Practical Linux System Administration: A Guide to Installation, Configuration, and Management

This essential guide covers all aspects of Linux system administration, from user maintenance, backups, filesystem housekeeping, storage management, and network setup to hardware and software troubleshooting and some application management. It's both a practical daily reference manual for sysadmins and IT pros and a handy study guide for those taking Linux certification exams.

You'll turn to it frequently, not only because of the sheer volume of valuable information it provides but because of the real-world examples within and the clear, useful way the information is presented. With this book at your side, you'll be able to:

• Install Linux and perform initial setup duties, such as connecting to a network
• Navigate the Linux filesystem via the command line
• Install software from repositories and source and satisfy dependencies
• Set permissions on files and directories
• Create, modify, and remove user accounts
• Set up networking
• Format and mount filesystems
• Perform basic troubleshooting on hardware and software
• Create and manage logical volumes
• Work with SELinux
• Manage a firewall and iptables
• Shut down, reboot, and recover a system
• Perform backups and restores

這本重要指南涵蓋了Linux系統管理的各個方面，包括使用者維護、備份、檔案系統維護、儲存管理、網路設定、硬體和軟體故障排除以及一些應用程式管理。它不僅是系統管理員和IT專業人員的實用日常參考手冊，也是準備參加Linux認證考試的便捷學習指南。

您會經常翻閱此書，不僅因為它提供了大量有價值的資訊，還因為其中的實際範例以及資訊呈現的清晰實用方式。有了這本書在手，您將能夠：
- 安裝Linux並執行初始設定工作，例如連接到網路
- 透過命令列瀏覽Linux檔案系統
- 從軟體庫和來源安裝軟體並滿足相依性
- 設定檔案和目錄的權限
- 建立、修改和刪除使用者帳戶
- 設定網路
- 格式化和掛載檔案系統
- 對硬體和軟體進行基本故障排除
- 建立和管理邏輯卷
- 使用SELinux
- 管理防火牆和iptables
- 關機、重新啟動和恢復系統
- 執行備份和還原操作