Description



This handy cookbook teaches new-to-intermediate Linux users the essential skills necessary to manage a Linux system, using both graphical and command-line tools. Whether you run Linux in embedded, desktop, server, or cloud or virtual environments, the fundamental skills are the same. This book aims to get you up and running quickly, with copy-paste examples.



Carla Schroder provides recipes that cover specific problems, with discussions that explain how each recipe works, as well as references for additional study.



You’ll learn how to:



   Use systemd, the new comprehensive service manager

   Build simple or complex firewalls with firewalld

   Set up secure network connections for Linux systems and mobile devices

   Rescue nonbooting systems

   Reset lost passwords on Linux and Windows

   Use dnsmasq to simplify managing your LAN name services

   Manage users and groups and control access to files

   Probe your computer hardware and monitor hardware health

   Manage the GRUB bootloader and multiboot Linux and Windows

   Keep accurate time across your network with the newest tools

   Build an internet router/firewall on Raspberry Pi

   Manage filesystems and partitioning



Book Details



   Language: English

   Published: 2021

   ISBN: 1492087165

   Format: True PDF