Introduction; Changes To This Manual - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 3 Reference Manual

Welcome 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 the
finer points of system security and authentication control, we hope you find this book to be a valuable
resource.
This guide is for you if you want to learn a bit more about how the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system
works. Topics that you can explore within this manual include the following:
The boot process
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The file system structure
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The X Window System
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Network services
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Security tools
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1. Changes To This Manual

This manual has been reorganized for clarity and updated for the latest features of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 3. Some of the changes include:
A New FTP Chapter
The new FTP chapter explains the FTP protocol and provides a detailed list of configuration
options for the default FTP server,
An Updated Network File System (NFS) Chapter
The 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 Appendix
The Modules appendix has been completely overhauled. Instructions for the
have been added which enable users to bind multiple network interface cards together as if they
are one.
Updated Network Interfaces Chapter
The Network Interfaces chapter has been updated to include IPSec and bonding interfaces.
An Updated Apache HTTP Server Chapter
The guide for migrating from version 1.3 to version 2.0 of the Apache HTTP Server has been
updated. 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 Server
migration guide.
An Updated The X Window System Chapter
The X Window System has been completely revised and reorganized for clarity. New font config-
uration instructions were added as well.
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Introduction

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