Disclaimer

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Where to Find Help and Information

Refer to the "Linux Help" section of this document for a complete description of available help. You should be aware that there are many available detailed Linux howtos that document various subjects based on the function or program users may be performing or using. The Linux Documentation Project or Metalab's Index of Linux publications will have copies if these howtos. You may access the howtos from one of the weblinks listed in the Linux websites section. From the Linux Section, click on "Weblinks", then "Documentation" and you will see these weblinks. Also the howto files are likely to be located on your system in the /usr/doc/HOWTO directory.

Background

This documentation is not meant as a replacement for the Linux Howtos or other Linux documentation but a complement to them by giving an overview of what must be done. Much of this documentation will not only explain required instructions, but why a certain set of instructions is performed in order to enhance the reader's understanding.

This Linux documentation revolves around the Redhat 6.x series of Linux. Although it is written with the Redhat version of Linux in mind, much of the documentation and associated instructions will work for many versions of Linux. This documentation attempts not only to explain methodologies for accomplishing goals such as setting up various services, but gives fundamentals on how the various services and the operating system itself works.