Errata

Learning Modern Linux

Errata for Learning Modern Linux

Submit your own errata for this product.

The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Page 60
2nd line

Allows you to restore sessions with Ctrl+s (safe) and Ctrl+r (restore)

"safe" should be "save" ?

 Ryoko  Oct 07, 2022  Feb 16, 2024
Page 61
heading of column

Bringing It All Together: Terminal, mux, and shell

"mux" should be "tmux"?

 Ryoko  Oct 07, 2022  Feb 16, 2024
Page 136
6th line

Allows you to throttle block I/D. Supported since Linux 2.6.33.

"I/D" should be "I/O"

 Ryoko  Oct 07, 2022  Feb 16, 2024
Page 136
7th item

Process number controller (...)

Used to allow a cgroup hierarchy to create new processes after a certain limit is reached. Supported since Linux 4.3.
shouled be
Used to allow a cgroup hierarchy to stop creating new processes after a certain limit is reached. Supported since Linux 4.3.

Since this page describes it as following:
The process number controller is used to allow a cgroup hierarchy to stop any new tasks from being fork()'d or clone()'d after a certain limit is reached.

 Ryoko  Oct 08, 2022  Feb 16, 2024
Page 151
First paragraph

While mentioning the ifr flags showed in the `ip link show` command, it reads: "LOWER_IP or MULTICAST".

Did you mean "LOWER_UP" instead?

 Cristiano Veiga  May 28, 2022  Feb 16, 2024
Page 156
Last line

The author wrote “not-to-distant“ when I believe they meant “not-too-distant” or “not-so-distant”. Minor typo.

Danish Prakash  Mar 15, 2023  Feb 16, 2024