Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual

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Contents

IntroductionWelcome to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide.The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide contains useful information about the Red Hat En-terprise Linux system. From fundamental concepts, such as the structure of the file system, to thefiner points of system security and authentication control, we hope you find this book to be a valuableresource.This guide is for you if you want to learn a bit more about how the Red Hat Enterprise Linux systemworks. Topics that you can explore within this manual include the following:• The boot process• The file system structure• The X Window System• Network services• Security tools1. Changes To This ManualThis manual has been reorganized for clarity and updated for the latest features of Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 3. Some of the changes include:A New FTP ChapterThe new FTP chapter explains the FTP protocol and provides a detailed list of configurationoptions for the default FTP server, vsftpd.An Updated Network File System (NFS) ChapterThe Network File System (NFS) chapter has been completely revised and reorganized for clarity.Also, new features, such as TCP and access control list support have been added.An Updated Modules AppendixThe Modules appendix has been completely overhauled. Instructions for the bonding modulehave been added which enable users to bind multiple network interface cards together as if theyare one.Updated Network Interfaces ChapterThe Network Interfaces chapter has been updated to include IPSec and bonding interfaces.An Updated Apache HTTP Server ChapterThe guide for migrating from version 1.3 to version 2.0 of the Apache HTTP Server has beenupdated. The list of server configuration options has been further updated and reorganized. Spe-cial thanks to Gary Benson and Joe Orton for their hard work on the Apache HTTP Servermigration guide.An Updated The X Window System ChapterThe X Window System has been completely revised and reorganized for clarity. New font config-uration instructions were added as well.