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AdministrationTopics: Being 'root' | Emergency Recovery | Managing Processes | Mounting | Scheduling | System Services Other Sections: Basics Connectivity Hardware Installation Resources Security Troubleshooting Utils & Apps X |
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AdministrationTopics: Being 'root' | Emergency Recovery | Managing Processes | Mounting | Scheduling | System Services Other Sections: Basics Connectivity Hardware Installation Resources Security Troubleshooting Utils & Apps X |
'root' is the most powerful account on a Linux system. Learn how to use it wisely and conveniently.
Page One: Introducing 'root' / Using 'root' Considered Harmful / Tasks Which Require 'root' Privileges [Feb 11, 02]
Page Two: Becoming 'root' With 'su' / 'su' Going Graphical: 'kdesu' / 'su' Made Convenient: 'sudo' [Feb 11, 02]
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How to cope with severe system errors.
Page One: Rescue vs Reinstalling / Basic Rescue Tools / The Mandrake Linux Rescue System [June 17, 02]
Page Two: Booting 'failsafe' / Single User Mode / The root Shell / Linux Systems On Other Media [Jan 28, 02]
Page Three: Scenario I: System Doesn't Boot / Scenario II: System Stops During Boot [Jan 28, 02]
Page Four: Scenario III: Login Fails / Scenario IV: System Hangs On Loading X / Scenario V: System Freeze / Scenario VI: Important Files Deleted [Jan 28, 02]
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Almost everything going on in Linux is a process. Have a look at what they are and how to manage them.
Page One: Introducing Processes / Process Monitors / Processes In Detail [Jan. 17, 02]
Page Two: Process Accounting / Estimating Process Resource Usage / Setting Resource Limits / Dealing With Bad Processes [Jan. 17, 02]
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How to handle file systems in Linux.
Page One: Why Linux Handles Media Differently / Default mount Setup In Mandrake Linux / Mounting In Detail [Jan 08, 02]
Page Two: Uses Of 'fstab' / 'fstab' Entries Explained / Using 'supermount' [Jan. 09, 02]
Page Three: Mounting Troubles [Jan. 09, 02]
Page Four: Configuring automount. Contributed by Kevin McCormick [Feb. 11, 02]
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How to tell your computer to do certain things at a certain time.
Page One: What Scheduling Can Do / 'sleep', 'at', 'cron' and 'anacron' / 'sleep' / 'at' [Jan 28, 02]
Page Two: ('cron') Specifying Execution Time / Writing Your Own Crontab / Example: Monthly Compression Of 'sent_mail' Folder [Dec 25, 01]
Page Three: 'anacron' / Interactive Schedulers [Jan 28, 02]
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System services: what they are and how to control them.
Page One: Introducing System Services / Advantages Of The Service Mechanism / How Services Work [Jan 04, 02]
Page Two: Annotated List of System Services a-h [Mar. 13, 02]
Page Three: Annotated List of System Services i-n [Mar. 13, 02]
Page Four: Annotated List of System Services o-y [Mar. 13, 02]
Page Five: Deprecated System Services [Mar. 13, 02]
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