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p (sed command),
P command, ,
p command, vi text editor,
pack command (Tk widgets),
Package Group Selection screen,
Package Management utility
launching,
System Settings icon, Start Here window,
packages. See also
applications,
building from source,
downloading/unpacking,
XMMS example,
desktops,
development,
installation,
miscellaneous,
Perl,
Perl scripting language,
servers,
system,
updating,
%packages section, kickstart file,
packet filtering,
iptables,
screening routers,
packets,
logical, OSI model data link layer and,
TCP/IP, routing,
Pager applet, GNOME panel,
palettes, color display,
PalmOS-HOWTO file,
PAMs (Pluggable Authentication Modules),
panel, GNOME
applet additions,
Launcher applets,
Pager applet,
PAP (Password Authentication Protocol), PPP accounts and,
Paradise/Western Digital chipsets, XFree86 support,
Parallel-Processing-HOWTO file,
parameters, kernel
listing of,
viewing and setting,
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), GUIs development,
part option, kickstart,
partition option, kickstart,
partitioning
automatic,
Disk Druid, ,
FIPS software, description,
installation and, ,
manually,
NTFS, mounting partition,
PartitionMagic software
description,
running,
removing,
resizing partitions
FIPS,
PartitionMagic,
Windows and,
partitioning and using hard disk phase of installation,
disk setup,
PartitionMagic software
description,
running,
partitions,
password field
/etc/group file,
/etc/passwd file,
password file (Samba), users, adding,
passwords
authentication,
MD5,
PAMs (Pluggable Authentication Modules),
root
configuration,
installation and,
recovering,
security considerations, , ,
shadow,
shadow passwords,
paste (GNU text utility),
pasting, sed commands for,
patch, description,
patch utility, GNU,
patches, security considerations,
PATH Bash environment variable,
pathchk (GNU shell utility), description,
pathnames, file system,
paths. See
pattern space, sed commands,
PC Cards
overview,
PCMCIA services,
specifications,
uses of,
PCI-HOWTO file,
PCMCIA-HOWTO file,
penetration testing,
performance monitoring,
system administration and, ,
top command,
perimeter networks,
bastion hosts,
Perl scripting language
arrays,
associative,
built-in functions,
English module,
expressions,
features,
file operations,
flow-control statements,
information resources,
installation, determining status,
installing,
Linux commands, accessing,
modules,
objects,
operators,
overview,
packages,
regular expressions,
scripts, overview,
software development and,
subroutines,
syntax,
variables,
predefined,
scalars,
permissions
directories,
files
changing,
security checking,
setting default,
viewing,
numerical notation,
security considerations,
setuid,
Personal Sound System sound card, Linux driver module,
phases of installation,
completion,
configuration,
getting ready to install,
partitioning and using the hard disk,
selecting package groups,
phosphor, monitor,
PHP-HOWTO file,
physical layer
OSI model,
protocols,
TCP/IP network model,
PIMs (personal information managers), Ximian Evolution,
pine mail reader
Mail Server package and,
RPMs,
ping utility, testing network setup,
pinky (GNU shell utility), description,
pipes (|), combining commands and,
pixels
color display,
monitors,
PKI (Publik Key Infrastructure),
place command (Tk widgets),
plug and play, enabling support,
Plug-and-Play-HOWTO file,
Pluggable Authentication Modules. See
pluggable look-and-feel (Java applications),
pointers, Java and,
policies, security,
Polish-HOWTO file,
polymorphism, Java,
POP (Post Office Protocol), MUA and,
port address, URLs,
port numbers, TCP/IP services and,
port scanning, ,
Portuguese-HOWTO file,
POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface)
Linux compliance,
software development and,
POST command (HTTP),
POST method,
%post section, kickstart file,
PostgreSQL-HOWTO file,
posting to newsgroups,
verifying posting,
PostScript files
Ghostscript and,
KGhostview,
PostScript printers, configuration,
pp0 network device, definition,
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
account setup, system administration and,
CHAP authentication,
configuration files,
connection testing,
description,
dial-up networking and,
HDLC protocol and,
history,
information gathering,
Internet Configuration Wizard,
introduction,
LCP and,
network administration and,
PAP authentication,
remote connections and,
server setup,
PPP-HOWTO file,
PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet),
pr (GNU text utility),
%pre section, kickstart file,
predefined variables, Perl,
preferences
GNOME,
Start Here window icon,
presentation layer, OSI model,
presentations, OpenOffice.org Impress,
primary name servers, DNS, configuration,
primitive data types, Java,
Print button, Mozilla,
print queue,
commands,
Networked JetDirect queue,
remote,
printenv (GNU shell utility), description,
printers
adding, CUPS Web Interface,
administration, CUPS Web Interface,
classes, CUPS,
configuration,
printf (GNU shell utility), description,
printing
arrays, Perl,
canceling all,
commands,
CUPS,
copying to printer,
CUPS print queues, configuration,
files, commands,
IPP,
options,
print jobs,
print queue,
spooling,
stopping,
system settings,
Printing Support packages, description,
Printing-HOWTO file,
Printing-Usage-HOWTO file,
private keys,
Pro Audio Spectrum Studio 16 sound card, Linux driver module,
/proc, description,
proc file system,
procedures, Tcl, ,
process information, viewing, Bash shell,
processes, management commands,
processors, Linux and,
procmail mail reader, RPMs,
profiling, gprof utility,
Program-Library-HOWTO file,
programming. See also
CD-ROM with book,
Java
applet example,
Hello, World example,
program structure,
types of Java programs,
Swing, advice about,
prompt command, FTP,
protocols
connectionless, TCP/IP and,
connection-oriented, TCP/IP and,
URLs,
X protocol,
proxy servers,
PS1 Bash environment variable,
ps command, processes, examining running,
PS1 environment
character sequences,
description,
PTR records, DNS zone files,
ptx (GNU text utility),
public key cryptography, SSL and,
Public Key Infrastructure. See
public keys,
public-key cryptography,
public-key encryption,
put command, FTP,
pwck command,
pwd (GNU shell utility), description,
pwd command, FTP,
Python language
redhat-config-xfree86 utility,
software development and,