regular expression, 1
* (regular expression), 2
* (wildcard), 3
. (regular expression), 4
/ (slash)
root directory, 5, 6
/bin directory, 7
/etc (directory)
system-wide configuration, 8, 9
/etc directory, 10, 11, 12
/etc/X11/Xsession
modifying, 13
/root directory, 14
/sbin directory, 15
/user directory, 16
/var directory, 17
? wildcard, 18
[] (brackets)
regular expression, 19
$ (dollar sign)
regular expression, 20
caret) regular expression, 21
/tmp directory, 22
(tilde), 23
absolute filenames, 24, 25
abstractions, 26
Access screen
dselect, 27
accessing
files, 28
filesystems, 29
Help file (installation), 30
accounts
ordinary user, 31, 32
permissions, 33, 34
example sessions, 35, 36, 37
file mode, 38, 39, 40
file ownership, 41, 42
root user, 43, 44
superuser, 45
user
logging in, 46, 47
plans, 48, 49
Acknowledgments, 50
activating
swap partition, 51, 52
ae, 53
ae (text editor), 54, 55
alias, 56
aliases, 57
Alt key, 58, 59
APM, 60
APM (Advanced Power Management), 61
application software, 62
applications
cfdisk, 63, 64
configuration files, 65
dbootstrap, 66
network configuration, 67
dselect, 68, 69, 70
Access screen, 71
multi-CD installation, 72
multi-NFS, multi-mount installation, 73
package states, 74, 75
Update screen, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80
exiting, 81
file managers, 82
GNU documentation viewer, 83, 84
gzip, 85, 86
multitasking, 87
system binaries, 88
tasks, 89, 90
text editores, 91, 92
text editors
ae, 93
archiving utilities, 94
arguments, 95
arranging
hard drive, 96, 97, 98
asking technical questions, 99, 100
assigning
job numbers to command lines, 101
authentication
shadow passwords, 102
automatic filesystem mounting, 103, 104
backing up
disks, 105
backups
performing, 106
utilities, 107
GNU tar, 108
Base System, 109, 110
base system
configuring, 111, 112
installation, 113, 114
Bash
Info help system
displaying, 115
bash, 116, 117
commands
aliases, 118
environment variables
setting, 119, 120
binary executables
comparing to source code, 121
binary files, 122
viewing, 123
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), 124
black-and-white display
selecting, 125
block devices, 126, 127
blocks, 128
bold face
typographical conventions, 129
boot floppies
creating, 130
boot loaders, 131
LILO, 132
boot partition, 133
boot process
LILO (Linux Loader), 134
query process, 135
troubleshooting, 136
booting
Debian, 137
from CD-ROM, 138
from floppies, 139
operating systems
multiple, 140
smoke test, 141
Bourne shell, 142
bug reports
submitting, 143
built-in dependencies
packages, 144, 145
built-in programs, 146
buttons
mouse operation, 147
C shell, 148
canceling
selections (dselect), 149
cd command, 150, 151
CD-ROM
booting from, 152
CD-ROMs
mounting, 153, 154
unmounting, 155
cd, 156
CDs
multi-CD installation, 157, 158
multi-NFS, multi-mount installation, 159
cfdisk, 160, 161, 162
Change Directory, see cd
character devices, 164, 165
characters
metacharacters, 166
clients
X clients, 167
network transparency, 168
X windows system, 169, 170
selecting, 171, 172
closing
programs, 173
color display
selecting, 174
Comand Line
History, 175
command history, 176
command line, 177, 178, 179, 180
structure, 181
Command Line, 182
command lines
job numbers
assigning, 183
command-line shell, 184, 185
commands
aliases, 186
arguments, 187
Bash
wildcards, 188
cd, 189, 190
documentation, 191, 192
info, 193, 194
egrep, 195
ls, 196, 197, 198
man less, 199
mkdir, 200
more, 201
parameters, 202
shell commands
typing, 203
su, 204
whoami, 205
commercial software
comparing to proprietary, 206
comparing
binary and text files, 207
crackers and hackers, 208
hard links and symlinks, 209
programs and processes, 210
