Introduction
Welcome to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
System Administration Guide.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux System
Administration Guide contains information on how to customize
your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system to fit your needs. If you are
looking for a step-by-step, task-oriented guide for configuring and
customizing your system, this is the manual for you. This manual
discusses many intermediate topics such as the following:
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Setting up a network interface card (NIC)
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Performing a Kickstart installation
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Configuring Samba shares
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Managing your software with RPM
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Determining information about your system
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Upgrading your kernel
This manual is divided into the following main categories:
This guide assumes you have a basic understanding of your Red
Hat Enterprise Linux system. If you need help installing Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, refer to the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux Installation Guide. For more general
information about system administration, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduction to System
Administration. If you need more advanced documentation such as
an overview of file systems, refer to the Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide. If you need security
information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Security Guide.
This manual has been reorganized for clarity and updated for the
latest features of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Some of the changes
include:
- Updated Kernel
Modules and Manually Updating the
Kernel Chapters
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The Kernel
Modules and the Upgrading the Kernel Manually chapters include
updated information in regards to the 2.6 kernel. Special thanks to
Arjan van de Ven for his hard work in
helping to complete this chapter.
- An Updated Network File System (NFS)
Chapter
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The Network File System (NFS) chapter
has been revised and reorganized to include NFSv4. Special thanks
to Steve Dickson for his hard work in
helping to complete this chapter.
- An Updated OProfile Chapter
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The OProfile chapter has been revised
and reorganized to include updated information in regards to the
2.6 kernel. Special thanks to Will Cohen
for his hard work in helping to complete this chapter.
- An Updated X Window System Chapter
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The X Window System chapter has been
revised to include information on the X11R6.8 release developed by
the X.Org team.
Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with the
contents of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Installation Guide concerning installation issues, the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduction to
System Administration for basic administration concepts, the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration
Guide for general customization instructions, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide for
security related instructions. This guide contains information
about topics for advanced users.
HTML, PDF, and RPM versions of the manuals are available on the
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Documentation CD and online at https://www.redhat.com/docs/.
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Although this manual reflects the most current information
possible, read the Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Release Notes for information that may not have been available
prior to our documentation being finalized. The Release Notes can
be found on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux CD #1, online at https://www.redhat.com/docs/, or in the /usr/share/doc/redhat-release-4<product>/ directory after
installation, where <product>
is AS, ES,
WS, or Desktop.
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