Fedora Linux

4.1. Using the Command Line Many system management tasks can be performed using either of the graphical user interfaces provided with Fedora (i.e., GNOME or KDE). However, most power users prefer the command line for system manag...

4.2. Accessing Online Documentation A fully loaded Fedora system includes over 4,700 programs, plus programming interfaces, data files, and graphical tools. To help you learn your way around, over 12,0...

4.3. Managing Files A large part of system administration involves dealing with files and directories: creating directories, copying files, moving files and directories around, and deleting them. Fedora provides a p...

4.4. Basic Text Editing Using vi Fedora Core, like most other Linux and Unix systems, stores most of its configuration information in text files. These files can be edited using various s...

4.5. Using Runlevels Fedora can be booted into different runlevels, each of which starts a specific collection of software for a particular purpose. The most commonly used are runlevel 3, which starts ...

4.6. Managing and Configuring Services Fedora starts a number of programs automatically when the system is booted. These services (sometimes called Disk And Ex...

4.7. Managing Users and Groups In an age of viruses, worms, and identity theft, keeping information private and secure has taken on great importance. Managing user identity creates the fr...

4.8. Control Access to Files All Linux and Unix systems use file permissions or modes to control access to files. Fedora extends this with the user-private-gro...

4.9. Managing Processes A process is a running instance of a program. If you run a program twice, two processes are created. In order to manage a Fedora system effectively, you must be ab...

4.10. Remote Management Using SSH It's often useful to be able to log in to a machine remotely to perform some management operation. To enable secure remote access, Fedora provides the Se...

4.11. Using Shell Redirection and Piping The Unix/Linux philosophy revolves around the concept of programs as building blockseach one intended to do one job and do it well. Redirection lets you connect these command...