software
commercial and proprietary, 211
system-wide and user-specific configuration, 212, 213
compiling
packages, 214
compressing
files, 215, 216
Configuration
Base system, 217
Device drivers, 218
Modules, 219
PCMCIA, 220
configuration
comparing system-wide and user-specific, 221, 222
networking
Ethernet, 223
PPP, 224, 225
PCMCIA, 226
system-wide
/etc directory, 227
automatic filesystem mounting, 228, 229
networking, 230, 231, 232
user-specific
dotfiles, 233
configuring
base system, 234, 235
device drivers, 236
keyboard, 237
network, 238
packages, 239
connections
networking
Ethernet, 240
PPP, 241, 242, 243, 244
consoles, 245
virtual consoles, 246, 247
controllers
SCSI
partitions, naming, 248
controlling
processes, 249, 250
conventions
typographical, 251, 252
spaces, 253
copy-and-paste
mouse operation (X), 254
copying
large-scale, 255, 256
crackers
comparing to hackers, 257
creating
accounts
ordinary user, 258, 259
superuser, 260
directories, 261
disk images, 262, 263
plans, 264, 265
csh (C shell), 266
current working directories, 267
Current Working Directory, 268
customizing
X windows system, 269
cylinder translation, 270
daemon, 271
dbootstrap, 272
network configuration, 273
Debian
booting, 274
from CD-ROM, 275
Web site, 276
Debian base system, 277, 278
Debian mailing list, 279, 280
deleting
directories, 281
files, 282
hard links, 283
named pipes, 284
symlinks, 285, 286
Deleting Files, see rm
dependencies
packages, 288, 289
deselect
package maintenance, 290
Devel_comp (profile), 291
developing
Free Software
Social Contract, 292
software
free software, 293, 294
development, 295
device drivers
configuring, 296
device files, 297, 298
Device Names, 299
devices, 300, 301
abstractions, 302
base system
installing, 303, 304
block devices, 305, 306
character devices, 307, 308
daemons, 309
files
symlinks, 310
filesystems, 311
automatic mounting, 312, 313
hard links, 314, 315
mount points, 316
mounting, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321
proc, 322
symlinks, 323, 324, 325
naming, 326
output
redirecting, 327, 328
PCMCIA
configuring, 329
printers
troubleshooting, 330
SCSI drives
partitions, 331
swap partitions, 332, 333
Dialup profile, 334
Directories, 335
directories, 336, 337, 338, 339
/etc, 340, 341, 342
system-wide configuration, 343, 344
/root, 345
/user, 346
/var, 347
contents, displaying, 348, 349
copying, 350, 351
creating, 352
current working directory, 353
file systems
mount points, 354
filename expansion patterns, 355, 356
files
hard links, 357, 358
inodes, 359, 360
locating, 361, 362
symlinks, 363
filesystems, 364
mounting, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369
hard links
removing, 370
home directory, 371
modes, 372
parent directories, 373
paths, 374
permissions
example session, 375, 376, 377
removing, 378
search path (shell), 379, 380
shortcut directories, 381
symlinks, 382
system-wide
files, modifying, 383
disk blocks
scanning, 384
disk cache, 385
disk space
installation requirements, 386
disks
backing up, 387
boot disks
LILO, 388
boot floppies
creating, 389
filesystems
mount points, 390
mounting, 391, 392, 393, 394, 395
floppies
booting from, 396
images
writing to floppies, 397, 398
removable
mounting filesystem, 399
displaying
directory contents, 400, 401
file contents, 402
files
filename expansion pattern, 403
Info help system, 404
mounted filesystems, 405
text files, 406
displays
ae (text editor), 407
dselect
Access screen, 408
X windows system
windows manager, 409
dividing
partitions, 410
documentation, 411, 412
GNU General Public License, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422,
423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435
