Index

.forward

.forward and .procmailrc Files

.procmailrc

.forward and .procmailrc Files

/

Understanding the Disk Partitions

/bin

Understanding the Disk Partitions

/boot

Understanding the Disk Partitions

/dev/fd0

Formatting Floppies

/dev/loop0

Mounting and Unmounting Devices

/etc/aliases

Aliases

/etc/dhcpd.conf

Setting up dhcpd

/etc/fstab

Mounting and Unmounting Devices

/etc/httpd/conf/

Configuring Apache

/etc/named.conf

Setting up named

/etc/passwd

Authentication Configuration | Account Creation/Deletion | What to look for?

/etc/protocol

ipchains

/etc/rc.d/

Symbolic Links

/etc/sendmail.cf

Setting up Sendmail

/etc/services

Firewall Configuration

/etc/shadow

Authentication Configuration

/etc/sysconfig/ipchains

Network Address Translation

/etc/sysconfig/ipconfig

Firewall Configuration

/home

Understanding the Disk Partitions

/mnt/cdrom/

Mounting and Unmounting Devices

/mnt/floppy/

Reading and Writing Floppies

/usr

Understanding the Disk Partitions

/var

Understanding the Disk Partitions

/var/log/

Logs

/var/log/httpd/error_log

What to look for?

/var/named/

Zone Transfers

/var/www/cgi-bin/

CGI Scripting

/var/www/html/

Simple HTML

Accounts

Accounts and Authentication

Address

Broadcast

Broadcast Address

Gateway

Gateway

Hardware

Hardware or MAC Addresses

IP

IP Addresses

MAC

Hardware or MAC Addresses

Network

Network Address

adduser

Account Creation/Deletion

Apache

Web Server

apacheconf

Configuring Apache

ARPANET

Linux History

arpwatch

A second look at

Authentication

Accounts and Authentication | Authentication Configuration

authorized_keys

Scp Backup

Backgrounds

Backgrounds and Screen Savers

Binary Permissions

Expressing Permissions in Binary

bootnet.img

Kickstart

Broadcast Address

Broadcast Address

buffer overflow

FTP and telnet | What to look for?

Canonical Name

CNAME

cat

Text Viewers

cd

Changing Directories

cdrecord

Burning CD Images

CGI

CGI Scripting

cgi-script

Enabling User CGI

Changing Passwords

Setting/Forgotten Passwords

chkconfig

System Services | Using chkconfig

chmod

Read Permissions

CNAME

CNAME

Code Red

What to look for?

Compression

File Archives and Compression

cookie.cgi

Creating Cookies

Cookies

Cookies

CPU

Information About the System

crontab

Scheduling Tasks

crossover cable

Local Area Network (LAN)

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

X Windows

Data Backup

File Archives and Compression

Database

Database

DBI

Perl DBI

dbitest.cgi

Database

dbitest.pl

Testing Perl DBI

dd

Getting Images from CDs

df

Information About the System

DHCP

DHCP Server

dig

Domain Name Servers

Disk Space

Information About the System

DNS

Domain Name Servers | DNS Server

Domain Name

Domain Names

Domain Name Server

Domain Name Servers

E-commerce

MySQL Server

ee

Applications

emacs

Editors

env.cgi

Environment

Environment

Environment

Execute Permissions

Execute Permissions

Expanding files

File Archives and Compression

Exporting

Exporting Directories

File Permissions

File Permissions

find

Finding Files

Finding Files

Finding Files

Firewall

Firewall Configuration | Firewall Configuration

firewall-config

Firewall Configuration | ipchains

Firewalls

Firewalls

floppy

Reading and Writing Floppies

Formatting

Formatting Floppies

ftp

FTP and telnet

Gateway

Gateway

Gateway Address

Gateway

GET Method

Query String

gfloppy

Formatting Floppies

gimp

Applications

gmix

Applications

Good Passwords

Passwords

gqview

Applications

grep

Finding Files

gtv

Applications

Hardware Address

Hardware or MAC Addresses

head

Text Viewers

Hostname

Hostnames

httpd

Web Server

HUB

HUBs and Switches

INSTALL

Compiling Source Code

IP Address

IP Addresses

ip_forward

Enabling Routing

ipchains

Firewall Configuration | ipchains | Network Address Translation

ipchains rules

ipchains

kbdconfig

Keyboard Configuration

Kickstart

Kickstart

ks.cfg

Kickstart

ksconfig

Kickstart

LAN

Local Area Network (LAN)

