Installed Documentation; Useful Websites - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 4 - INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

Chapter 1. The Philosophy of System Administration

1.11.1. Installed Documentation

The following resources are installed in the course of a typical Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation
and can help you learn more about the subject matter discussed in this chapter.
and
• crontab(1)
automatic execution at regular intervals.
man page — Learn how to schedule commands and scripts for execution at a later time.
• at(1)
man page — Learn more about the default shell and shell script writing.
•
bash(1)
man page — Review pointers to the many man pages that make up perl's online docu-
• perl(1)
mentation.
man page — Learn more about options, files, and environment variables controlling
• python(1)
the Python interpreter.
man page and Help menu entry — Learn how to edit text files with this graphical text
• gedit(1)
editor.
man page — Learn more about this highly-flexible text editor, including how to run its
•
emacs(1)
online tutorial.
man page — Learn how to use this powerful text editor.
• vim(1)
Mozilla Help Contents menu entry — Learn how to edit HTML files, read mail, and browse the
•
Web.
man page and Help menu entry — Learn how to manage your email with this
• evolution(1)
graphical email client.
man page and files in
•
mutt(1)
your email with this text-based email client.
man page and files in
•
pam(8)
takes place under Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

1.11.2. Useful Websites

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ — The Linux-PAM project homepage.
•
http://www.usenix.org/ — The USENIX homepage. A professional organization dedicated to bring-
•
ing together computer professionals of all types and fostering improved communication and inno-
vation.
http://www.sage.org/ — The System Administrators Guild homepage. A USENIX special technical
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group that is a good resource for all system administrators responsible for Linux (or Linux-like)
operating systems.
http://www.python.org/ — The Python Language Website. An excellent site for learning more about
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Python.
http://www.perl.org/ — The Perl Mongers Website. A good place to start learning about Perl and
•
connecting with the Perl community.
http://www.rpm.org/ — The RPM Package Manager homepage. The most comprehensive website
•
for learning about RPM.
man pages — Learn how to schedule commands and scripts for
crontab(5)
/usr/share/doc/mutt- < version >
/usr/share/doc/pam- < version >
— Learn how to manage
— Learn how authentication
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