Kyle Rankin is a system administrator who enjoys troubleshooting, problem solving, and system recovery. He has been using Linux in many different forms for over seven years. Kyle is currently the president of the North Bay Linux Users Group in California (http://nblug.org). He is the author of Knoppix Hacks and Knoppix Pocket Reference for O’Reilly Media, a contributing writer for Linux Desktop Hacks and Windows XP Hacks, and has written for a number of print and web publications.