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virtual network interfaces 691–694

virtual private networks 296–297

virtusertable 581–582, 590, 594

viruses 596, 602

visudo 43

Vixie, Paul 394, 563

VLANs 379

vmstat 757–758, 762–763

VMware 776

volcopy 186

VXFS filesystem 147

W

wait 48

WANs 373

war stories 800–805

warranties 745–746

Warren, Rob 789

Warsaw, Barry 559

WBEM standard 639

web hosting 684–694

see also Apache

CGI scripting 687

disaster plan 785

load balancing 409, 445, 688, 755

UNIX vs. Windows 685

virtual interfaces 691–694

WebNFS 489–490

well-known ports 271, 663, 675

whatis file 8

wheel group 41, 79

Wilson, Chan 559

WINCH signal 50

Windows 769–776

apps under UNIX 776

backups 196, 202, 775

DNS problems 468–469

multibooting with UNIX 20–22

Wine 776

wireless networking 268

wiring 386–387

documentation 389, 810

standards 386–387

World Wide Web

see also web hosting

caching 694–696

HTTP protocol 687

linking patent 813

proxies 695

URLs 686

wreq 796

write bit 69–75

wtmp file 208

Wu, Thomas 674

X

X Windows 88, 208, 774

X/Open 818

X0msgs file 208

X-10 control system 752

.Xdefaults file 88

xdm 88

xDSL 383–384

xdvi 742

X-Force 680

.xinitrc file 88

xlock 805

xntpd 53, 809, 834

XON/XOFF 102

xrdb 88

xtab file 493

Y

Yellow Pages see NIS

Ylönen, Tatu 672

Yost, Dave 99

ypbind 526–527, 829

ypcat 527

ypchfn 527

ypinit 527–528

ypldapd 534

ypmake 522, 527

ypmatch 527

yppasswd 527–528

yppasswdd 527

yppoll 527

yppush 526–527

ypserv 526–528, 830

ypservers map 526

ypset 522, 527

ypupdated 527

ypwhich 527

ypxfr 526–528

ypxfrd 527, 830

Z

Zhou, Songnian 394

Zimmermann, Philip 671

Zip disks 170–171, 175

zombie processes 54, 823

zone transfers 405, 410, 419–420, 458–459

zones (in DNS) 404

About the Authors

Evi Nemeth is a member of the computer science faculty at the University of Colorado and a part-time researcher at CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis at the San Diego Supercomputer Center. She is about to get out of the UNIX and networking worlds and explore the real world on a sailboat.

evi@cs.colorado.edu

Garth Snyder has worked at NeXT and Sun and holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Swarthmore College. He is currently a graduate student at the University of Rochester.

garth@cs.colorado.edu

Scott Seebass has worked on UNIX operating systems at a number of locations, including Interactive Systems and mt Xinu. He is currently the CEO of Xinet, a company that develops software for the prepress and premedia industries. Scott received degrees in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley.

scott@xinet.com

Trent R. Hein received a degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder and spends his time finding new ways to apply technology to real-world problems. Trent received the USENIX Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with UC Berkeley’s CSRG. Trent holds Cisco’s highest technical certification.

trent@admin.com