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Linux Networking & Administration

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Author: Jonathan Corbet

Device drivers literally drive everything you're interested in--disks, monitors, keyboards, modems--everything outside the computer chip and memory. And writing device drivers is one of the few areas of programming for the Linux operating system that calls for unique, Linux-specific knowledge. For years now, programmers have relied on the classic Linux Device Drivers from O'Reilly to master this critical subject. Now in its third edition, this bestselling guide provides all the information you'll need to write drivers for a wide range of devices.

Over the years the book has helped countless programmers learn:

how to support computer peripherals under the Linux operating system
how to develop and write software for new hardware under Linux
the basics of Linux operation even if they are not expecting to write a driver

The new edition of Linux Device Drivers is better than ever. The book covers all the significant changes to Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which simplifies many activities, and contains subtle new features that can make a driver both more efficient and more flexible. Readers will find new chapters on important types of drivers not covered previously, such as consoles, USB drivers, and more.

Best of all, you don't have to be a kernel hacker to understand and enjoy this book. All you need is an understanding of the C programming language and some background in Unix system calls. And for maximum ease-of-use, the book uses full-featured examples that you can compile and run without special hardware.

Today Linux holds fast as the most rapidly growing segment of the computer market and continues to win over enthusiastic adherents in many application areas. With this increasing support, Linux is now absolutely mainstream, and viewed as a solid platform for embedded systems. If you're writing device drivers, you'll want this book. In fact, you'll wonder how drivers are ever written without it.

Updated to cover version 2.4.x of the Linux kernel, the second edition of Linux Device Drivers remains the best general-purpose, paper-bound guide for programmers wishing to make hardware devices work under the world's most popular open-source operating system. The authors take care to show how to write drivers that are portable--that is, that compile and run under all popular Linux platforms. That, along with the fact that they're careful to explain and illustrate concepts, makes this book very well suited to any programmer familiar with C but not with the hardware-software interface. It's worth noting that the emphasis in the title is on "device drivers" as much as "Linux." This book will make sense to you if you've never written a driver for any platform before. It helps if you have some Linux or Unix background, but even that is secondary as a prerequisite to C skill.

For a programming text--and one concerned with low-level instructions and data structures, at that--this book is remarkably rich in prose. You'll typically want to read this book straight through, more or less skipping the code samples, before sketching out your plan for the driver you need to write. Then, go back and pay closer attention to the sections on specific details you need to implement, like custom task queues. For coding-time details about specific system calls and programming techniques, count on the index to point you to the right passages. --David Wall

Topics covered: Techniques for writing hardware device drivers that run under Linux kernels 2.0.x through 2.2.x. Sections show how to manage memory, time, interrupts, ports, and other details of the hardware-software interface.

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Linux Administration A Beginners Guide 6/E

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Author: Wale Soyinka

Essential Linux Management Skills Made Easy

Effectively deploy and maintain Linux and other Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) on your servers or entire network using this practical resource. Linux Administration: A Beginner's Guide, Sixth Edition provides up-to-date details on the latest Linux distributions, including Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu. Learn how to install and customize Linux, work from the GUI or command line, configure Internet and intranet services, interoperate with Windows systems, and create reliable backups. Performance tuning, security, and virtualization are also covered and real-world examples help you put the techniques presented into practice.

Install and configure popular Linux distributions, including the latest versions of Fedora, CentOS, openSUSE, Debian, and Ubuntu
Administer Linux servers from the GUI or from the command line (shell)
Manage users, permissions, folders, and native FOSS applications
Compile, tune, upgrade, and customize the latest Linux kernel 3.x series
Work with proc, SysFS, and cgroup file systems
Understand and manage the Linux TCP/IP networking stack and services for both IPv4 and IPv6
Build robust firewalls, and routers using Netfilter and Linux
Create and maintain print, e-mail, FTP, and web servers
Use LDAP or NIS for identity management
Set up and administer DNS, POP3, IMAP3, and DHCP servers
Use GlusterFS, NFS, and Samba for sharing and distributing file system resources
Explore and implement Linux virtualization technologies using KVM

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LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams LPIC-1/LX0-101 & LX0-102)

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Author: Robb Tracy

LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams LPIC-1/LXO-101 & LXO-102

Get complete coverage of all the objectives included on the LPIC-1 and CompTIA LXO-101 and LXO-102 exams inside this comprehensive resource. Written by a Linux expert and technology trainer, LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide includes learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, exam tips, practice exam questions, and in-depth explanations. Designed to help you pass all three exams with ease, this comprehensive guide also serves as an essential on-the-job reference.

