As X moves out of the hacker's domain and into the "real world," users can't be expected to master all the ins and outs of setting up and administering their own X software. That will increasingly become the domain of system administrators. Even for experienced system administrators, X raises many issues, both because of subtle changes in the standard UNIX way of doing things and because X blurs the boundaries between different platforms. Under X, users can run applications across the network on systems with different resources (including fonts, colors, and screen size). Many of these issues are poorly understood, and the technology for dealing with them is in rapid flux.This book is the first and only book devoted to the issues of system administration for X and X-based networks, written not just for UNIX system administrators but for anyone faced with the job of administering X (including those running X on stand-alone workstations). The book includes:
<ul>
<li>An overview of X that focuses on issues that affect the system administrator's job.</li>
<li>Information on obtaining, compiling, and installing the X software, including a discussion of the trade-offs between vendor-supplied and the free MIT versions of X.</li>
<li>How to set up xdm, the X display manager, which takes the place of the login program under X and can be used to create a customized turnkey X session for each user.</li>
<li>How to set up user accounts under X (includes a comparison of the familiar shell setup files and programs to the new mechanisms provided by X).</li>
<li>Issues involved in making X more secure. X's security features are not strong, but an understanding of what features are available can be very important, since X makes it possible for users to intrude on each other in new and sometimes unexpected ways.</li>
<li>How fonts are used by X, including a description of the font server.</li>
<li>A discussion of the issues raised by running X on heterogenous networks.</li>
<li>How colors are managed under X and how to get the same colors across multiple devices with different hardware characteristics.</li>
<li>The administration issues involved in setting up and managing an X terminal.</li>
<li>How to use PC and Mac X servers to maximize reuse of existing hardware and convert outdated hardware into X terminals.</li>
<li>How to obtain and install additional public domain software and patches for X.</li>
<li>Covers features new in R5, including the font server and Xcms.</li>
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X Windows System Administrator's Guide, Vol 8 (Definitive Guides to the X Window System)

Computers & Technology

Mui, Linda

Pearce, Eric

Operating Systems

O'Reilly Media

X Window System Administrator's Guide

Anyone who installs Windows NT, creates a user, or adds a printer is an NT system administrator (whether they realize it or not). This book organizes NT's complex GUI interface, dialog boxes, and multitude of DOS-shell commands into an easy-to-use quick reference for anyone who uses or manages an NT system. It features a new tagged callout approach to documenting the GUI as well as real-life examples of command usage and strategies for problem solving, with an emphasis on networking. Windows NT in a Nutshell will be as useful to the single-system home user as it will be to the administrator of a 1,000-node corporate network.
<ul>
<li>Covers both Workstation and Server versions of NT</li>
<li>Written primarily for NT 4.0, but still useful for 3.51</li>
<li>Presents the GUI hierarchy with callouts to provide easy-to-locate documentation of options, buttons, and dialogs</li>
<li>Covers the DOS-shell commands in great detail, as these come into increasing use by the experienced NT user when managing large and complex installations</li>
<li>Includes an extensive index that quickly directs you to both GUI and DOS-shell methods of accomplishing a task, without requiring you to wade through unrelated material</li>
<li>Examples demonstrate NT interoperating with UNIX, Novell Netware, and Apple Macintosh systems</li>
</ul>

Windows NT in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference for System Administration

Networking & Cloud Computing

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