
<para>
Topics covered in this section include:

<simplelist type="vert" columns="1">
<member><xref linkend="admconfig"> Configuration / Installation</member>
<member><xref linkend="admbenchmark"> Benchmarking</member>
<member><xref linkend="admcluster"> Clustering</member>
<member><xref linkend="admbackup"> Backup</member>
<member><xref linkend="admrecovery"> Recovery</member>
<member><xref linkend="admsecurity"> Security</member>
</simplelist>

</para>

<sect2 id="admconfig">
<title>Configuration / Installation</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Autodir-HOWTO/index.html">
Autodir-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Autodir HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2007</CiteTitle>.
Autodir installation, configuration and other issues related to Autodir. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Battery-Powered/index.html">
Battery-Powered</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Battery Powered Linux Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jul 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to optimize and configure power management on a
ready-configured Linux system for use on battery-powered laptops. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bootdisk-HOWTO/index.html">
Bootdisk-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jan 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to design and build your own boot/root diskettes for Linux.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../BootPrompt-HOWTO.html">
BootPrompt-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux BootPrompt HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Mar 2003</CiteTitle>.
A compilation of all the possible boot time arguments that can
be passed to the Linux kernel at boot time. Includes all kernel
and device parameters.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Config-HOWTO.html">
Config-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Configuration HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2006</CiteTitle>.
Document from which every others can refer to configure
most common hardware and services. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO/index.html">
Debian-Binary-Package-Building-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Debian Binary Package Building HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 2005</CiteTitle>.
Shows how to build a minimal Debian .deb package. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/index.html">
Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Debian and Windows Shared Printing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2005</CiteTitle>.
Demonstrates how to use command-line tools to configure your
Debian system for printing. It explains how to send documents from Linux
to Windows printers and how to share Linux printers with Windows PCs. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Debian-Jigdo/index.html">
Debian-Jigdo</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Debian Jigdo mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2005</CiteTitle>.
Describes why you should use jigdo (a tool for obtaining Debian ISOs),
a little bit about how it works and how you use it to get and update 
Debian ISOs. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Filesystems-HOWTO.html">
Filesystems-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
Filesystems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jan 2007</CiteTitle>.
About filesystems and accessing filesystems.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Glibc-Install-HOWTO/index.html">
Glibc-Install-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Glibc Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2004</CiteTitle>.
Explains how you install a new version of glibc on your system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../HP-HOWTO/index.html">
HP-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
HP HOWTO - Utilisation and Configuration Guide of HP Products under Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para>
<Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated:  December 2001</CiteTitle>.
Describes the use of products available in the Hewlett-Packard (HP)
catalog with Linux and some free software.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Installation-HOWTO/index.html">
Installation-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux Installation HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jul 2002</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain and install Linux software. It is the first
document which a new Linux user should read to get started.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Installfest-HOWTO/index.html">
Installfest-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Installfest HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2012</CiteTitle>.
Provides some guidelines that should help you run a
successful installfest. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO/index.html">
Jabber-Server-Farming-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Jabber Server Farming How-To</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jun 2002</CiteTitle>.
Provide Jabber admins a look into the present and future of
Jabber Server Farming. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Kernel-HOWTO/index.html">
Kernel-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>
The Linux Kernel HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Removed: November 2003</CiteTitle>.
This HOWTO has been removed for review. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../KernelAnalysis-HOWTO.html">
KernelAnalysis-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>KernelAnalysis-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2003</CiteTitle>.
Explains some things about the Linux Kernel,
such as the most important components, how they work, and so on. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Crash-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-Crash-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Crash HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes the installation and usage of the LKCD (Linux Kernel 
Crash Dump) package. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LVM-HOWTO/index.html">
LVM-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Logical Volume Manager HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2006</CiteTitle>.
Describes how to build, install, and configure LVM for Linux. </para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../MultiOS-HOWTO.html">
MultiOS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Managing Multiple Operating Systems HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 2000</CiteTitle>.
Covers the procedures for using removable hard disks to install and
manage multiple alternative operating systems while leaving a single
fixed disk to permanently house and protect the primary operating 
