diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/preface/preface.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/preface/preface.xml | 760 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 760 deletions
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/preface/preface.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/preface/preface.xml deleted file mode 100644 index f140ec1e93..0000000000 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/preface/preface.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,760 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> -<!-- - $FreeBSD$ ---> -<preface xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" - xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" - xml:id="book-preface"> - <title>Preface</title> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-audience" renderas="sect1">Intended - Audience</bridgehead> - - <para>The &os; newcomer will find that the first section of this - book guides the user through the &os; installation process and - gently introduces the concepts and conventions that underpin - &unix;. Working through this section requires little more than - the desire to explore, and the ability to take on board new - concepts as they are introduced.</para> - - <para>Once you have traveled this far, the second, far larger, - section of the Handbook is a comprehensive reference to all manner - of topics of interest to &os; system administrators. Some of - these chapters may recommend that you do some prior reading, and - this is noted in the synopsis at the beginning of each - chapter.</para> - - <para>For a list of additional sources of information, please see - <xref linkend="bibliography"/>.</para> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-changes-from3" renderas="sect1">Changes - from the Third Edition</bridgehead> - - <para>The current online version of the Handbook represents the - cumulative effort of many hundreds of contributors over the past - 10 years. The following are some of the significant changes since - the two volume third edition was published in 2004:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="wine"/> has been added with information - about how to run &windows; applications on &os;.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="dtrace"/> has been added with information - about the powerful &dtrace; performance analysis tool.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="filesystems"/> has been added with - information about non-native file systems in &os;, such as ZFS - from &sun;.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="audit"/> has been added to cover the new - auditing capabilities in &os; and explain its use.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="virtualization"/> has been added with - information about installing &os; on virtualization - software.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="bsdinstall"/> has been added to cover - installation of &os; using the new installation utility, - <application>bsdinstall</application>.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-changes-from2" renderas="sect1">Changes - from the Second Edition (2004)</bridgehead> - - <para>The third edition was the culmination of over two years of - work by the dedicated members of the &os; Documentation - Project. The printed edition grew to such a size that it was - necessary to publish as two separate volumes. The following are - the major changes in this new edition:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="config-tuning"/> has been expanded with new - information about the ACPI power and resource management, the - <command>cron</command> system utility, and more kernel tuning - options.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="security"/> has been expanded with new - information about virtual private networks (VPNs), file system - access control lists (ACLs), and security advisories.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="mac"/> is a new chapter with this edition. - It explains what MAC is and how this mechanism can be used to - secure a &os; system.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="disks"/> has been expanded with new - information about USB storage devices, file system snapshots, - file system quotas, file and network backed filesystems, and - encrypted disk partitions.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>A troubleshooting section has been added to <xref - linkend="ppp-and-slip"/>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="mail"/> has been expanded with new - information about using alternative transport agents, SMTP - authentication, UUCP, <application>fetchmail</application>, - <application>procmail</application>, and other advanced - topics.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="network-servers"/> is all new with this - edition. This chapter includes information about setting up - the <application>Apache HTTP Server</application>, - <application>ftpd</application>, and setting up a server for - µsoft; &windows; clients with - <application>Samba</application>. Some sections from <xref - linkend="advanced-networking"/> were moved here to improve - the presentation.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="advanced-networking"/> has been expanded - with new information about using &bluetooth; devices with - &os;, setting up wireless networks, and Asynchronous Transfer - Mode (ATM) networking.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>A glossary has been added to provide a central location - for the definitions of technical terms used throughout the - book.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>A number of aesthetic improvements have been made to the - tables and figures throughout the book.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-changes" renderas="sect1">Changes from - the First Edition (2001)</bridgehead> - - <para>The second edition was the culmination of over two years of - work by the dedicated members of the &os; Documentation Project. - The following were the major changes in this edition:</para> - -<!-- Talk a little about justification and other stylesheet changes? --> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>A complete Index has been added.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>All ASCII figures have been replaced by graphical - diagrams.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>A standard synopsis has been added to each chapter to - give a quick summary of what information the chapter - contains, and what the reader is expected to know.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The content has been logically reorganized into three - parts: <quote>Getting Started</quote>, <quote>System - Administration</quote>, and - <quote>Appendices</quote>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="basics"/> has been expanded to contain - additional information about processes, daemons, and - signals.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="ports"/> has been expanded to contain - additional information about binary package - management.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="x11"/> has been completely rewritten with - an emphasis on using modern desktop technologies such as - <application>KDE</application> and - <application>GNOME</application> on &xfree86; 4.X.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="boot"/> has been expanded.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="disks"/> has been written from what used - to be two separate chapters on <quote>Disks</quote> and - <quote>Backups</quote>. We feel that the topics are easier - to comprehend when presented as a single chapter. A section - on RAID (both hardware and software) has also been - added.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="serialcomms"/> has been completely - reorganized and updated for &os; 4.X/5.X.