Key features

• •The #1 Fedora and RHEL resource—a tutorial AND on-the-job reference
• •Master Linux administration and security using the command line, GUI tools, Python, systemd, and firewalld
• •Set up key Internet servers, step by step, including Samba, Apache, MariaDB/MySQL, sendmail, OpenSSH, DNS, LDAP, and more
• •Brand-new chapter on Virtual Machines and Cloud Computing!
• •Complete, up-to-the-minute coverage of Fedora 19 and RHEL 7 (beta)
• •New programming chapters that cover Python and MariaDB/MySQL, plus a new tutorial on using GnuPG to encrypt communications
• •Information on state-of-the-art security: SELinux, ACLs, firewalld (firewall-config and firewall-cmd), iptables (system-config-firewall), GnuPG, and OpenSSH
• •New chapter on VMs (virtual machines) and cloud computing, including VMware, QEMU/KVM, virt-manager, virsh, GNOME Boxes, and AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• •Expanded command-line coverage, including a new chapter that details 32 important utilities
• •Practical information on Internet server configuration, including Apache, sendmail, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, the new LDAP Dynamic Server, and IPv6
• •Complete “meat-and-potatoes” information on system/network administration, now including GRUB 2, the XFS filesystem, the new Anaconda Installer, the systemd init daemon, firewalld, and NetworkManager
• •Detailed instructions on keeping Linux systems up to date, finding software packages, and working with repositories using yum and rpm
• •Full coverage of the LPI Linux Essentials exam objectives plus extensive coverage of the CompTIA Linux+ exam objectives; Appendix E provides a map from objectives to pages in the book
• •New coverage of find, sort, xz (compression), free, xargs, and the nano editor
• •And much more, including a 500+ term glossary and comprehensive indexes