Configuration HOWTO

By Guido Gonzato, ggonza at tin.it

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 Hard Disk Performance
• 2.7 Parallel Port Zip Drive
• 2.8 Device Drivers
• 2.9 Sound Card
• 2.10 Login Messages
• 2.11 Hostname
• 2.12 Mouse
• 2.13 Mount Points
• 2.14 Automount Points
• 2.15 lilo(8) and LOADLIN.EXE
• 2.16 Printer Configuration
• 2.17 SVGATextMode

3. Common Administration Tasks

• 3.1 Network Configuration
• 3.2 Network for Notebooks
• 3.3 Sharing the Internet
• 3.4 Restricting Network Access
• 3.5 NFS Exports
• 3.6 Samba

4. Software Configuration

• 4.1 bash(1)
• 4.2 I18n
• 4.3 ls(1)
• 4.4 less(1)
• 4.5 Editor
• 4.6 pine(1)
• 4.7 minicom(1)
• 4.8 efax(1)
• 4.9 Ghostscript
• 4.10 TeX and Friends
• 4.11 Avoid PPProblems!
• 4.12 POP Client
• 4.13 Basic Mail Filtering
• 4.14 X Window System (XFree86)
• 4.15 Users' Configurations
• 4.16 Making .rpms
• 4.17 Upgrading

5. Configuration Software + Docs

6. The End

• 6.1 Copyright
• 6.2 Feedback
• 6.3 Disclaimer