COVERS ALL EXAM TOPICS, INCLUDING HOW TO:

Work with the Linux shell
Use the vi text editor
Manage Linux files and directories
Install Linux and manage the boot process
Configure the graphical environment
Manage software and hardware
Manage users, groups, file systems, and processes
Administer ownership, permissions, and quotas
Write shell scripts
Manage network settings and services
Secure Linux and use encryption

CD-ROM FEATURES:

150+ practice exam questions
PDF copy of the book
50+ video training clips from the author

Robb Tracy, CNE, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Linux+, has designed and implemented technical training products and curricula for major hardware and software vendors, including Novell, Micron Technology, and Messaging Architects, Inc. He has also served on industry-wide certification committees and is a cofounder of Nebo Technical Institute, Inc., a leading provider of information technology training and consulting. Robb is the author of CompTIA Linux+ Certification Study Guide and other books.

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CompTIA Linux+ Study Guide: Exams LX0-101 and LX0-102
CompTIA Security + All-in-One Exam Guide (Exam SY0-301), 3rd Edition with CD-ROM

Absolute OpenBSD: UNIX for the Practical Paranoid

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Author: Michael W. Lucas

The definitive guide to OpenBSD

Foreword by Henning Brauer, OpenBSD PF Developer

OpenBSD, the elegant, highly secure Unix-like operating system, is widely used as the basis for critical DNS servers, routers, firewalls, and more. This long-awaited second edition of Absolute OpenBSD maintains author Michael Lucas's trademark straightforward and practical approach that readers have enjoyed for years. You'll learn the intricacies of the platform, the technical details behind certain design decisions, and best practices, with bits of humor sprinkled throughout. This edition has been completely updated for OpenBSD 5.3, including new coverage of OpenBSD's boot system, security features like W^X and ProPolice, and advanced networking techniques.

You'll learn how to:

Manage network traffic with VLANs, trunks, IPv6, and the PF packet filter
Make software management quick and effective using the ports and packages system
Give users only the access they need with groups, sudo, and chroots
Configure OpenBSD's secure implementations of SNMP, DHCP, NTP, hardware sensors, and more
Customize the installation and upgrade processes for your network and hardware, or build a custom OpenBSD release

Whether you're a new user looking for a complete introduction to OpenBSD or an experienced sysadmin looking for a refresher, Absolute OpenBSD, 2nd Edition will give you everything you need to master the intricacies of the world's most secure operating system.

"The definitive book on OpenBSD gets a long-overdue refresh."

-Theo de Raadt, OpenBSD Founder

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SSH Mastery: OpenSSH, PuTTY, Tunnels and Keys

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Author: Michael W Lucas

Secure Shell (SSH) lets systems administrators securely manage remote systems. But most people only use the bare minimum SSH offers. Used properly, SSH simplifies your job and improves security.

This book saves you from sifting a decade of obsolete online tutorials and quickly gets you running:SSH with the OpenSSH server and the PuTTY and OpenSSH clients. You will:

* Eliminate passwords.
* Manage access to your SSH server by users, groups, addresses, and more
* Securely move files around your network
* Forward graphic displays from one host to another
* Forward TCP/IP connections
* Centrally manage host keys and client configurations
* Use SSH as a secure transport for other applications
* Secure applications run over SSH
* Build Virtual Private Networks with OpenSSH

And more! This book quickly and painlessly simplifies life for anyone using SSH.

