Section 1.1. Hacks #1-22
Hack 1. Removing Unnecessary Services
Hack 2. Forgoing the Console Login
Hack 3. Common Boot Parameters
Hack 4. Creating a Persistent Daemon with init
Hack 5. n>&m: Swap Standard Output and Standard Error
Hack 6. Building Complex Command Lines
Hack 7. Working with Tricky Files in xargs
Hack 8. Immutable Files in ext2/ext3
Hack 9. Speeding Up Compiles
Hack 10. At Home in Your Shell Environment
Hack 11. Finding and Eliminating setuid/setgid Binaries
Hack 12. Make sudo Work Harder
Hack 13. Using a Makefile to Automate Admin Tasks
Hack 14. Brute Forcing Your New Domain Name
Hack 15. Playing Hunt the Disk Hog
Hack 16. Fun with /proc
Hack 17. Manipulating Processes Symbolically with procps
Hack 18. Managing System Resources per Process
Hack 19. Cleaning Up after Ex-Users
Hack 20. Eliminating Unnecessary Drivers from the Kernel
Hack 21. Using Large Amounts of RAM
Hack 22. hdparm: Fine Tune IDE Drive Parameters