system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Path.html">
Path</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
PATH HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Nov 1997</CiteTitle>.
Describes common tricks and problems with Unix / Linux environment
variables, especially with PATH variable. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Public-Web-Browser.html">
Public-Web-Browser</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux web browser station</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Oct 2000</CiteTitle>.
Describes the setup of Internet kiosk-type system based on Linux
to be deployed to provide public Internet/webmail access. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Quota.html">
Quota</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Quota mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Aug 2003</CiteTitle>.
How to enable file system quota on a Linux host, assigning
quota for users and groups, as well as the usage of miscellaneous
quota commands. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Spam-Filtering-for-MX/index.html">
Spam-Filtering-for-MX</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Spam Filtering for Mail Exchangers</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2004</CiteTitle>.
How to reject junk mail in incoming SMTP transactions. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../SquashFS-HOWTO/index.html">
SquashFS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>SquashFS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2008</CiteTitle>.
Describes the usage of SquashFS - a highly-compressed
file system for Linux, which is intended for use in tiny/embedded
Linux systems, as well as for read-only archiving and general
in-file system compression. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../TimePrecision-HOWTO/index.html">
TimePrecision-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Managing Accurate Date and Time HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2005</CiteTitle>.
Explains the time mechanisms on Linux, what are time zones, and
precision with NTP. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../TimeSys-Linux-Install-HOWTO/index.html">
TimeSys-Linux-Install-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>TimeSys Linux Install HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2005</CiteTitle>.
A quick-start guide for installing TimeSys
Linux on a typical desktop workstation. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Visual-Bell.html">
Visual-Bell</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Visible bell mini-Howto</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 2001</CiteTitle>.
How to use termcap to configure a visual bell on one's system and
describes how to disable audible bells on demand. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admbenchmark">
<title>Benchmarking</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Benchmarking-HOWTO.html">
Benchmarking-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Benchmarking HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 1997</CiteTitle>.
Discusses some issues associated with the benchmarking of Linux
systems and presents a basic benchmarking toolkit. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admcluster">
<title>Clustering</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Beowulf-HOWTO/index.html">
Beowulf-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Beowulf HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2005</CiteTitle>.
Describes step by step instructions on building a Beowulf cluster. 
This is a Red Hat and LAM specific version of this document.
</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Mock-Mainframe/index.html">
Mock-Mainframe</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>The Mock Mainframe Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2005</CiteTitle>.
A brief description of a standard way to set up and work with a
computer network for a small group of people that is inexpensive to
build, easy to administer, and relatively safe. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admbackup">
<title>Backup</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../ADSM-Backup.html">
ADSM-Backup</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux ADSM mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Jan 1997</CiteTitle>.
How to install and use a client for the commercial ADSM backup system
for Linux/i386. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Backup-With-MSDOS.html">
Backup-With-MSDOS</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Backup-With-MSDOS mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Aug 1997</CiteTitle>.
How to use a Linux-compatible tape drive installed on an MS-DOS
machine to back up the filesystem of a Linux machine. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Clone-HOWTO/index.html">
Clone-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>HOWTO Clone Disk Images on Linux Booted from a Network</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Sep 2002</CiteTitle>.
Describes a setup that allows a machine to boot Linux from
BOOTP/TFTP, using the Grub boot loader, and save and restore disk and
partition images to and from a TFTP server. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2006</CiteTitle>.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux
computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how
to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts.
<emphasis>&quot;Bare metal recovery&quot;</emphasis> is the process
of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admrecovery">
<title>Recovery</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Ext2fs-Undeletion.html">
Ext2fs-Undeletion</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Ext2fs Undeletion mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Feb 1999</CiteTitle>.
Presents a discussion of how to retrieve deleted files from
a Second Extended File System.  </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO/index.html">
LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>LILO, Linux Crash Rescue HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Removed: November 2003</CiteTitle>.
This HOWTO has been removed for review. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO/index.html">
Linux-Complete-Backup-and-Recovery-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Complete Backup and Recovery HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2006</CiteTitle>.
A step-by-step tutorial on how to back up a Linux
computer so as to be able to make a bare metal recovery, and how
to make that bare metal recovery. Includes some related scripts.
<emphasis>&quot;Bare metal recovery&quot;</emphasis> is the process
of rebuilding a computer after a catastrophic failure. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>


