Table of Contents

Introduction. Book I: Fedora Basics. Chapter 1: Introducing Fedora Core. Chapter 2: Installing Fedora Core. Chapter 3: Troubleshooting and Configuring Fedora Core. Chapter 4: Trying Out Fedora Core. Chapter 5: Cool Fedora Core Install Projects. Book II: Workstations and Applications. Chapter 1: Exploring the GUI Desktops. Chapter 2: Learning the Shell. Chapter 3: Navigating the Linux File System. Chapter 4: Exploring Fedora Core Applications. Chapter 5: Using Text Editors. Book III: OpenOffice.org. Chapter 1: Writing with OpenOffice.org Writer. Chapter 2: Preparing Spreadsheets with OpenOffice.org Calc. Chapter 3: Making Presentations with OpenOffice.org Impress. Chapter 4: Drawing with OpenOffice.org Draw. Book IV: Networking. Chapter 1: Connecting to the Internet. Chapter 2: Setting Up a Local Area Network. Chapter 3: Adding a Wireless Ethernet LAN. Chapter 4: Managing the Network. Chapter 5: Cool Networking Projects. Book V: Internet. Chapter 1: Exchanging E-Mail and Instant Messages. Chapter 2: Using the Web. Chapter 3: Reading Newsgroups. Chapter 4: Transferring Files with FTP. Book VI: Administration. Chapter 1: Performing Basic System Administration. Chapter 2: Managing Users. Chapter 3: Managing the File System. Chapter 4: Managing Applications. Chapter 5: Managing Devices and Printers. Chapter 6: Upgrading and Customizing the Kernel. Book VII: Security. Chapter 1: Understanding Network and Host Security. Chapter 2: Securing the Host. Chapter 3: Securing the Network. Chapter 4: Performing Security Audits. Book VIII: Internet Servers. Chapter 1: Managing the Servers. Chapter 2: Running the Apache Web Server. Chapter 3: Setting Up the FTP Server. Chapter 4: Serving Up Mail and News. Chapter 5: Setting Up DNS. Chapter 6: Running Samba and NFS. Book IX: Programming. Chapter 1: Fedora Core Programming Essentials. Chapter 2: Programming in C. Chapter 3: Writing Shell Scripts. Chapter 4: Programming in Perl. Appendix: About the DVD. Index.

About the Author

Naba Barkakati is an electrical engineer and a successful computer-book author who has experience in a wide variety of systems, ranging from MS-DOS and Windows to UNIX and Linux. He bought his first personal computer an IBM PC-AT in 1984 after graduating with a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park. While pursuing a full-time career in engineering, Naba dreamed of writing software for the emerging PC software market. As luck would have it, instead of building a software empire like Microsoft, he ended up writing successful computer books. Currently, Naba is a Senior Level Technologist at the Center for Technology and Engineering in the U.S. General Accounting Office. Over the past 15 years, Naba has written over 25 computer books on a number of topics ranging from Windows programming with C++ to Linux. He has authored several bestselling titles, such as The Waite Group's Turbo C++ Bible, Object-Oriented Programming in C++, X Window System Programming, Visual C++ Developer's Guide, Borland C++ 4 Developer's Guide, and Linux Secrets. His books have been translated into many languages, including Spanish, French, Polish, Greek, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Naba's most recent book is Red Hat Linux 9 Professional Secrets, also published by Wiley.