Reference
- Reference
- Feedback
- Additional Documentation
- Documentation Conventions
- About the Making of This Manual
- Source Code
- Acknowledgments
- Advanced Deployment Scenarios
- Remote Installation
- Installation Scenarios for Remote Installation
- Setting Up the Server Holding the Installation Sources
- Preparing the Boot of the Target System
- Booting the Target System for Installation
- Monitoring the Installation Process
- Advanced Disk Setup
- Using the YaST Partitioner
- LVM Configuration
- Soft RAID Configuration
- Administration
- Online Update
- YaST Online Update
- Update from the Command Line with zypper
- YaST in Text Mode
- Navigation in Modules
- Restriction of Key Combinations
- YaST Command Line Options
- Updating the System and System Changes
- Updating the System
- Software Changes from Version to Version
- RPM—the Package Manager
- Verifying Package Authenticity
- Managing Packages: Install, Update, and Uninstall
- RPM and Patches
- Delta RPM Packages
- RPM Queries
- Installing and Compiling Source Packages
- Compiling RPM Packages with build
- Tools for RPM Archives and the RPM Database
- Printer Operation
- The Workflow of the Printing System
- Methods and Protocols for Connecting Printers
- Installing the Software
- Network Printers
- Graphical Printing Interfaces
- Printing from the Command Line
- Special Features in openSUSE
- Troubleshooting
- The X Window System
- Manually Configuring the X Window System
- Installing and Configuring Fonts
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- Xen Virtualization
- Basic Components
- Setting Up a Virtual Machine Host
- Setting Up Virtual Machines
- Managing a Virtualization Environment
- System Monitoring Utilities
- Debugging
- Files and File Systems
- Hardware Information
- Networking
- The /proc File System
- Processes
- System Information
- User Information
- Time and Date
- System
- 32-Bit and 64-Bit Applications in a 64-Bit System Environment
- Runtime Support
- Software Development
- Software Compilation on Biarch Platforms
- Kernel Specifications
- Booting and Configuring a Linux System
- The Linux Boot Process
- The init Process
- System Configuration via /etc/sysconfig
- The Boot Loader
- Selecting a Boot Loader
- Booting with GRUB
- Configuring the Boot Loader with YaST
- Uninstalling the Linux Boot Loader
- Creating Boot CDs
- The Graphical SUSE Screen
- Troubleshooting
- For More Information
- Special System Features
- Information about Special Software Packages
- Virtual Consoles
- Keyboard Mapping
- Language and Country-Specific Settings
- Dynamic Kernel Device Management with udev
- The /dev Directory
- Kernel uevents and udev
- Drivers, Kernel Modules, and Devices
- Booting and Initial Device Setup
- Monitoring the Running udev Daemon
- Influencing Kernel Device Event Handling with udev Rules
- Persistent Device Naming
- Files used by udev
- For More Information
- File Systems in Linux
- Terminology
- Major File Systems in Linux
- Some Other Supported File Systems
- Large File Support in Linux
- For More Information
- Access Control Lists in Linux
- Traditional File Permissions
- Advantages of ACLs
- Definitions
- Handling ACLs
- ACL Support in Applications
- For More Information
- Authentication with PAM
- Structure of a PAM Configuration File
- The PAM Configuration of sshd
- Configuring PAM Using pam-config
- For More Information
- Working with the Shell
- Using the Bash Shell
- Users and Access Permissions
- Important Linux Commands
- The vi Editor
- Services
- Basic Networking
- IP Addresses and Routing
- IPv6—The Next Generation Internet
- Name Resolution
- Configuring a Network Connection with YaST
- Configuring a Network Connection Manually
- smpppd as Dial-up Assistant
- SLP Services in the Network
- Installation
- Activating SLP
- SLP Front-Ends in openSUSE
- Installation over SLP
- Providing Services via SLP
- For More Information
- The Domain Name System
- DNS Terminology
- Installation
- Configuration with YaST