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="ppp-and-slip"/> has been substantially - updated.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Many new sections have been added to <xref - linkend="advanced-networking"/>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="mail"/> has been expanded to include more - information about configuring - <application>sendmail</application>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="linuxemu"/> has been expanded to include - information about installing - <application>&oracle;</application> and - <application>&sap.r3;</application>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>The following new topics are covered in this second - edition:</para> - - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="config-tuning"/>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para><xref linkend="multimedia"/>.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-overview" - renderas="sect1">Organization of This Book</bridgehead> - - <para>This book is split into five logically distinct sections. - The first section, <emphasis>Getting Started</emphasis>, covers - the installation and basic usage of &os;. It is expected that - the reader will follow these chapters in sequence, possibly - skipping chapters covering familiar topics. The second section, - <emphasis>Common Tasks</emphasis>, covers some frequently used - features of &os;. This section, and all subsequent sections, - can be read out of order. Each chapter begins with a succinct - synopsis that describes what the chapter covers and what the - reader is expected to already know. This is meant to allow the - casual reader to skip around to find chapters of interest. The - third section, <emphasis>System Administration</emphasis>, covers - administration topics. The fourth section, <emphasis>Network - Communication</emphasis>, covers networking and server topics. - The fifth section contains appendices of reference - information.</para> - - <variablelist> - -<!-- Part I - Introduction --> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="introduction"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Introduces &os; to a new user. It describes the - history of the &os; Project, its goals and development - model.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="bsdinstall"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Walks a user through the entire installation process of - &os; 9.<replaceable>x</replaceable> and later using - <application>bsdinstall</application>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="basics"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Covers the basic commands and functionality of the - &os; operating system. If you are familiar with &linux; - or another flavor of &unix; then you can probably skip this - chapter.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="ports"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Covers the installation of third-party software with - both &os;'s innovative <quote>Ports Collection</quote> and - standard binary packages.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="x11"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes the X Window System in general and using X11 - on &os; in particular. Also describes common desktop - environments such as <application>KDE</application> and - <application>GNOME</application>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - -<!-- Part II Common Tasks --> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="desktop"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Lists some common desktop applications, such as web - browsers and productivity suites, and describes how to - install them on &os;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="multimedia"/></emphasis></term> - <listitem> - <para>Shows how to set up sound and video playback support - for your system. Also describes some sample audio and video - applications.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="kernelconfig"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Explains why you might need to configure a new kernel - and provides detailed instructions for configuring, - building, and installing a custom kernel.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="printing"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes managing printers on &os;, including - information about banner pages, printer accounting, and - initial setup.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="linuxemu"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes the &linux; compatibility features of &os;. - Also provides detailed installation instructions for many - popular &linux; applications such as - <application>&oracle;</application> and - <application>&mathematica;</application>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - -<!-- Part III - System Administration --> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref - linkend="config-tuning"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes the parameters available for system - administrators to tune a &os; system for optimum - performance. Also describes the various configuration files - used in &os; and where to find them.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="boot"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes the &os; boot process and explains how to - control this process with configuration options.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="security"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes many different tools available to help keep - your &os; system secure, including Kerberos, IPsec and - OpenSSH.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="jails"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes the jails framework, and the improvements of - jails over the traditional chroot support of &os;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="mac"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Explains what Mandatory Access Control (MAC) is and - how this mechanism can be used to secure a &os; - system.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="audit"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes what &os; Event Auditing is, how it can be - installed, configured, and how audit trails can be inspected - or monitored.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="disks"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes how to manage storage media and filesystems - with &os;. This includes physical disks, RAID arrays, - optical and tape media, memory-backed disks, and network - filesystems.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="geom"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes what the GEOM framework in &os; is and how - to configure various supported RAID levels.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="filesystems"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Examines support of non-native file systems in &os;, - like the Z File System from &sun;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref - linkend="virtualization"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes what virtualization systems offer, and how - they can be used with &os;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="l10n"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes how to use &os; in languages other than - English. Covers both system and application level - localization.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref - linkend="updating-upgrading"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Explains the differences between &os;-STABLE, - &os;-CURRENT, and &os; releases. Describes which users - would benefit from tracking a development system and - outlines that process. Covers the methods users may take - to update their system to the latest security - release.