| Linux System Administration (Server) |
| This course teaches how to administer a Linux environment. Topics include organization, control, administration, installation, patching/upgrading, performance and emergency procedures all reinforced by hands-on exercises. |
| This course will focus on the newer more secure releases of Red Hat Linux, but is applicable for all versions of Linux. |
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| Covered Topics: |
- Your Role as a System Administrator
- Your Job and Its Challenges
- Remote root Access Issues
- Linux PAM Issues that Impact Access
- Setting Up root's Environment
- The File System
- The root File System
- Linux File Systems - ext2 and ext3
- Linux Virtual File System layer
- Useful File System Commands
- The Network File System (NFS)
- Auto-mounting NFS File Systems
- File Security
- Symbolic and Absolute chmod
- The umask
- Directory Permissions
- The Special bits
- Finding Files with Specific Permissions
- Using chown and chgrp
- User Account Management
- Users
- Groups
- Security
- Standardization
- Run Level Control (Startup and Shutdown)
- Boot Process and Initialization
- LILO and GRUB
- Controlling startup processes
- Single user mode
- Rescue mode
- PXE Booting
- Partitioning
- Hard Drive Terminology
- Creating Partitions
- Making a File system
- Checking a File system
- Mounting a File system
- Logical Volume Management
- System Management
- General Management Tools
- Scheduling Tools
- Reporting Tools
- Transferring Tools
- Symbolically Linking
- The sudo command
- Networks
- The OSI and TCP/IP Models
- Subnets and Sub-netting
- CIDR Notation
- Network Utilities
- Quick Start Applications
- Apache Quick Start
- Samba Quick Start
- Printing Systems
- Old Printing Systems
- The CUPS Printing System
- Troubleshooting Printing Systems
- Install
- Custom Install
- Updating/Patching
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| Audience: |
| This course is designed for individuals that are new to the administration of a Linux environment. |
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| Course Benefits: |
| Student will be able to administer a Linux system and understand how to use Linux tools to provide a stable and secure environment. This course provides the foundation to build on more advanced topics. |
| Materials Furnished: |
- Student Manual
- Fedora Core 6 CD
- Linux Administration Handbook
(Prentice Hall PTR)
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