HOWTOs, 436
info, 437, 438
DOS (Disk Operating System)
partitioning, 439, 440, 441
Dotfiles, 442
dotfiles, 443, 444
dpkg, 445
package maintenance, 446
dselect, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452
Access menu, 453
Access screen, 454
multi-CD installation, 455
package states, 456, 457
packages
configuring, 458
installing, 459, 460
Select, 461
Select Screen
exiting, 462
Select screen, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467
Update, 468
Update screen, 469
dump, 470
dump (backup utility, 471
editing
text, 472, 473
Editors, 474
egrep command, 475
Emacs (text editor), 476, 477
email
bug reports
troubleshooting, 478
Debian mailing list, 479, 480
environment
variables
importing, 481
Environment Variables, 482
environment variables, 483, 484
bash
setting, 485, 486
PATH, 487, 488
proxy servers
setting, 489
environments, 490, 491
error messages
standard error, 492
X windows system
troubleshooting, 493
Ethernet
configuration , 494
example session
permissions, 495, 496, 497
execute permission, 498
executing
programs
search path, 499, 500
exiting
ae (text editor), 501
programs, 502
Select screen (dselect), 503
X windows system, 504, 505, 506
expansion patterns, 507, 508
see also wildcards, 509
exporting
shell variables, 510
variables to environment, 511
ext2 filesystem, 512
extended partitions, 513, 514
FIFO (first-in-first-out), 515
file manager, 516
file managers
icon-based, 517
file pagers
text files
viewing, 518
file systems, 519, 520, 521
filename expansion pattern, 522
filename expansion patterns, 523
Files, 524
Editors, 525
Text, 526
files, 527, 528, 529
/etc/X11/Xsession
modifying, 530
access, 531
binary, 532
viewing, 533
compressing, 534, 535
configuration files, 536
contents
displaying, 537
current working directory, 538
deleting, 539
device files, 540, 541
disk images, 542, 543
dotfiles, 544, 545
hard links, 546, 547
inodes, 548
large-scale copying, 549, 550
locating, 551, 552
moving, 553
named pipes, 554
naming conventions
troubleshooting, 555
permissions, 556, 557, 558
example sessions, 559, 560, 561
mode, 562, 563, 564
ownership, 565, 566
plans
creating, 567, 568
regular expressions, 569, 570, 571
sockets, 572
symlinks, 573
removing, 574, 575
temporary, 576
text
editing, 577, 578, 579
viewing, 580
text files, 581
uncompressing, 582
filesystems, 583
automatic mounting, 584, 585
backing up, 586
GNU tar, 587
ext2, 588
hard links, 589, 590
deleting, 591
listing, 592
mount points, 593
mounting, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598
proc, 599
symlinks, 600
finding
documentation, 601, 602
files, 603, 604
system information, 605
finger information
plans
creating, 606
FIPS, 607, 608
floppies
boot floppies
creating, 609
booting from, 610
disk images
writing, 611, 612
filesystem
mounting, 613
filesystems, 614
Floppy Disks, 615
fonts
selecting, 616
xterm
increasing size, 617
Free Software, 618
Social Contract, 619
free software
developing, 620
Free Software Foundation, 621
fully-qualified filenames, 622
functionality, 623
General Public License, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635,
636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646
glossary, 647
GNOME desktop project, 648
GNU documentation viewer, 649, 650
GNU General Public License, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661,
662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673
GNU Midnight Commander, 674
GNU Project, 675
GNU tar, 676
GNU tar (backup utility, 677
GNU/Linux
multiuser environment, 678
graphical user interfaces
see GUIs, 679, 680
GUIs
abstractions, 681
icon-based file managers, 682
X Window, 683, 684
X windows system
clients, 685, 686