Leases

Leases

less

Text Viewers

locate

Finding Files

Logs

Logs

lokkit

Firewall Configuration

MAC Address

Hardware or MAC Addresses

Mail Aliases

Aliases

Mail Server

Mail Server

Makefile

Compiling Source Code

MD5 Passwords

Authentication Configuration

Memory

Information About the System

mikmod

Applications

mke2fs

Formatting Floppies

mkisofs

CD Images

more

Text Viewers

mount

Reading and Writing Floppies

mouseconfig

Mouse Configuration

mpg123

Applications

mtools

Reading and Writing Floppies

Multimedia

Multimedia

Multimedia Applications

Applications

MySQL

MySQL Server

mysqld

MySQL Server

NAT

Network Address Translation

Netmask

Calculation

Calculating the Network Mask

Use

How to use the

Network Address

Network Address

NFS

NFS/NIS Servers

NFS Backup

NFS Backup

Nimda

What to look for?

NIS

NFS/NIS Servers

NIS Clients

Setting up NIS Clients

NIS Master

Setting up a NIS

nslookup

Domain Name Servers

ntsysv

System Services

Open Source

Open Source Software

Packages

Packages

Partitions

Understanding the Disk Partitions

/

The / Partition

/boot

The /boot Partition

/home

The /home Partition

/var

The /var Partition

swap

Swap Space

Perl DBI

Perl DBI

Permissions

File Permissions

pico

Editors

port 25

Mail Server

port scanning

Port Monitoring/Scanning

Portmap

Setting up a NIS

POST Method

Standard Input

pwd

Where am I?

Query String

Query String

query.cgi

Query String

RAID

RAIDs

Read Permissions

Read Permissions

README

Compiling Source Code

Redirect

input

Redirecting input and output

output

Redirecting input and output

robots.txt

What to look for?

runlevel

Symbolic Links

scp

Scp Backup

Screen Savers

Backgrounds and Screen Savers

Security

Firewalls

Sendmail

Mail Server

Servers

DNS

Domain Name Servers

setup

Setup Command

Shadow Passwords

Authentication Configuration

simple.html

Simple HTML

sndconfig

Soundcard Configuration | Setting up Sound and

Spam

Spam

Standard Input

Standard Input

startx

X Windows

Static DHCP

Static DHCP

stdin.cgi

Standard Input

stdin.html

Standard Input

swap

Swap Space

Switch

HUBs and Switches

Symbolic Link

Symbolic Links

tail

Text Viewers

Tanenbaum, Andrew S.

Linux History

telnet

FTP and telnet

timeconfig

Timezone Configuration

Torvalds, Linus

Linux History

touch

Creating Files and Directories

umount

Reading and Writing Floppies

Unmounting

Reading and Writing Floppies

User Accounts

User Accounts

User CGI

Enabling User CGI

useradd

Account Creation/Deletion

userdel

Account Creation/Deletion

vi

Editors | Scheduling Tasks

wget

Wget Backup

which

Finding Files

whoami

Information About the System

Write Permissions

Write Permissions

X Windows

X Windows

X11R6

X Windows

xcdroast

Burning CD Images

Xconfigurator

Setting up Sound and

xinetd

Using chkconfig

xinit

X Windows

xmms

Applications

xpaint

Applications

xplaycd

Applications

xsane

Applications

ypcat

Setting up NIS Clients

ypdomainname

Setting up a NIS

Zone Transfers

Zone Transfers