Creating User Accounts ..........................................................................................149
Adding Users with useradd......................................................................................149
Setting User Defaults ..............................................................................................152
Modifying Users with usermod................................................................................154
Deleting Users with userdel ....................................................................................155
Configuring Hardware ............................................................................................155
Managing Removable Hardware ..............................................................................156
Removable Media on a GNOME Desktop ......................................................157
Removable Media on a SUSE KDE Desktop ..................................................159
Working with Loadable Modules ............................................................................160
Listing Loaded Modules ................................................................................160
Loading Modules ..........................................................................................161
Removing Modules ........................................................................................162
Managing File Systems and Disk Space ..................................................................162
Mounting File Systems ............................................................................................165
Supported File Systems..................................................................................165
Using the fstab File to Define Mountable File Systems ..................................167
Using the mount Command to Mount File Systems ......................................169
Using the umount Command ......................................................................171
Using the mkfs Command to Create a File System ..................................................172
Adding a Hard Disk ................................................................................................173
Checking System Space ..........................................................................................175
Displaying System Space with df....................................................................175
Checking Disk Usage with du ........................................................................176
Finding Disk Consumption with find ............................................................176
Monitoring System Performance ............................................................................177
Summary ................................................................................................................178
Chapter 5: Getting on the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Connecting to the Network ....................................................................................180
Connecting via Dial-Up Service ..............................................................................180
Connecting a Single Computer to Broadband ..........................................................181
Connecting Multiple Computers to Broadband........................................................182
Connecting Servers..................................................................................................184
Connecting Other Equipment..................................................................................185
Using Ethernet Connections to the Internet ............................................................186
Configuring Ethernet During Installation ................................................................186
Configuring Ethernet from the Desktop ..................................................................187
Using Network Configuration GUI in Fedora ..........................................................188
Identifying Other Computers (Hosts and DNS) ......................................................190
Using the Network Settings GUI in Ubuntu ............................................................191
Understanding Your Internet Connection ................................................................193
Using Dial-Up Connections to the Internet ............................................................195
Getting Information ................................................................................................195
Setting Up Dial-Up PPP ..........................................................................................196
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