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="dtrace"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes how to configure and use the &dtrace; tool - from &sun; in &os;. Dynamic tracing can help locate - performance issues, by performing real time system - analysis.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - -<!-- Part IV - Network Communications --> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="serialcomms"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Explains how to connect terminals and modems to your - &os; system for both dial in and dial out - connections.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="ppp-and-slip"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes how to use PPP to connect to remote systems - with &os;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="mail"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Explains the different components of an email server - and dives into simple configuration topics for the most - popular mail server software: - <application>sendmail</application>.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref - linkend="network-servers"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Provides detailed instructions and example configuration - files to set up your &os; machine as a network filesystem - server, domain name server, network information system - server, or time synchronization server.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="firewalls"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Explains the philosophy behind software-based firewalls - and provides detailed information about the configuration - of the different firewalls available for &os;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref - linkend="advanced-networking"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes many networking topics, including sharing an - Internet connection with other computers on your LAN, - advanced routing topics, wireless networking, &bluetooth;, - ATM, IPv6, and much more.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - -<!-- Part V - Appendices --> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="mirrors"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Lists different sources for obtaining &os; media on - CDROM or DVD as well as different sites on the Internet - that allow you to download and install &os;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="bibliography"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>This book touches on many different subjects that may - leave you hungry for a more detailed explanation. The - bibliography lists many excellent books that are referenced - in the text.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="eresources"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Describes the many forums available for &os; users to - post questions and engage in technical conversations about - &os;.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis><xref linkend="pgpkeys"/></emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>Lists the PGP fingerprints of several &os; - Developers.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-conv" renderas="sect1">Conventions used - in this book</bridgehead> - - <para>To provide a consistent and easy to read text, several - conventions are followed throughout the book.</para> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-conv-typographic" - renderas="sect2">Typographic Conventions</bridgehead> - - <variablelist> - <varlistentry> - <term><emphasis>Italic</emphasis></term> - - <listitem> - <para>An <emphasis>italic</emphasis> font is used for - filenames, URLs, emphasized text, and the first usage of - technical terms.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><literal>Monospace</literal></term> - - <listitem> - <para>A <literal>monospaced</literal> font is used for error - messages, commands, environment variables, names of ports, - hostnames, user names, group names, device names, variables, - and code fragments.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - - <varlistentry> - <term><application>Bold</application></term> - - <listitem> - <para>A <keycap>bold</keycap> font is used for - applications, commands, and keys.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - </variablelist> - -<!-- Var list --> - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-conv-commands" renderas="sect2">User - Input</bridgehead> - - <para>Keys are shown in <keycap>bold</keycap> to stand out from - other text. Key combinations that are meant to be typed - simultaneously are shown with `<literal>+</literal>' between - the keys, such as:</para> - - <para><keycombo action="simul"> - <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> - <keycap>Alt</keycap> - <keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo></para> - - <para>Meaning the user should type the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap>, - <keycap>Alt</keycap>, and <keycap>Del</keycap> keys at the same - time.</para> - - <para>Keys that are meant to be typed in sequence will be separated - with commas, for example:</para> - - <para><keycombo action="simul"> - <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> - <keycap>X</keycap> - </keycombo>, - <keycombo action="simul"> - <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> - <keycap>S</keycap></keycombo></para> - - <para>Would mean that the user is expected to type the - <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and <keycap>X</keycap> keys simultaneously - and then to type the <keycap>Ctrl</keycap> and <keycap>S</keycap> - keys simultaneously.</para> - -<!-- How to type in key stokes, etc.. --> - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-conv-examples" - renderas="sect2">Examples</bridgehead> - - <para>Examples starting with <filename>C:\></filename> - indicate a &ms-dos; command. Unless otherwise noted, these - commands may be executed from a <quote>Command Prompt</quote> - window in a modern µsoft.windows; - environment.</para> - - <screen><prompt>E:\></prompt> <userinput>tools\fdimage floppies\kern.flp A:</userinput></screen> - - <para>Examples starting with &prompt.root; indicate a command that - must be invoked as the superuser in &os;. You can login as - <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> to type the - command, or login as your normal account and use &man.su.1; to - gain superuser privileges.</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/fd0</userinput></screen> - - <para>Examples starting with &prompt.user; indicate a command that - should be invoked from a normal user account. Unless otherwise - noted, C-shell syntax is used for setting environment variables - and other shell commands.</para> - - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>top</userinput></screen> - - <bridgehead xml:id="preface-acknowledgements" - renderas="sect1">Acknowledgments</bridgehead> - - <para>The book you are holding represents the efforts of many - hundreds of people around the world. Whether they sent in fixes - for typos, or submitted complete chapters, all the contributions - have been useful.</para> - - <para>Several companies have supported the development of this - document by paying authors to work on it full-time, paying for - publication, etc. In particular, BSDi (subsequently acquired by - <link xlink:href="http://www.windriver.com">Wind River - Systems</link>) paid members of the &os; Documentation Project - to work on improving this book full time leading up to the - publication of the first printed edition in March 2000 (ISBN - 1-57176-241-8). Wind River Systems then paid several additional - authors to make a number of improvements to the print-output - infrastructure and to add additional chapters to the text. This - work culminated in the publication of the second printed edition - in November 2001 (ISBN 1-57176-303-1). In 2003-2004, <link - xlink:href="http://www.freebsdmall.com">&os; Mall, Inc</link>, - paid several contributors to improve the Handbook in preparation - for the third printed edition.</para> - -</preface> |