Linux Network Servers -- Introduction -- Who Should Buy This Book -- How This Book Is Organized -- Conventions -- Help Us Help You -- Contents -- Contents at a Glance -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Part I: The Basics -- Chapter 1: The Boot Process -- Loading the Boot Sector -- Loading Linux with GRUB -- Loading the Kernel with LILO -- The Linux Boot Prompt -- Hardware Device Driver Initialization -- Loading Linux Services- The init Process -- Startup Scripts -- Loadable Modules -- In Sum -- Chapter 2: The Network Interface -- Configuring an Ethernet Interface -- The Serial Interface -- Installing PPP -- Configuring a PPP Server -- PPP Client Configuration -- In Sum -- Part II: Internet Server Configuration -- Chapter 3: Login Services -- Starting Services On-Demand -- Creating User Accounts -- Additional FTP Configuration -- In Sum -- Chapter 4: Linux Name Services -- The hosts File -- Understanding DNS -- The BIND Software -- Configuring a Domain Name Server -- Running named -- In Sum -- Chapter 5: Configuring a Mail Server -- Using Mail Aliases -- Using sendmail to Receive Mail -- The sendmail Configuration File -- Using m4 to Configure sendmail -- In Sum -- Chapter 6: The Apache Web Server -- Installing Apache -- Configuring the Apache Server -- The httpd.conf File -- Web Server Security -- Configuring SSL -- Managing Your Web Server -- In Sum -- Chapter 7: Network Gateway Services -- Understanding Routing -- Defining Static Routes -- Using Dynamic Routing -- Network Address Translation -- In Sum -- Part III: Departmental Server Configuration -- Chapter 8: Desktop Configuration Servers -- Understanding Configuration Protocols -- Installing the DHCP Server -- Configuring the DHCP Server -- Configuring a dhcrelay Server -- Configuring a DHCP Client -- In Sum -- Chapter 9: File Sharing -- Linux Filesystem -- Understanding NFS.

Configuring an NFS Server -- Configuring an NFS Client -- Understanding SMB and NetBIOS -- Installing Samba -- Configuring a Samba Server -- Using a Linux Samba Client -- In Sum -- Chapter 10: Printer Services -- Installing Printers -- Understanding printcap -- Sharing Printers with lpd -- Sharing Printers with Samba -- In Sum -- Chapter 11: More Mail Services -- Understanding POP and IMAP -- Running the POP and IMAP Daemons -- Stopping Spam E-Mail -- In Sum -- Part IV: Maintaining a Healthy Server -- Chapter 12: Security -- Understanding the Threats -- Closing the Holes -- Controlling Access with tcpd -- Controlling Access with iptables -- Improving Authentication -- Monitoring Your System -- In Sum -- Chapter 13: Troubleshooting -- Configuring the Linux Kernel -- Troubleshooting a Network Server -- Checking the Network Interface -- Testing the Connection -- Testing Routing -- Analyzing Network Protocols -- Testing Services -- In Sum -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Installing Linux -- Installation Planning -- Booting the Installation Program -- Partitioning the Disk -- Installing the Software -- In Sum -- Appendix B: BIND Reference -- named.conf Commands -- Appendix C: The m4 Macros for sendmail -- Local Code -- DAEMON_OPTIONS -- LDAP Mail Routing -- Index.