A Book by Mark G. Sobell

A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, Fourth Edition

Preface
Brief TOC
Full TOC
Samples from chapters




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Features:

• Includes a DVD with the full Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)
• Covers Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)
• Full coverage of the LPI Linux Essentials exam objectives plus extensive coverage of the CompTIA Linux+ exam objectives; Appendix D provides a map from objectives to pages in the book
• One chapter each on setting up and using these servers/clients: Samba, NIS/LDAP, the new LDAP dynamic server, NFSv4, DNS/BIND, Apache (httpd), OpenSSH, FTP (vsftpd), sendmail, and IPv6
• A chapter that covers the ufw, gufw, and iptables firewall tools
• New coverage of find, sort, xz (compression), free, xargs, and the nano editor
• Expanded command-line coverage, including a new chapter that details 32 important utilities
• New programming chapters that cover Python and MariaDB/MySQL
• A new tutorial on using the GPG (GnuPG) encryption tool to provide message authentication, confidentiality, and integrity
• A new chapter on system security that includes sections on gaining root privileges using su and sudo, password security, securing a server, PAM, cryptography, hash functions, and GPG
• A new chapter that covers VMs (virtual machines) and cloud computing, including VMware, QEMU/KVM, virt-manager, virsh, GNOME Boxes, and AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Seven chapters on sytem administration including setting up a server, DHCP, the Linux filesystem, keeping a system up-to-date using yum, GRUB2, the XFS filesystem, setting up a LAN, and monitoring a network using Cacti
• Three chapters on bash (the Bourne Again Shell) including one chapter on shell programming (writing shell scripts)
• Coverage of the command line and key system GUI tools
• Complete coverage of how to use both su and sudo to gain root privileges
• See the Preface for more details of coverage

Links:

Read a brief biography of Mark Sobell.
View a list of Linux Links.
View answers to even-numbered exercises.
Send a note to Mark Sobell at mgs@sobell.com.

Also by Mark G Sobell

• A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Third Edition
• A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, Second Edition
• A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
• A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Seventh Edition: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Sixth Edition: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Fifth Edition: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, College (Fourth) Edition: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Third Edition: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux, Second Edition: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8
• A Practical Guide to Linux
• A Practical Guide to Solaris
• A Practical Guide to the UNIX System 3/E
• UNIX System V: A Practical Guide, 3/E