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OCA Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration Exam Guide (Exam 1Z0-821) (Oracle Press)

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Author: Michael Ernest

The only Oracle Press guide to the all-new Oracle Certified Associate Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration exam—the designated entry point for the Oracle Solaris 11 system administration certification track.

Offering 100% coverage of the exam 1Z0-821 objectives, OCA Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration Exam Guide includes exam tips that highlight key information and potential pitfalls in the exam. Hands-on examples and exercises are also included to reinforce practical learning and the practice questions at the end of every chapter test comprehension and simulate actual exam questions. Electronic content features additional practice exam questions in the form of two complete practice exams that mirror the actual exam in content, style, tone, format, and difficulty. In addition to preparing you for the new OCA exam, this Oracle Press exam guide also serves as a system administrator’s reference guide for Oracle Solaris 11.

Written by an Oracle Solaris expert who has been teaching courses on Solaris for the last 15 years
Electronic content features two practice exams in the LearnKey MasterExam test engine and a PDF eBook

Complete coverage of all exam topics:
Planning an Oracle Solaris Installation; Installing Oracle Solaris 11; Understanding the Boot Model; Understanding the Oracle Solaris File System; Securing Systems and Files; Managing Users and Groups; Managing Processes; Understanding Tasks and Projects; Applying Resource Controls; Administering the Services Management Facility (SMF); Configuring Additional Storage; Adding and Updating Oracle Solaris Software; Using the System Log for Troubleshooting; Administering Application and System Crash Data; Managing Network Data Links; Managing Network IP Interfaces; Administering Oracle Solaris Zones

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Essential System Administration: Tools and Techniques for Linux and Unix Administration, 3rd Edition

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Author: Æleen Frisch

Essential System Administration,3rd Edition is the definitive guide for Unix system administration, covering all the fundamental and essential tasks required to run such divergent Unix systems as AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Tru64 and more. Essential System Administration provides a clear, concise, practical guide to the real-world issues that anyone responsible for a Unix system faces daily.

The new edition of this indispensable reference has been fully updated for all the latest operating systems. Even more importantly, it has been extensively revised and expanded to consider the current system administrative topics that administrators need most. Essential System Administration,3rd Edition covers: DHCP, USB devices, the latest automation tools, SNMP and network management, LDAP, PAM, and recent security tools and techniques.

Essential System Administration is comprehensive. But what has made this book the guide system administrators turn to over and over again is not just the sheer volume of valuable information it provides, but the clear, useful way the information is presented. It discusses the underlying higher-level concepts, but it also provides the details of the procedures needed to carry them out. It is not organized around the features of the Unix operating system, but around the various facets of a system administrator's job. It describes all the usual administrative tools that Unix provides, but it also shows how to use them intelligently and efficiently.

Whether you use a standalone Unix system, routinely provide administrative support for a larger shared system, or just want an understanding of basic administrative functions, Essential System Administration is for you. This comprehensive and invaluable book combines the author's years of practical experience with technical expertise to help you manage Unix systems as productively and painlessly as possible.

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SAP Basis Administration Handbook, NetWeaver Edition

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Author: Ranjit Mereddy

Implement a powerful end-to-end SAP administration solution

Get peak performance from your SAP ERP infrastructure using the detailed implementation, maintenance, and support information in this comprehensive resource. SAP Basis Administration Handbook, NetWeaver Edition delivers integrated management strategies covering both ABAP and Java stacks. Discover how to deploy components, accurately size throughout, configure Oracle databases, back up your system, and repair performance problems. Career trends, certification requirements, and marketable SAP Basis skills are also discussed in this practical guide.

Essential Skills for SAP Professionals:

Plan, prepare, and install SAP NetWeaver Application Server
Set up, configure, and troubleshoot Java and ABAP stacks
Establish server infrastructure and efficiently balance workloads
Incorporate transport management and software logistics
Resolve performance issues and startup problems
Access SAP support infrastructure through SAP Service Marketplace
Manage and back up Oracle databases using BR*TOOLS
Perform system copies, stack upgrades, and OS/DB migrations

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Understanding Linux Network Internals

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Author: Christian Benvenuti

If you've ever wondered how Linux carries out the complicated tasks assigned to it by the IP protocols -- or if you just want to learn about modern networking through real-life examples -- Understanding Linux Network Internals is for you.

