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Linux Cookbook: Essential Skills for Linux Users and System & Network Administrators 2nd Edition

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This handy cookbook teaches new-to-intermediate Linux users the essential skills necessary to manage a Linux system, using both graphical and command-line tools. Whether you run Linux in embedded, desktop, server, or cloud or virtual environments, the fundamental skills are the same. This book aims to get you up and running quickly, with copy-paste examples.

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Carla Schroder provides recipes that cover specific problems, with discussions that explain how each recipe works, as well as references for additional study.

You'll learn how to:

  • Use systemd, the new comprehensive service manager
  • Build simple or complex firewalls with firewalld
  • Set up secure network connections for Linux systems and mobile devices
  • Rescue nonbooting systems
  • Reset lost passwords on Linux and Windows
  • Use dnsmasq to simplify managing your LAN name services
  • Manage users and groups and control access to files
  • Probe your computer hardware and monitor hardware health
  • Manage the GRUB bootloader and multiboot Linux and Windows
  • Keep accurate time across your network with the newest tools
  • Build an internet router/firewall on Raspberry Pi
  • Manage filesystems and partitioning

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Linux Cookbook

From the Preface

Why I Wrote This Book

I have long wanted to write a book like this, that collects what I think are the most necessary Linux skills in one book. Linux is everywhere, and no matter where you find it, Linux is Linux, and the needed skills are the same. The tech world moves fast, and I think you will find this book provides a solid foundation that you can build on, no matter what direction your interests take you.

The cookbook format is especially good for teaching fundamentals because it shows how to solve specific real-world problems and separates the wordy explanations from the steps needed to accomplish a task.

Who Should Read This Book

This book is for people with some computer experience, though not necessarily Linux experience. I’ve done my best to make it as accessible as possible for Linux beginners. You should understand some basic networking concepts, such as IP addressing, Ethernet, WiFi, client, and server. You should know basic computer hardware and have some understanding of using the command line. If you need some help with these, there are abundant resources for learning them; I did not want to get bogged down in teaching material that is already well documented.

The recipes in this book are hands-on. My goal is for the reader to be successful on the first try, though don’t feel badly if you are not. A general-purpose Linux computer is an extremely complex machine, and there is a lot to learn. Be patient, take your time, and read more than you want to. Chances are the answers you want are just a few sentences away.

Every Linux has built-in documentation for commands called man pages (short for “manual pages”). For example, man 1 ls documents the ls, or list directory contents, command. Type these commands exactly as shown in the book to open the correct man page. You can also find this information online.

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About the Author

Carla Schroder is a serial career changer who first laid hands on a PC in the mid-1990s and was instantly hooked. Since then she has worked as a system and network administrator running mixed Linux/Microsoft/Apple networks, tech journalist, and technical writer. Carla has written over 1000 Linux how-tos for various publications, and currently writes and maintains the product manuals for a Linux enterprise software company. She is the author of the Linux Cookbook, Linux Networking Cookbook, and The Book of Audacity. Her fans love her skill at translating nerd to end user, and answering all those "How do I do this?" questions.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 2nd edition (September 21, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 542 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1492087165
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1492087168
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.89 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1.25 x 8.75 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #459,333 in Books