clients, selecting, 687, 688
customizing, 689
exiting, 690, 691, 692
mouse operation, 693
starting, 694
troubleshooting, 695, 696
xdm, 697
gzip, 698, 699
Hacker Ethic, 700
hackers, 701
hard disk
Linux partition
initializing, 702, 703
partitioning
PC BIOS, 704
swap partition
initializing, 705, 706
hard disks
partitioning, 707, 708, 709, 710
partitions
mounting, 711
scanning, 712
hard drive
organizing, 713, 714, 715
partition
boot partition, 716
partitioning, 717, 718, 719
cylinder translation, 720
root partition, 721
swap partition, 722
hard drives
filesystems, 723
LILO
operating system, booting, 724
partitioning
swap partitions, 725, 726
partitions
mounting, 727
hard links, 728, 729
comparing to symlinks, 730, 731
deleting, 732
symlinks, 733
hardware
abstractions, 734
device files, 735, 736
video cards
support for, 737
Hardware, supported, 738
Help file (installation)
accessing, 739
help system
HOWTOs, 740
hierarchies, 741
filesystems, 742
mount points, 743
mounting, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748
History, see Command Line History
home directories, 750
home directory, 751
HOWTOs, 752
icon-based file managers, 753
images (disk)
writing to floppies, 754, 755
importing
variables to environment, 756
info, 757, 758
Info help system, 759
info, 760
initializing
Linux partition, 761, 762
swap partition, 763, 764
inodes, 765, 766
hard links
removing, 767
Installation
CD-ROM, 768
Floppies, 769
Media, 770
Menu, 771
Prerequisites, 772
installation
backups, performing, 773
base system, 774, 775
base system, configuring, 776, 777
boot floppies
creating, 778
device drivers
configuring, 779
disks
backing up, 780
dselect, 781
Access screen, 782
hard disks
partitioning, 783, 784
hard drive
partitioning, 785, 786
partitioning, 787
Help file
accessing, 788
kernel, 789
keyboard configuration, 790
Linux partition
initialization, 791, 792
main menu, 793
master boot record, 794
memory requirements, 795
monitor display
color, selecting, 796
multi-NFS, multi-mount, 797
multi_cd, 798, 799
network
configuring, 800
packages, 801
partitioning, 802, 803, 804, 805
PCMCIA support
configuring, 806
profiles, 807
selecting, 808
root password
setting, 809
smoke test, 810
swap partition
initialization, 811, 812
tasks
selecting, 813
time zone
specifying, 814
installations
network workstations, 815
operating systems, multiple, 816
installing
packages, 817, 818
Internet
Debian mailing list, 819, 820
online manual
viewing, 821
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Debian mailing list, 822, 823
ISPs
PPP, 824, 825
italics
typographical conventions, 826
job, 827
job numbers
assigning to command lines, 828
jobs, 829, 830
listing, 831
starting, 832
status
displaying, 833
suspending, 834, 835
terminating, 836, 837
kernel
boot process
troubleshooting, 838
installing, 839
PCMCIA
removing, 840
virtual consoles, 841, 842
kernel:LILO (Linux Loader), 843, 844
key combinations
dselect, 845
keyboard
configuring, 846
killing
jobs, 847, 848
X server, 849
Korn shell, 850
languages
programming, 851, 852
LANs
Ethernet
configuration, 853
large-scale copying, 854, 855
legal documentation
GNU General Public License, 856, 857, 858, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863, 864, 865,
866, 867, 868, 869, 870, 871, 872, 873, 874, 875, 876, 877, 878
licenses
GNU General Public License, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887, 888,
889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894, 895, 896, 897, 898, 899, 900, 901
LILO, 902
LILO (Linux Loader), 903, 904
limitations
partitions, 905
Linux
devices, 906, 907, 908
GNU General Public License, 909, 910, 911, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918,
