Table of Contents

PART I – BASICS FOR LINUX/UNIX (revised)Chapter 1. Background (revised)Chapter 2. Getting Started (revised)Chapter 3. Working with Files and Directories (revised)Chapter 4. Working with Shells and Enhanced Shells (revised)Chapter 5. Text Editing (revised)Chapter 6. The Desktop: GNOME (new)Chapter 7. CDE and other Desktops (new)PART II – USER NETWORKINGChapter 8. Electronic Mail (revised)Chapter 9. TCP/IP and other Basic Networking Protocols (revised)Chapter 10. Using the Internet (revised)PART III – SYSTEM ADMINISTRATIONChapter 11. Processes and Scheduling (revised)Chapter 12. Security and Authentication (revised)Chapter 13. Basic System Administration (revised)Chapter 14. Advanced System Administration (revised)PART IV – NETWORK ADMINISTRATIONChapter 15. Clients and Servers (revised)Chapter 16. Administering the Network (revised)Chapter 17. Using UNIX and Windows Together: SAMBA and other Integration Tools (revised)PART V - TOOLSChapter 18. Filters and Utilities (revised)Chapter 19. Shell Programming (revised)Chapter 20. awk and sed (revised) Chapter 21. Perl (revised)Chapter 22. Python and PHP (new)Chapter 23. Developing Applications (revised)Chapter 24. Overview of Java (revised)PART VI – ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONSChatper 25. UNIX Applications and Middleware (revised)Chatper 26. Databases (new)Chapter 27. Developing Web Applications and Running a Website (new)VII – APPENDICESAPPENDIX A. HOW TO FIND OUT MORE (revised)APPENDIX B. COMMAND SUMMARIES(revised)

About the Author

Douglas Host (South River, NJ) worked at AT& T and Bell Labs. He received masters degrees in both computer science and library science at Rutgers University.



Rachel Klee (Kirkland, WA) is a computer science teacher and UNIX expert.



Richard R. Rosinski (Middletown, NJ) is vice president of professional services at VoiceGenie Technologies and worked at AT & T and Bell Labs. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.