Debian Reference
Debian Reference
Debian Reference
Debian Reference
Osamu Aoki
Copyright © 2013-2021 Osamu Aoki
Abstract
This book is free; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License of any version compliant to the Debian Free
Software Guidelines (DFSG).
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Disclaimer
2. What is Debian
3. About this document
1. GNU/Linux tutorials
1.3.1. Customization of MC
1.3.2. Starting MC
1.3.3. File manager in MC
1.3.4. Command-line tricks in MC
1.3.5. The internal editor in MC
1.3.6. The internal viewer in MC
1.3.7. Auto-start features of MC
1.3.8. Virtual filesystem of MC
4.7.1. sudo
4.7.2. PolicyKit
4.7.3. Restricting access to some server services
4.7.4. Linux security features
5. Network setup
7. GUI System
7.6. Sandbox
7.7. Remote desktop
7.8. X server connection
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9. System tips
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10.5. Git
11.4.1. Ghostscript
11.4.2. Merge two PS or PDF files
11.4.3. Printable data utilities
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12.3.1. C
12.3.2. Simple C program (gcc)
12.3.3. Flex — a better Lex
12.3.4. Bison — a better Yacc
12.6.1. Make
12.6.2. Autotools
12.6.3. Meson
12.7. Web
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List of Tables
2.16. The usable characters for each component in the Debian package
names
2.17. The notable files created by dpkg
2.18. List of notable Pin-Priority values for apt-pinning technique.
2.19. List of the proxy tools specially for Debian archive
3.1. List of boot loaders
3.2. The meaning of the menu entry of the above part of
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
3.3. List of boot utilities for the Debian system
3.4. List of kernel error levels
3.5. List of typical journalctl command snippets
3.6. List of typical systemctl command snippets
3.7. List of other monitoring command snippets under systemd
4.1. 3 important configuration files for pam_unix(8)
4.2. The second entry content of "/etc/passwd"
4.3. List of commands to manage account information
4.4. List of tools to generate password
4.5. List of notable PAM and NSS systems
4.6. List of configuration files accessed by PAM and NSS
4.7. List of insecure and secure services and ports
4.8. List of tools to provide extra security measures
5.1. List of network configuration tools
5.2. List of network address ranges
5.3. Translation table from obsolete net-tools commands to new
iproute2 commands
5.4. List of low level network commands
5.5. List of network optimization tools
5.6. Basic guide lines of the optimal MTU value
5.7. List of firewall tools
6.1. List of web browsers
6.2. List of mail user agent (MUA)
6.3. List of basic mail transport agent related packages
6.4. List of important postfix manual pages
6.5. List of mail address related configuration files
6.6. List of basic MTA operation
6.7. List of remote access server and utilities
6.8. List of SSH configuration files
6.9. List of SSH client startup examples
6.10. List of free SSH clients for other platforms
6.11. List of print servers and utilities
6.12. List of other network application servers
6.13. List of network application clients
6.14. List of popular RFCs
7.1. List of desktop environment
7.2. List of notable GUI infrastructure packages
7.3. List of notable GUI applications
7.4. List of notable TrueType and OpenType fonts
7.5. List of notable font environment and related packages
7.6. List of notable sandbox environment and related packages
7.7. List of notable remote access server
7.8. List of connection methods to the X server
7.9. List of programs related to manipulating character clipboard
8.1. List of IBus and its engine packages
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Preface
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