Command Line Administration, Grep question
 

What is the best book to learn how to completely administer a linux server from the command line interface.

question 1: How do you configure iptables from the command prompt to accept an incoming ssh connection?

question 2: How do you install a printer from the command line

naming
 

how do i give my machine a host name? I have an ip address but not a name?

grep
 

what is the grep command that i would use to find all the system-config* files on my computer? do i need to run a database configuration command before I start using grep to search the entire system efficiently?

$ iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s any -d 192.168.1.2 --destination-port 22 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT

$ hostname <hostname>

Re: Command Line Administration, Grep question
 

A good start place for command line commands would be RUTE (see my sig block), also go to www.tldp.org and there are a number of O'Reilly books available for this.

Iptables - already covered

What printer? You may need drivers, do you have CUPS installed?

FC3 should have a network configuration program - check the System menu

man grep

got printer working with cups
 

I got the printer up. Accessed the */admin from a windows box to set up the print server. I am trying to stay away from the Linux guis to get better at working from the command prompt.

how do i mount a jump drive.
 

I am trying to mount a jump drive on linux from the command prompt. Any ideas?

Why not start new threads for different questions, that way your questions will get more exposure and more chances of getting answered.

Man, if you know the command then use the man pages. You can find the answer right in there almost all the time. For the mounting of a jump drive, I would plug the drive in, issue 'dmesg' command, find the device, and then 'mount'.

Probably 'man mount' will get you going in the right direction.