Document Conventions - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Introduction
Welcome to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide.
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Deployment Guide contains information on how to customize your Red
Hat Enterprise Linux system to fit your needs. If you are looking for a comprehensive, task-oriented
guide for configuring and customizing your system, this is the manual for you.
This manual discusses many intermediate topics such as the following:
• Setting up a network interface card (NIC)
• Configuring a Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Configuring Samba shares
• Managing your software with RPM
• Determining information about your system
• Upgrading your kernel
This manual is divided into the following main categories:
• File systems
• Package management
• Network-related configuration
• System configuration
• System monitoring
• Kernel and Driver Configuration
• Security and Authentication
• Red Hat Training and Certification
This guide assumes you have a basic understanding of your Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. If you
need help installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide.

1. Document Conventions

In this manual, certain words are represented in different fonts, typefaces, sizes, and weights. This
highlighting is systematic; different words are represented in the same style to indicate their inclusion
in a specific category. The types of words that are represented this way include the following:
command
Linux commands (and other operating system commands, when used) are represented this
way. This style should indicate to you that you can type the word or phrase on the command
line and press Enter to invoke a command. Sometimes a command contains words that would
be displayed in a different style on their own (such as file names). In these cases, they are
considered to be part of the command, so the entire phrase is displayed as a command. For
example:
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