<sect2 id="admsecurity">
<title>Security</title>

<para>

<ItemizedList>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Bridge+Firewall.html">
Bridge+Firewall</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Dec 1997</CiteTitle>.
A bridge is an intelligent connection wire between two network cards.
A firewall is an intelligent insulator. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Cryptoloop-HOWTO/index.html">
Cryptoloop-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Cryptoloop HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2004</CiteTitle>.
Eplains how to create encrypted file systems using the
Cryptoloop functionality. Cryptoloop is part of the CryptoAPI in
the 2.6 Linux kernel series. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Disk-Encryption-HOWTO/index.html">
Disk-Encryption-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Disk Encryption HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Nov 2004</CiteTitle>.
A method is described for encrypting a hard disk,
either in whole or in part, with the encryption key stored
on an external medium for increased security. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Domain.html">
Domain</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Setting Up Your New Domain Mini HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Oct 2000</CiteTitle>.
Outlines the things you will probably have to do when you want to
setup a network of computers under your own domain. Covers
configuration of network parameters, network services, and security
settings. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Encrypted-Root-Filesystem-HOWTO/index.html">
Encrypted-Root-Filesystem-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Encrypted Root Filesystem HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Mar 2005</CiteTitle>.
Explains how to make your personal
data secure by encrypting your Linux root filesystem 
using strong cryptography. </Para>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Firewall-HOWTO.html">
Firewall-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Firewall and Proxy Server HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 2000</CiteTitle>.
Designed to describe the basics of firewall systems and give you some
detail on setting up both a filtering and proxy firewall on a Linux
based system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Firewall-Piercing/index.html">
Firewall-Piercing</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Firewall Piercing mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Nov 2001</CiteTitle>.
Directions for using ppp over telnet to do network activities
transparently through an Internet firewall. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html">
IPCHAINS-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux IPCHAINS HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2000</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain, install and configure the enhanced IP firewalling
chains software for Linux, and some ideas on how you might use them. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Kerberos-Infrastructure-HOWTO/index.html">
Kerberos-Infrastructure-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Kerberos Infrastructure HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2004</CiteTitle>.
Describes the design and configuration of a Kerberos
infrastructure for handling authentication with GNU/Linux. It
details steps for a best practices method of setting up servers,
Kerberos software,conversion of legacy systems, and answers
frequently asked questions. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Secure-BootCD-VPN-HOWTO.html">
Secure-BootCD-VPN-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Secure Boot CDs for VPN HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: May 2007</CiteTitle>.
Describes the creation of live boot CDs used to make secure VPN
connections from anywhere (over the Internet) to internal networks
that have firewall exposure to the Internet.</Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Secure-POP+SSH.html">
Secure-POP+SSH</ULink>, <CiteTitle>
Secure POP via SSH mini-HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>
Updated: Sep 1998</CiteTitle>.
How to set up secure POP connections using ssh. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Security-HOWTO/index.html">
Security-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Security HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jan 2004</CiteTitle>.
A general overview of security issues that face the administrator of
Linux systems. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Security-Quickstart-HOWTO/index.html">
Security-Quickstart-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2002</CiteTitle>.
An overview of the basic steps required to 
secure a Linux installation from intrusion. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO/index.html">
Security-Quickstart-Redhat-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Security Quick-Start HOWTO for Redhat Linux</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Jul 2002</CiteTitle>.
An overview of the basic steps required to 
secure a Linux installation from intrusion
(<emphasis>Redhat specific version</emphasis>). </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO.html">
Sentry-Firewall-CD-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Sentry Firewall CD HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Aug 2003</CiteTitle>.
An introduction on how the Sentry Firewall CDROM
works and how to get started using the system. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../Shadow-Password-HOWTO.html">
Shadow-Password-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>Linux Shadow Password HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Apr 1996</CiteTitle>.
How to obtain, install, and configure the Linux password Shadow Suite. </Para>
</ListItem>

<ListItem>
<Para>
<ULINK URL="../User-Authentication-HOWTO/index.html">
User-Authentication-HOWTO</ULink>,
<CiteTitle>User Authentication HOWTO</CiteTitle>
</Para><Para>
<CiteTitle>Updated: Feb 2003</CiteTitle>.
Explains how user and group information is stored and how users
are authenticated on a Linux system (PAM), and how to secure you
system's user authentication. </Para>
</ListItem>

</ItemizedList>
</para>

</sect2>