919, 920, 921, 922, 923, 924, 925, 926, 927, 928, 929, 930, 931
kernel
command line, 932, 933
disk cache, 934
virtual console, 935, 936
Linux Documentation Project, 937
HOWTOs, 938
Linux native partition
creating, 939, 940
Linux partition
initializing, 941, 942
Linux partitions
mounting, 943, 944
Linux swap partition
creating, 945, 946
listing
aliases, 947
jobs, 948
mounted filesystems, 949
processes, 950
locating
documentation, 951, 952
files, 953, 954
system information, 955
logging in, 956, 957
logical partitions, 958, 959
long form
options, 960
ls command, 961, 962, 963
ls, 964, 965
mailing list
Debian, 966, 967
main menu
installation, 968
mainenance
packages, 969, 970
deselect, 971
dpkg, 972
man less command, 973
man pages, 974
managing
files, 975
manual startup
X windows system, 976
master boot record
installation, 977
memory
disk cache, 978
installation requirements, 979
swap partitions, 980, 981
menus
installation, 982
Partition a Hard Disk, 983, 984
messages
error
standard error, 985
metacharacters
regular expressions, 986, 987, 988
mkdir command, 989
mode (files), 990, 991, 992
modifier keys, 993, 994
modifying
files
hard links, 995
modularity, 996
modules
device drivers
configuring, 997
installation, 998
monitor
display color
selecting, 999
monochrome display
selecting, 1000
more command, 1001
mount points, 1002
mounting
CD-ROM, 1003, 1004
filesystems, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009
automatic, 1010, 1011
floppy disks, 1012
initialized partitions, 1013
partitions, 1014, 1015
mouse operation
X windows system, 1016
moving
files, 1017
msdos filesystem, 1018
multi-NFS, multi-mount installation, 1019
multi_cd installation, 1020, 1021
multiple operating systems
booting, 1022
Multitasking, 1023
multitasking, 1024
processes, 1025
Multiuser, 1026
multiuser environment
GNU/Linux, 1027
multiuser environments
virtual console, 1028, 1029
mv command, 1030
named pipes, 1031
naming
devices, 1032, 1033, 1034
naming conventions
files
troubleshooting, 1035
navigating
dbootstrap, 1036
nedit (text editor, 1037
netowrks
devices
output, redirecting, 1038, 1039
network
configuring, 1040
Network Configuration, 1041
network transparency, 1042
networking, 1043
Ethernet
configuration, 1044
PPP, 1045, 1046
configuration, 1047, 1048
sockets, 1049
networks
servers
partitioning, 1050
terminals, 1051
virtual console, 1052, 1053
workstations
installation, 1054
X servers, 1055
online manual
builtin programs, 1056
text, paging, 1057
viewing, 1058
Open Source Software, 1059
operating system
booting
LILO (Linux Loader), 1060
kernel
installing, 1061
operating systems, 1062
backup tools, 1063
GNU tar, 1064
boot loaders, 1065
Debian
booting, 1066
functionality, 1067
GNU Linux
multiuser environment, 1068
installation
partitioning, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072
LILO, 1073
modularity, 1074
multiple installations, 1075
multiple, booting, 1076
root password
setting, 1077
swap partitions, 1078
X windows system
troubleshooting, 1079
options (commands), 1080
ordinary user accounts, 1081, 1082
organization
files, 1083, 1084
organizing
files, 1085
hard drive, 1086, 1087, 1088
ouput
redirecting
pipelines, 1089
output
redirecting, 1090, 1091, 1092
reversing, 1093
overriding
package dependencies, 1094
ownership (files), 1095, 1096
packages, 1097
canceling selection (dselect), 1098
compiling, 1099
configuring, 1100
Debian base system, 1101, 1102
dependencies, 1103, 1104
development, 1105
installation, 1106
multi-CD, 1107, 1108
multi-NFS, multi-mount, 1109
installing, 1110, 1111
maintenance utilities, 1112, 1113
deselect, 1114
dpkg, 1115
profiles, 1116
see also dselect, 1117, 1118
