Ubuntu Linux Bible

David Clinton is a system administrator, teacher, and writer. He has administered, written about, and created training material for many important technology subjects including Linux systems, cloud computing (AWS in particular), and container technologies like Docker. Many of his video training courses can be found on Pluralsight.com, and links to his other books (on Linux administration and server virtualization) can be found at bootstrap-it.com.Christopher Negus has been teaching and writing about Linux and UNIX for over 25 years. He's an instructor and principal technical writer for Red Hat, Inc., and the author of dozens of Linux and UNIX books, including every edition of the Red Hat Linux Bible, CentOS Bible, Fedora Bible, Ubuntu Linux Toolbox, and more.

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction xxixPart I: Getting Started 1Chapter 1: Starting with Linux 3Chapter 2: Creating the Perfect Linux Desktop 21Part II: Becoming a Linux Power User 43Chapter 3: Using the Shell 45Chapter 4: Moving Around the Filesystem 77Chapter 6: Managing Running Processes 117Chapter 7: Writing Simple Shell Scripts 133Part III: Becoming a Linux System Administrator 151Chapter 8: Learning System Administration 153Chapter 9: Installing Linux 177Chapter 10: Getting and Managing Software 201Chapter 11: Managing User Accounts 215Chapter 12: Managing Disks and Filesystems 237Part IV: Becoming a Linux Server Administrator 267Chapter 13: Understanding Server Administration 269Chapter 14: Administering Networking 299Chapter 15: Starting and Stopping Services 327Chapter 16: Configuring a Print Server 363Chapter 17: Configuring a Web Server r 385Chapter 18: Configuring an FTP Server 413Chapter 19: Configuring a Windows File Sharing (Samba) Server r 429Chapter 20: Configuring an NFS File Server 447Chapter 21: Troubleshooting Linux 467Part V: Learning Linux Security Techniques 493Chapter 22: Understanding Basic Linux Security y 495Chapter 23: Understanding Advanced Linux Security y 525Chapter 24: Enhancing Linux Security with AppArmor 553Chapter 25: Securing Linux on a Network 561Part VI: Engaging with Cloud Computing 585Chapter 26: Shifting to Clouds and Containers 587Chapter 27: Deploying Linux to the Public Cloud 601Chapter 28: Automating Apps and Infrastructure with Ansible 619Summary 647Exercises 647Appendix: Exercise Answers 649Index 701