and a dozen other issues of interest to system administrators are covered. A whole chapter is dedicated to troubleshooting!...
Price: $28.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Bryan Burns, Dave Killion, Nicolas Beauchesne, Eric Moret, Julien Sobrier, Michael Lynn, Eric Markham, Chris Iezzoni, Philippe Biondi, Jennifer Stisa Granick, Steve Manzuik, Paul Guersch
What if you could sit down with some of the most talented security engineers in the world and ask any network security question you wanted? Security Power Tools lets you do exactly that! Members of Juniper Networks' Security Engineering team and a few guest experts reveal how to use, tweak, and push the most popular network security applications, utilities, and tools available using Windows, Linux, Mac...
Price: $43.53 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Chris Tyler
This book puts you in charge of the most flexible and adaptable graphical interface in the computer industry. The X Window System underlies graphical desktops on Linux and Unix systems, and supports advanced features of modern graphics cards. This unique inside look at X gives you a lot of useful ways to harness the power of this system effectively....
Price: $31.99 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Kyle Rankin
If you think Knoppix is just a Linux demo disk, think again. This book includes a collection of tips and techniques for using the enormous amount of software Knoppix offers-not just to work and play, but also to troubleshoot, repair, upgrade, and disinfect your system without having to install a thing. Discover how to use Knoppix to its full potential as your desktop, rescue CD, or as a launching point for ...
Price: $4.32 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Rich Bowen, Ken Coar
There's plenty of documentation on installing and configuring the Apache web server, but where do you find help for the day-to-day stuff, like adding common modules or fine-tuning your activity logging? That's easy. The new edition of the Apache Cookbook offers you updated solutions to the problems you're likely to encounter with the new versions of Apache.Written by members of the Apache Sof...
Price: $4.79 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007
by Keir Thomas, Shashank Sharma
Beginning Fedora: From Novice to Professional guides you through the tasks most new Linux users desire to perform, while explaining potentially confusing concepts along the way. It will steer you through system customization opportunities and common tasks like listening to audio CDs and MP3s, watching movies, and performing office- and Internet-related jobs. A large part of the book is dedicated to advanced...
Price: $11.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2007