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Hi, all!
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Finally, here it comes: The Linux Network Administrators' Guide!
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Although it is far from perfect, I feel that it's high time to release
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a version to the public.
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This Guide has been written in cooperation with the Linux
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Documentation Project, and covers both TCP/IP-based as well as
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UUCP networking.
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The document is available in DVI, Postscript, and Latex source.
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ASCII support is also provided, giving a version that can be
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processed by groff. It may be far from perfect, but at least
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it's there :-) If desired, I can also make a GNU info
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version of the book.
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What is the Network Administrators' Guide?
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This is version 0.4 ALPHA of my networking guide for Linux.
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I still call it an ALPHA release because NET-2 is still changing
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so quickly; furthermore some chapters will need serious
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rewriting.
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The Networking Guide is written for people who want to use
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their Linux system in a networked environment, relying either
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on TCP/IP or UUCP. When writing it I tried to put in enough
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information so that people who know next to nothing about
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networking can get their machine working nevertheless (at least
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in theory... :-)
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Features:
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* Includes an extensive introduction to TCP/IP
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covering the whole thing from the physical layer
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up to the application layer.
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* Covers NET-2 setup, including hardware setup
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(Ethernet, SLIP, PLIP), IP interface setup,
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and building of static routing tables with route(8).
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NOTE: I have been away for the last two weeks, so I
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don't know if I missed any important developments in
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from NET-2 department. This chapter is the next
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candidate for revision.
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* Explains the most important TCP/IP applications
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along with their config files: inetd, tcpd, the r*
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clients, RPC, NFS, and FTP server setup.
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* Covers setup of Taylor UUCP (compiled for
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BNU configuration).
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* Explains basic concepts of email, and covers
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setup of smail and sendmail.
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* Setup of Cnews and assorted newsreaders
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* Has three fancy pictures :-)
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* TeXinfo and roff versions available.
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Misfeatures:
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* The Guide still has gaping holes in some
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places: There is no remote printing, no BOOTP setup,
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no automounter, etc. See the TODO file for what's not yet
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in.
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* I'm not yet content with the sendmail chapter.
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Same applies to the newsreader section. Suggestions
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on what to include and omit are welcome.
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* Needs more pictures.
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* TeXinfo and roff versions don't look too nice.
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Networking Guide Distribution
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The NAG comes in a number of formats. You may either retrieve
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the complete LaTeX source, or any preconverted version. They
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may currently be found at
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tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs/LDP
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or
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sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/LDP
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The different packages are:
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netguide-0.4.src.tgz: The complete source, together with the
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files needed for generating the other
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formats (except for the texify tool).
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netguide-0.4.dvi.tgz: DVI version
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netguide-0.4.ps.tgz: Postscript version
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netguide-0.4.roff.tgz: roff version. This was generated from the
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TeXinfo version using texi2roff. It is not
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very satisfactory yet, but then, I've no
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idea of roff. I converted it to use the ms
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macro package, because the commands looked
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vaguely familiar to me. To show it on the
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screen, type
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groff -mgs nag.roff | less
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Some day in the future I may turn to mm macros
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instead, because they have good cross-references
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etc.
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Source Notes
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The pictures in this book have been produced with xfig, and translated
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to eepic/Latex input. You need the epic and eepic style files for this.
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Since they are not incorporated in the SLS release of TeX (at least not
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the one I've got), I have included them here.
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If your dvi printer filter doesn't recognize the graphic specials, you
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may have to use the Postscript version. Either get the Posscript version or
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convert the dvi file to Postscript. Simply type 'make net.ps'. Note that
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this will use dvips, because I know that dvitops does _not_ understand
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the eepic graphics specials.
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If this still won't work, you have to wait until I upload the FIG
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versions of the pictures (I lost the FIG version of one of these
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images :-() and convert these to Postscript as well.
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The pictures are also there in the ASCII version. If you know what they
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are meant to show, you can even see it.
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Formatting now looks quite well in most places (thanks to
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Michael K. Johnson's work!), but there are still a few overfull hboxes.
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These come from {\tt very/long/file/names} and the like. They will be dealt
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with once we have a fixed version.
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Author's Blurb
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Last not least, some personal words: As I said when volunteering
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for this job, my knowledge of TCP/IP networking is a bit on
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the theoretical side. On my Linux box, I do everything in loopback
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mode, and in terms of UUCP connectivity, I only run a leaf site.
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Thus I can't claim too much first-hand experience. So if you find
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anything you think is wrong or ambiguous, don't hesitate to point
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this out. Thanks a lot.
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If you have suggestions/comments/complaints, mail me at
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okir@monad.swb.de.
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Yours,
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Olaf
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Copyright Notice
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The Linux Network Administrators' Guide is Copyright (C) by Olaf Kirch.
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See the file COPYING for your rights in copying and printing it.
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