Like the popular O'Reilly book, Understanding the Linux Kernel, this book clearly explains the underlying concepts and teaches you how to follow the actual C code that implements it. Although some background in the TCP/IP protocols is helpful, you can learn a great deal from this text about the protocols themselves and their uses. And if you already have a base knowledge of C, you can use the book's code walkthroughs to figure out exactly what this sophisticated part of the Linux kernel is doing.

Part of the difficulty in understanding networks -- and implementing them -- is that the tasks are broken up and performed at many different times by different pieces of code. One of the strengths of this book is to integrate the pieces and reveal the relationships between far-flung functions and data structures. Understanding Linux Network Internals is both a big-picture discussion and a no-nonsense guide to the details of Linux networking. Topics include:

Key problems with networking
Network interface card (NIC) device drivers
System initialization
Layer 2 (link-layer) tasks and implementation
Layer 3 (IPv4) tasks and implementation
Neighbor infrastructure and protocols (ARP)
Bridging
Routing
ICMP

Author Christian Benvenuti, an operating system designer specializing in networking, explains much more than how Linux code works. He shows the purposes of major networking features and the trade-offs involved in choosing one solution over another. A large number of flowcharts and other diagrams enhance the book's understandability.

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Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux

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Author: Martin Bach

Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux provides full-life-cycle guidance on implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters in a Linux environment. Real Application Clusters, commonly abbreviated as RAC, is Oracle’s industry-leading architecture for scalable and fault-tolerant databases. RAC allows you to scale up and down by simply adding and subtracting inexpensive Linux servers. Redundancy provided by those multiple, inexpensive servers is the basis for the failover and other fault-tolerance features that RAC provides.

Written by authors well-known for their talent with RAC, Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux gives you a rock-solid and technically flawless foundation on which to build your RAC-management skills. Authors Julian Dyke and Steve Shaw share their hard-won experience in building RAC clusters, showing you how to build for success using the very latest Oracle technologies, such as Automatic Storage Management (ASM) and Oracle Clusterware. You’ll learn to troubleshoot performance and other problems. You’ll even learn how to correctly deploy RAC in a virtual-machine environment based upon Oracle VM, which is the only virtualization solution supported by Oracle Corporation.

RAC is a complex and powerful technology. It demands expertise in its deployment. You can’t just “wing it” in creating a RAC solution. Julian and Steve have earned the right to term themselves expert—in Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux, they offer a rigorous and technically-correct treatment of RAC that helps you build a solid foundation of expertise and achieve success.

Rigorous and technically accurate content
Complete coverage of RAC, from planning to implementation to rollout to ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting
Up-to-date with the very latest RAC features

What you’ll learn

Plan the architecture for a successful RAC installation
Implement failover and other fault-tolerant features
Scale RAC clusters up and down as needed to achieve performance targets
Consolidate RAC clusters using Oracle’s virtualization solution
Manage RAC proactively so as to sleep well at night
Troubleshoot and solve performance and availability problems

Who this book is for

Pro Oracle Database 11g RAC on Linux is written for Oracle Database administrators who want to step up their skills to be equal to the task of managing Real Application Clusters.

Introduction
RAC Concepts
RAC Architecture
Hardware
Virtualization
Linux Installation and Configuration
Grid Infrastructure Installation
Clusterware
Automatic Storage Management
RDBMS Installation and Configuration
Workload Management
Oracle Performance Monitoring
Linux Performance Monitoring
Parallel Execution
Upgrading to Oracle 11g Release 2

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Linux Networking & Administration

Essential Linux Management Skills Made Easy

LPIC-1/CompTIA Linux+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Exams LPIC-1/LXO-101 & LXO-102

The only Oracle Press guide to the all-new Oracle Certified Associate Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration exam—the designated entry point for the Oracle Solaris 11 system administration certification track.

Implement a powerful end-to-end SAP administration solution

What you’ll learn

Who this book is for

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