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Configuration HOWTO

By Guido Gonzato, guido ``at'' ibogeo.df.unibo.it

v1.3.7, 6 September 1999

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This HOWTO aims at making the fine--tuning of your newly installed Linux box quicker and easier. Here you will find a set of configurations for the most common applications and services.

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1. Introduction

• 1.1 Why This HOWTO
• 1.2 What We Will Be Configuring

2. General System Setup

• 2.1 A Few Words About Security
• 2.2 Start the Logbook!
• 2.3 Keyboard
• 2.4 Boot and Rescue Floppy
• 2.5 Kernel Matters
• 2.6 Sendmail Lock
• 2.7 Hard Disk Performance
• 2.8 Parallel Port Zip Drive
• 2.9 Device Drivers
• 2.10 Sound Card
• 2.11 Login Messages
• 2.12 Hostname
• 2.13 Mouse
• 2.14 Mount Points
• 2.15 lilo(8) and LOADLIN.EXE
• 2.16 Mail Capabilities
• 2.17 Printer Configuration
• 2.18 SVGATextMode

3. Common Administration Tasks

• 3.1 Network configuration
• 3.2 Sharing the Internet
• 3.3 Restricting Network Access
• 3.4 NFS Exports
• 3.5 Name Server

4. Software Configuration

• 4.1 bash(1)
• 4.2 ls(1)
• 4.3 less(1)
• 4.4 emacs(1)
• 4.5 joe(1)
• 4.6 jed(1)
• 4.7 pine(1)
• 4.8 minicom(1)
• 4.9 efax(1)
• 4.10 Ghostscript
• 4.11 TeX and Friends
• 4.12 Avoid PPProblems!
• 4.13 POP Client
• 4.14 X Window System (XFree86)
• 4.15 Users' Configurations
• 4.16 Making .rpms
• 4.17 Upgrading

5. Configuration Software

6. The End

• 6.1 Copyright
• 6.2 Feedback
• 6.3 Disclaimer

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