selecting, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122
states (dselect), 1123, 1124
PAGER environment variable, 1125
parameters, 1126
parent directories, 1127
Partition
Initialization, 1128
Swap, 1129
Lossless, 1130
partition
boot partition, 1131
Partitioning, 1132
partitioning, 1133
cylinder translation, 1134
hard disks, 1135, 1136
hard drive, 1137, 1138, 1139
root partition, 1140
swap partition, 1141
Linux partition
initializing, 1142, 1143
PC BIOS, 1144
SCSI drives, 1145
servers, 1146
swap partition
initializing, 1147, 1148
swap partitions, 1149, 1150
partitions
mounting, 1151, 1152, 1153
surface scanning, 1154
passwords
logging in, 1155, 1156
root password
setting, 1157
shadow passwords, 1158
superuser, 1159
PATH, 1160
paths, 1161
PC BIOS, 1162
PCMCIA, 1163
configuring, 1164
removing, 1165
Permissions, 1166
permissions, 1167, 1168, 1169
access, 1170
example session, 1171, 1172, 1173
file ownership, 1174, 1175
hard links, 1176
mode, 1177, 1178, 1179
PID, 1180
PID (Process Identification Number), 1181
pipe operators, 1182
pipeline, 1183
pipelines, 1184
output
reversing, 1185
pipes
named pipes, 1186
plans, 1187, 1188
PPP
configuration, 1189, 1190
wvdial, 1191, 1192
primary partitions, 1193
printenv, 1194
Printing, 1195
printing
troubleshooting, 1196
proc filesystem, 1197
process groups, 1198, 1199
Process Management, 1200
Processes, 1201
processes, 1202
boot process
troubleshooting, 1203
comparing to programs, 1204
controlling, 1205, 1206
daemons, 1207
environments, 1208, 1209
jobs
listing, 1210
starting, 1211
suspending, 1212, 1213
terminating, 1214, 1215
named pipes, 1216
PID (Process Identification Number), 1217
redirection operators, 1218, 1219
standard input, 1220
standard output, 1221
Profiles, 1222
profiles, 1223
selecting, 1224, 1225
programming, 1226, 1227
programs
bash
aliases, 1228
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System), 1229
built-in, 1230
cfdisk, 1231, 1232
comparing to processes, 1233
dbootstrap, 1234
network configuration, 1235
dselect, 1236, 1237, 1238
Access screen, 1239
multi-CD installation, 1240
multi-NFS, multi-mount installation, 1241
package states, 1242, 1243
packages, configuring, 1244
packages, installing, 1245, 1246
Update screen, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251
executing
search path, 1252, 1253
exiting, 1254
file managers, 1255
functionality, 1256
gzip, 1257, 1258
multitasking, 1259
packages
maintenance utilities, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263
shell, 1264, 1265
software development, 1266, 1267
tasks, 1268, 1269
text editors, 1270, 1271
ae, 1272
wvdial
PPP configuration, 1273, 1274
X clients, 1275, 1276
Prompt, Changing, 1277
prompts
shell prompts, 1278
proprietary software
comparing to commercial, 1279
proxy servers
environment variables
setting, 1280
PS1, 1281
pwd command, 1282, 1283
pwd, 1284
query process, 1285
questions
technical support, 1286, 1287
quitting
ae (text editor), 1288
X windows system, 1289, 1290
RAM
disk cache, 1291
RAM (Random Access Memory)
installation requirements, 1292
reading
device files, 1293
redirecting
output, 1294
pipelines, 1295
Redirection, 1296
redirection operators, 1297
hard links, 1298
output
reversing, 1299
regular expressions, 1300, 1301, 1302
reinitializing
swap partition, 1303
removable disks
mounting filesystem, 1304
removing
directories, 1305
hard links, 1306
PCMCIA, 1307
symlinks, 1308, 1309
repartitioning
from Windows, 1310, 1311
hard drive, 1312, 1313, 1314
requirements
installation
memory, 1315
restrictions
partitions, 1316
reversing
output, 1317
rm, 1318
root directory, 1319, 1320
root partition, 1321
root password
setting, 1322
root user, 1323, 1324