- Starting the Name Server BIND
- The Configuration File /etc/named.conf
- Zone Files
- Dynamic Update of Zone Data
- Secure Transactions
- DNS Security
- For More Information
- DHCP
- Configuring a DHCP Server with YaST
- DHCP Software Packages
- The DHCP Server dhcpd
- For More Information
- Time Synchronization with NTP
- Configuring an NTP Client with YaST
- Configuring xntp in the Network
- Setting Up a Local Reference Clock
- Using NIS
- Configuring NIS Servers
- Configuring NIS Clients
- LDAP—A Directory Service
- LDAP versus NIS
- Structure of an LDAP Directory Tree
- Configuring an LDAP Server with YaST
- Configuring an LDAP Client with YaST
- Configuring LDAP Users and Groups in YaST
- Browsing the LDAP Directory Tree
- Manually Configuring an LDAP Server
- Manually Administering LDAP Data
- For More Information
- Active Directory Support
- Integrating Linux and AD Environments
- Background Information for Linux AD Support
- Configuring a Linux Client for Active Directory
- Logging In to an AD Domain
- Changing Passwords
- Sharing File Systems with NFS
- NFS Client Configuration
- Exporting File Systems over NFS
- Exporting File Systems Manually
- NFS with Kerberos
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- Samba
- Terminology
- Installing a Samba Server
- Starting and Stopping Samba
- Configuring a Samba Server
- Configuring Clients
- Samba as Login Server
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- The Apache HTTP Server
- Quick Start
- Configuring Apache
- Starting and Stopping Apache
- Installing, Activating, and Configuring Modules
- Getting CGI Scripts to Work
- Setting Up a Secure Web Server with SSL
- Avoiding Security Problems
- Troubleshooting
- For More Information
- Setting up a FTP server with YaST
- Starting the FTP server
- FTP General Settings
- FTP Performance Settings
- Authentication
- Expert Settings
- For more information
- Mobility
- Power Management
- Power Saving Functions
- ACPI
- Rest for the Hard Disk
- The powersave Package
- Wireless Communication
- Wireless LAN
- Bluetooth
- Infrared Data Transmission
- Using Tablet PCs
- Installing Tablet PC Packages
- Configuring Your Tablet Device
- Using the Virtual Keyboard
- Rotating Your Display
- Using Gesture Recognition
- Taking Notes and Sketching with the Pen
- Troubleshooting
- For More Information
- Security
- Masquerading and Firewalls
- Packet Filtering with iptables
- Masquerading Basics
- Firewalling Basics
- SuSEfirewall2
- For More Information
- SSH—Secure Network Operations
- The OpenSSH Package
- The ssh Program
- scp—Secure Copy
- sftp—Secure File Transfer
- The SSH Daemon (sshd)—Server-Side
- SSH Authentication Mechanisms
- X, Authentication, and Forwarding Mechanisms
- Configuring An SSH Daemon with YaST
- Managing X.509 Certification
- The Principles of Digital Certification
- YaST Modules for CA Management
- Network Authentication—Kerberos
- Kerberos Terminology
- How Kerberos Works
- Users' View of Kerberos
- For More Information
- Installing and Administering Kerberos
- Kerberos Network Topology
- Choosing the Kerberos Realms
- Setting Up the KDC Hardware
- Configuring Time Synchronization
- Configuring the KDC
- Configuring Kerberos Clients
- Configuring Remote Kerberos Administration
- Creating Kerberos Service Principals
- Enabling PAM Support for Kerberos
- Configuring SSH for Kerberos Authentication
- Using LDAP and Kerberos
- Encrypting Partitions and Files
- Setting Up an Encrypted File System with YaST
- Using Encrypted Home Directories
- Using vi to Encrypt Single Files
- Confining Privileges with AppArmor
- Installing Novell AppArmor
- Enabling and Disabling Novell AppArmor
- Getting Started with Profiling Applications
- Security and Confidentiality
- Local Security and Network Security
- Some General Security Tips and Tricks
- Using the Central Security Reporting Address
- An Example Network
- GNU Licenses
- GNU General Public License
- GNU Free Documentation License
- Legal