Using Caldera Open Linux

Special Edition Using Caldera OpenLinux shows you how to install and configure the latest version of the Caldera Open Linux operating system - paying special attention to interconnectivity and day-to-day usage issues. It gives extensive coverage of the configuration and use of the myriad of network services Linux offers the consumer such as Samba, sendmail, ipmasquerading, and more. The book also covers how to install and manage applications, manage printers and provides step-by-step instructions for getting connected to the Internet.

• Provides the most in-depth information available for Caldera OpenLinux 2.2
• Covers the latest innovative network technology for Linux gurus and facilitates an easy migration to Linux for DOS/Windows users
• Written by Caldera engineers with expertise in Linux and system integration with NetWare and NT
• CD-ROM contains the free version of Caldera OpenLinux 2.2 along with Partition Magic, Caldera Edition and BootMagic.

Part I: Introduction to OpenLinux

Chapter 1: What is OpenLinux?

Chapter 2: Installing OpenLinux

Part II: Using OpenLinux

Chapter 3: Introduction to the Desktop (KDE)

Chapter 4: Navigating the Desktop

Chapter 5: Customizing Your Desktop Environment

Chapter 6: KDM

Chapter 7: KDE Applications

Chapter 8: KOffice

Part III: OpenLinux System Administration

Chapter 9: Understanding the Linux File System

Chapter 10: Users, Groups, and Permissions

Chapter 11: Running DOS Programs

Chapter 12: System Initialization Under OpenLinux

Chapter 13: Customizing Your Shell Environment

Chapter 14: Printing

Chapter 15: Software Package Management

Chapter 16: How to Build/Rebuild a Package

Chapter 17: Building Custom Kernels

Chapter 18: Kernel Modules

Chapter 19: Disk Drives and File Systems

Chapter 20: Boot Loader

Part IV: Networking With OpenLinux

Chapter 21: Understanding TCP/IP Fundamentals

Chapter 22: Network Administration

Chapter 23: Advanced Network Features

Chapter 24: Connecting to an ISP

Chapter 25: Email Setup

Chapter 26: Domain Name Server (DNS)

Chapter 27: File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

Chapter 28: The Web Server

Chapter 29: IP Masquerading

Chapter 30: IP Firewalling

Chapter 31: TCP Wrappers

Chapter 32: Sharing Files via NFS

Chapter 33: NetWare and OpenLinux

Chapter 34: Microsoft Windows and OpenLinux

Chapter 35: ARP, BOOTP, and DHCP

Chapter 36: Setting Up a Sample Network

Part V: X Window

Chapter 37: Configuring X

Chapter 38: Dissecting the XF86Config File

Chapter 39: Customizing X

Chapter 40: Controlling X Resources

Part VI: Etc.

Chapter 41: Encryption

Chapter 42: Multimedia

Part VII: Appendixes

Appendix A: Commonly Used Commands

Appendix B: Hardware Compatibility Lists

Appendix C: Loadable Module Parameters

Appendix D: How to Find Other Linux Information

Index

Erik Ratcliffe has been a Linux enthusiast since 1991 (starting with Linux kernel version 0.11). After playing with Linux as a hobby for five years, in 1996 he decided to leave his 12-year career in civil engineering to pursue a new career working with Linux at Caldera, Inc.
He now works with Allan Smart in the Caldera Systems Education Services department; his current responsibilities include doing research and development for courseware and helping to pioneer the Linux certification effort. He is also studying computer science at Utah
Valley State College.

Tim Bird has been working with Linux since 1993. He left Novell in 1995 to join Caldera, Inc., where he has been employed on various Linux programming projects. He has previously published articles in the NetWare Technical Journal. Tim received his master's degree in computer science from Brigham Young University in 1991. He currently works for
Caldera Thin Clients, Inc. He and his wife and three children live in Orem, Utah.

David Bandel earned a master of aviation management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University in 1989 at Ft. Campbell, KY. He retired from 20 years in the Army in February 1996. While on active duty, he learned many of the basics of UNIX working on DEC
5000s running Ultrix and Sun SparcStations running SunOS 4. In 1993, he began dabbling with Linux, a hobby which quickly grew on him. Currently, David works for Custom
Software Services, Inc. in Bellevue, WA, as the Senior Systems Technician. He installs and maintains systems for CSS and for their customers. He works on a wide variety of systems, maintaining Sparc Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, SCO Openserver, NT, and of course, Linux systems--most running CSS software, which uses Informix IDS and MSSQL Server databases David also works as an independent networking consultant and writes for the Linux Journal.

Wilson Mattos is a Master Certified Novell Engineer (MCNE) and a Master Certified Novell Instructor (MCNI) with over five years of multiplatform enterprise networking
experience. Besides being a Linux enthusiast for the past four years, in a recent partnership with Caldera Systems and the Kem County Superintendent of Schools, Wilson is assisting in the development of the first Linux authorized training courses and certifications.