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fixed some FIXMEs; added some cites; stuff
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:43:40 +0200
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meillo@8 1 \cleardoublepage
meillo@8 2 \chapter*{Preface}
meillo@8 3 \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Preface}
meillo@8 4
meillo@8 5 \section*{Preface}
meillo@33 6 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, \cite{brooks95} consectetur\index{Daten} adipisicing elit
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meillo@33 9 \section*{Audience}
meillo@33 10 This document is targeted for \masqmail\ users and for people interested in mail systems in general. Security problems in electronic mail, \unix\ and the \NAME{C} programming language will also be discussed. Additional ones planning to take over an unmaintained software project will find real life experience in here.
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meillo@40 12 In each topic, basic knowledge is preconditioned. Nevertheless introductions are given and sources for further reading will be mentioned.
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meillo@33 14 This work focuses on the \unix\ operating system. Experience in usage, administration and program development is assumed. This includes the basic toolchain (e.g. \name{tar}, \name{grep}, etc.), user, file and permission management, as well as writing, compiling and installing programs written in the \NAME{C} language.
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meillo@40 16 General information about \unix\ can be found in \cite{unixprogenv} %FIXME: references
meillo@33 17 . %FIXME: references
meillo@40 18 explain about administrating \unix. And developing programs in \NAME{C} may be learned from \cite{cprog} and \cite{advunixprog}. %FIXME: references
meillo@33 19
meillo@33 20 %TODO: should I tell them to send email to me when having questions? Or somewhere else?
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meillo@36 23 \section*{Organisation}
meillo@36 24 %FIXME: write about organisation of the book: parts, chapters, sections. And more thats useful to know.
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meillo@36 26
meillo@8 27 \section*{How to read this document}
meillo@33 28 %TODO: what to write here??
meillo@33 29 %TODO: include this in section ``Organisation''?
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meillo@36 32 \section*{Conventions used}
meillo@33 33 %TODO: check if this tells what is really used!
meillo@33 34 %FIXME: make it complete!
meillo@12 35 The following typographic conventions are used in this book:
meillo@12 36
meillo@12 37 \begin{tabular}{ p{0.15\textwidth} p{0.8\textwidth} }
meillo@12 38 \emph{Italic} &
meillo@12 39 is used for names, including command names, file name, hostnames, usernames and email addresses.
meillo@12 40 Further more it is used to emphasize text.
meillo@12 41 \\ &\\
meillo@12 42
meillo@12 43 \texttt{Constant Width} &
meillo@12 44 is used for source code, contents of files and output from programs.
meillo@12 45 \\ &\\
meillo@12 46
meillo@12 47 \texttt{\$} &
meillo@12 48 indicates the the user shell prompt.
meillo@12 49 \\ &\\
meillo@12 50
meillo@12 51 \texttt{\#} &
meillo@12 52 indicates the the root shell prompt.
meillo@12 53 \\
meillo@12 54 \end{tabular}
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meillo@8 57
meillo@8 58 \section*{Additional sources}
meillo@33 59 %FIXME: specify the really important external documents here
meillo@33 60 %TODO: write about the bundled CD, and tell what's included
meillo@33 61 \NAME{RFC}s, other books, source code, websites
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meillo@33 63
meillo@8 64 \section*{Acknowledgements}
meillo@33 65 %FIXME: write this at the very end.
meillo@33 66 % dont forget: proove readers, suggestion makers, supporters, ...