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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Step By Step Guide
Table of Contents

• Introduction… i
• 1. Architecture-specific Information … i
• 2. Changes to This Manual … i
• 3. Document Conventions … ii
• 4. Copying and Pasting Text With X… iv
• 5. Using the Mouse … v
• 6. We Need Feedback! … v
• I. Starting Out … i
• 1. Getting Started … 1
• 1.1. Setup Agent… 1
• 1.2. Introductory Terms… 6
• 1.3. Logging In… 7
• 1.4. Graphical Interface… 9
• 1.5. Opening a Shell Prompt … 9
• 1.6. Creating a User Account … 9
• 1.7. Documentation and Help … 11
• 1.8. Logging Out … 13
• 1.9. Shutting Down your Computer … 14
• 2. Using the Graphical Desktop … 15
• 2.1. Using Nautilus … 15
• 2.2. Using the Desktop… 19
• 2.3. Using the Panel … 21
• 2.4. Using the Applications and Actions Menus … 25
• 2.5. Customizing your GNOME session… 26
• 2.6. Logging Out … 31
• 2.7. Switching Desktops … 31
• 3. Managing Files and Directories … 33
• 3.1. File System Terms… 33
• 3.2. A Larger Picture of the File System … 33
• 3.3. Managing Files… 35
• 3.4. File Compression and Archiving … 37
• 3.5. Managing Directories… 43
• 4. Shell Prompt Basics … 45
• 4.1. Why Use a Shell Prompt… 45
• 4.2. The History of the Shell… 45
• 4.3. Basics … 46
• 4.4. Determining Your Current Directory with pwd … 51
• 4.5. Manipulating Files in Your Current Working Directory … 51
• 4.6. Leaving your Current Working Directory… 56
• 4.7. Locating Files and Directories … 57
• 4.8. Viewing text files from the shell prompt… 59
• 4.9. Manipulating Information from the Shell … 60
• 4.10. Using Multiple Commands… 64
• 4.11. Ownership and Permissions … 64
• II. Using Your System … 71
• 5. Connecting to the Internet… 73
• 5.1. The Internet Configuration Wizard … 73
• 5.2. Creating a Dial-Up Connection … 74
• 5.3. Creating a High Speed Connection … 75
• 5.4. Creating a Wireless Connection… 76
• 5.5. Additional Resources … 76
• 6. Web Browsing… 77
• 6.1. Firefox … 77
• 7. Email Applications… 81
• 7.1. Evolution… 82
• 7.2. Thunderbird… 84
• 7.3. Plain Text Email Clients … 86
• 8. Working with OpenOffice.org… 89
• 8.1. Feature overview of OpenOffice.org… 89
• 8.2. OpenOffice.org Writer … 91
• 8.3. OpenOffice.org Calc … 94
• 8.4. OpenOffice.org Impress … 95
• 8.5. OpenOffice.org Draw and Math… 96
• 9. Working with Other Text Applications … 99
• 9.1. Working with Text Editors … 99
• 9.2. Viewing PDF and PS files… 100
• 10. Audio, Video, and Games … 101
• 10.1. Playing Audio CDs … 101
• 10.2. Playing Digital Audio Files … 102
• 10.3. Troubleshooting Your Sound Card … 103
• 10.4. Troubleshooting Your Video Card … 104
• 10.5. Games … 105
• 10.6. Finding Games Online … 106
• 11. Working with Digital Cameras … 107
• 11.1. Nautilus and Digital Cameras… 107
• 11.2. Using gThumb … 107
• 12. Working with Images … 109
• 12.1. Saving Images… 109
• 12.2. Viewing Images… 109
• 12.3. Editing and Creating Images with the GIMP… 110
• 13. Diskettes and CD-ROMs … 113
• 13.1. Using Diskettes … 113
• 13.2. CD- and DVD-ROMs … 115
• 13.3. CD/DVD-Rs and CD/DVD-RWs… 117
• 13.4. Additional Resources … 120
• 13.5. USB Flash Drives… 120
• III. Troubleshooting Your System … 123
• 14. Frequently Asked Questions … 125
• 14.1. Localhost Login and Password … 125
• 14.2. Forgotten root Password … 125
• 14.3. Forgotten user Password … 126
• 14.4. Changing Passwords … 126
• 14.5. Password Maintenance… 126
• 14.6. Starting Applications … 126
• 14.7. Finding Commands Quickly … 127
• 14.8. Tips on Using Command History … 128
• 14.9. Keep ls Output from Scrolling … 128
• 14.10. Accessing a Windows Partition … 129
• 14.11. Error Messages During Installation of RPMs… 131
• 14.12. Changing Login from Console to X at Startup … 131
• IV. Appendix … 133
• A. KDE: The K Desktop Environment … 135
• A.1. Customizing KDE… 135
• A.2. Introducing Konqueror … 136
• A.3. Using Konqueror … 138
• A.4. Using the KDE Desktop… 140
• A.5. Using the Panel … 141
• A.6. Browsing the Web with Konqueror … 144
• A.7. Using Konqueror to View Images … 145
• A.8. KMail … 146
• A.9. Logging Out of KDE… 148
• A.10. Finding Help … 148
• B. Getting Started with Gnu Privacy Guard… 151
• B.1. Configuration File … 151
• B.2. Warning Messages… 152
• B.3. Generating a Keypair… 152
• B.4. Generating a Revocation Certificate… 154
• B.5. Exporting your Public Key… 155
• B.6. Importing a Public Key … 157
• B.7. What Are Digital Signatures? … 158
• B.8. Additional Resources … 158
• C. Applications … 161
• D. A Comparison of Common DOS and Linux Commands … 165
• E. System Directories… 167
• F. Keyboard Shortcuts… 169
• Index… 171
• Colophon… 175