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Freebsd 6 Unleashedby Brian Tiemann
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:FreeBSD is extremely robust and powers some of the largest internet sites in world including Yahoo!. FreeBSD 6 Unleashed provides complete coverage of everything you need to know to use FreeBSD to its full potential, including coverage of FreeBSD 6.0. This edition includes updated coverage of Apache, MySQL and Sendmail, as well as added coverage of PowerPC support for Macintosh G3 and G4 platforms. This is the most up to date, comprehensive reference on the market covering FreeBSD 6.0. Book News Annotation:For those with technical knowledge, such as developers and website operators, this volume explains the advanced open-source operating system FreeBSD and how to use it. It begins with installation, and moves on to the desktop system, the shell environment and command line interface, system administration, and networking and configuration. Appendices and bonus materials on the DVD-ROM cover discussions of network security, virtual private networks, the domain name server, troubleshooting, hardware compatibility, commands, and further sources. The DVD-ROM also contains the Base FreeBSD 6.1 system, Xfree86 4.2, FreeBSD ports collection, source code, and additional packages. Tiemann, a freelance technology columnist and author of other computer books, specializes in networking applications, system administration, and database-driven site design. Urban is the author of Sams Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:For those with technical knowledge, such as developers and website operators, this volume explains the advanced open-source operating system FreeBSD and how to use it. It begins with installation, and moves on to the desktop system, the shell environment and command line interface, system administration, and networking and configuration. Appendices and bonus materials on the DVD-ROM cover discussions of network security, virtual private networks, the domain name server, troubleshooting, hardware compatibility, commands, and further sources. The DVD-ROM also contains the Base FreeBSD 6.1 system, Xfree86 4.2, FreeBSD ports collection, source code, and additional packages. Tiemann, a freelance technology columnist and author of other computer books, specializes in networking applications, system administration, and database-driven site design. Urban is the author of Sams Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
About the AuthorBrian Tiemann is a freelance technology columnist and software engineer who has operated his own business and leisure websites on FreeBSD servers since 1995. As an outspoken advocate for the Apple Macintosh platform as well as for FreeBSD, he values a synthesis between open-source and closed-source development, and believes FreeBSD and Mac OS X both validate that synthesis for the benefit of all users. Brian is a graduate of Caltech, author of Mac OS X Tiger in a Snap and iPod + iTunes for Windows and Mac in a Snap, and coauthor of Sams Teach Yourself FreeBSD in 24 Hours.
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PART I Introduction to FreeBSD 1 What Is FreeBSD 9 2 Installing FreeBSD 23 3 Advanced Installation Tasks 67
PART II FreeBSD on the Desktop 4 Booting and Shutting Down FreeBSD 85 5 Working with the X Windows System 99 6 Working with Applications 125 7 Advanced X11 Configuration 163
PART III FreeBSD on the Command Line 8 Working with the Shell 207 9 Customizing the Shell 241 10 Shell Programming 261 11 Introduiction to Perl Programming 207
PART IV System Administration 12 The FreeBSD Filesystem 335 13 Users, Groups and Permissions 263 14 Systems Configuration and Startuip Scripts 293 15 Performance Monitoring, Process Control, and Job Automation 413 16 Installing Additional Software 431 17 Printing 459 18 Kernel Configuration 493 19 Keeping Up to Date with FreeBSD 511 20 Adding Hard Disk Storage 539 21 FreeBSD Survival Guide 561
PART V FreeBSD Networking 22 Principles of TCP/IP Networking 591 23 Configuring Basic Networking Services 619 24 Networking with PPP and 802.11 637 25 Configuring Email Services 653 26 Configuring a Web Server 693 27 Configuring an FTP Server 727 28 Configuring an Internet Gateway 741 29 Configuring a Database Server 759
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