Linux may not have toppled Windows on the desktop, but it has secured a place in IT infrastructures as an economical and practical network server, able to support a wide variety of services, including the Web, FTP, e-mail, DNS, printer sharing, and file sharing. This revision will cover the recent Linux kernal 2.4 update as well as the Red Hat Linux 7.2 update. The authors provide focused and practical information, beginning with Linux installation and configuration, then moving on to setting up user accounts, implementing security, and managing file systems, printing, and serial communications. The ISBN of the first edition is 0782127355.