see also superuser, 1325
saving
edited files (ae), 1326
scanning
hard disk, 1327
screen
display color
selecting, 1328
screens
ae (text editor), 1329
dselect
Select, 1330, 1331, 1332, 1333, 1334
Update, 1335
X windows system
windows manager, 1336
scrolling
commands, 1337
SCSI drives
partitioning, 1338
partitions, 1339
search path, 1340, 1341
security
backups, performing, 1342
passwords
logging in, 1343, 1344
shadow passwords, 1345
permissions, 1346, 1347, 1348
example session, 1349, 1350, 1351
file mode, 1352, 1353, 1354
file ownership, 1355, 1356
root password
setting, 1357
root user, 1358, 1359
Select screen (dselect), 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363
selecting
color display, 1364
fonts, xterm, 1365
monochrome display, 1366
packages, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1370
see also dselect, 1371, 1372
profiles, 1373, 1374
X clients, 1375, 1376
Server profile, 1377
servers
partitioning, 1378
proxy servers
environment variables, setting, 1379
X server
killing, 1380
X servers, 1381
clients, 1382, 1383
network transparency, 1384
sh (Bourne shell), 1385
shadow passwords, 1386
sharing
software, 1387, 1388
Shell, 1389
shell, 1390, 1391
built-in programs, 1392
filename expansion patterns, 1393
output
reversing, 1394
redirection operator, 1395, 1396
search path, 1397, 1398
shell commands
typing, 1399
shell prompt
command history, 1400
command line, 1401, 1402
Shell, 1403
shells
Bourne shell, 1404
C shell, 1405
command lines
job numbers, assigning, 1406
current working directory, 1407
environments, 1408, 1409
jobs
suspending, 1410
pipelines, 1411
process groups, 1412, 1413
redirection operators
hard links, 1414
variables
exporting, 1415
xterms, 1416
shortcut directories, 1417
shortcuts
aliases, 1418
Shutdown, 1419
shutting down, 1420
sites
Web
Debian, 1421
Free Software Foundation, 1422
Multi Disk HOWTO, 1423
video cards, support for, 1424
smoke test, 1425
Social Contract, 1426, 1427, 1428
sockets, 1429
soft links, 1430
software
applications, 1431
development, 1432
free
developing, 1433
Social Contract, 1434
Free Software, 1435
Open Source, 1436
packages
mainenance utilities, 1437, 1438, 1439
sofware
development, 1440, 1441
Source code, 1442
source code
comparing to binary executables, 1443
spaces
typographical convention, 1444
specifying
time zone, 1445
splitting
partitions, 1446
Stallman, Richard M.
Why Software Should be Free, 1447
standard error, 1448
standard input, 1449
standard output, 1450
starting
ae (text editor), 1451
jobs, 1452, 1453, 1454
X windows system, 1455
startup
boot process
BIOS, 1456
query process, 1457
X windows system
customizing, 1458
states
packages (dselect), 1459, 1460
status
jobs
displaying, 1461
stdin, 1462
stdout, 1463
structure
command line, 1464
directories, 1465
su command, 1466
subdirectories
filename expansion patterns, 1467, 1468
submitting
bug reports, 1469
superuser, 1470, 1471
home directory, 1472
superuser account, 1473
surface scanning
hard disks, 1474
suspending
jobs, 1475, 1476
swap partition, 1477
initializing, 1478, 1479
swap partitions, 1480, 1481
Linux swap partition
creating, 1482, 1483
symlinks, 1484
comparing to hard links, 1485, 1486
removing, 1487
syntax
commands, 1488, 1489, 1490
file searches, 1491
system binaries, 1492
system clock
setting, 1493
system configuration, 1494, 1495
dbootstrap, 1496
system-wide configuration, 1497
/etc directory, 1498
automatic filesystem mounting, 1499, 1500
networking, 1501
Ethernet, 1502
PPP, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506
packages
selecting, 1507, 1508, 1509
permissions
file mode, 1510, 1511, 1512
file ownership, 1513
X windows system
customizing, 1514
system-wide configuratoin, 1515
Taper, 1516
taper (backup utility), 1517
tar, 1518
tar (tape archiver, 1519
tar, 1520
tasks, 1521, 1522
tcsh, 1523
technical support
asking questions, 1524, 1525
temporary files, 1526
Terminal, 1527
terminals, 1528
consoles, 1529
terminating
jobs, 1530, 1531
testing
installation
smoke test, 1532
text
bold face
typographical conventions, 1533
fonts
xterm, selecting, 1534
italicized
typographical conventions, 1535
online manual
paging, 1536
output
reversing, 1537
regular expressions, 1538, 1539, 1540
wildcards
-, 1541
?, 1542
file searches, 1543
filename expansion patterns, 1544
text editors, 1545
ae, 1546
Text Files, 1547
text files, 1548
viewing, 1549
time zone
specifying, 1550
tools
backups, 1551
GNU tar, 1552
FIPS, 1553, 1554
troubleshooting
boot process, 1555
files
naming conventions, 1556
printing, 1557
X windows system, 1558, 1559
type, 1560
typing
Bash commands
wildcards, 1561
command line, 1562, 1563
commands
aliases, 1564
modifier keys, 1565, 1566
shell commands, 1567
wildcards
?, 1568
filename expansion pattern, 1569
typographical conventions, 1570, 1571
bold face, 1572
italics, 1573
modifier keys, 1574, 1575
spaces, 1576
uncompressing
files, 1577
unmounting
CD-ROMs, 1578
Update screen (dselect), 1579
user accounts
logging in, 1580, 1581
ordinary user, 1582, 1583
permission, 1584, 1585
permissions
example session, 1586, 1587, 1588
file ownership, 1589, 1590
mode, 1591, 1592, 1593
plans, 1594, 1595
root user, 1596, 1597
superuser, 1598
user-specific configuration, 1599, 1600
dotfiles, 1601
utilities
archiving, 1602
backup tools, 1603
GNU tar, 1604
dbootstrap
network configuration, 1605
dselect, 1606, 1607, 1608
Access screen, 1609
multi-CD installation, 1610
multi-NFS, multi-mount installation, 1611
package states, 1612, 1613
packages, configuring, 1614
packages, installing, 1615, 1616
Update screen, 1617, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621
file manager, 1622
FIPS, 1623, 1624
GNU documentation viewer, 1625, 1626
gzip, 1627, 1628
package maintenance, 1629, 1630
deselect, 1631
dpkg, 1632
system binaries, 1633
tasks, 1634, 1635
text editors, 1636, 1637
ae, 1638
variables, 1639, 1640
exporting, 1641
shell
exporting, 1642
vi (text editor), 1643, 1644
video cards
support for, 1645
viewing
directory contents, 1646, 1647
file contents, 1648, 1649
files
filename expansion pattern, 1650
Info help system, 1651
job status, 1652
mounted filesystems, 1653
online manual, 1654
text files, 1655
Virtual Consoles, 1656
virtual consoles, 1657, 1658
virtual devices, 1659, 1660
Web sites
Debian, 1661, 1662
Free Software Foundation, 1663
Multi Disk HOWTO, 1664
web sites
Debian, 1665
Web sites:video cards, support for, 1666
whoami command, 1667
Why Software Should be Free (Stallman, Richard M.), 1668
Wildcards, 1669
wildcards, 1670
*, 1671
?, 1672
Bash commands, 1673
file searches, 1674
filename expansion pattens, 1675
regular expressions, 1676, 1677, 1678
window managers, 1679
Windows
partitioning, 1680, 1681, 1682
Work profile, 1683
workstations
installation, 1684
write permission, 1685
writing
disk images to floppies, 1686, 1687
to device files, 1688
to named pipes, 1689
wvdial
PPP configuration, 1690, 1691
X clients, 1692
network transparency, 1693
selecting, 1694, 1695
X servers, 1696
X Window, 1697, 1698
X windows system
clients, 1699, 1700
selecting, 1701, 1702
customizing, 1703
exiting, 1704, 1705, 1706
mouse operation, 1707
network transparency, 1708
starting, 1709
troubleshooting, 1710, 1711
xdm, 1712
X, troubleshooting, 1713
xcoral (text editor), 1714
xdm (X Display Manager), 1715
xterm
font size, increasing, 1716
fonts
selecting, 1717
xterms, 1718
Zip Disks, 1719