Linux Training Overview
Learn and practice essential Linux system administration tasks. This course is not specific to a particular Linux distribution and presents information about using Linux in a commercial environment.
Linux Training Audience
System Administrators who want to gain practical, hands-on Linux administration training.
Linux Training Prerequisites
Fundamentals of Linux. Installation, configuration, and some system administration experience recommended.
Linux Training Course duration
4 Days
Linux Training Course outline
Overview of System Administration
A Brief History of UNIX
Linux
Linux Distributions
Online Documentation - The man Pages
Online Documentation - The info Pages
User Administration
What is a "user" in Linux?
The /etc/passwd File
Passwords
The /etc/shadow File
Groups
The /etc/group File
Adding Users
Deleting Users
Modifying User Attributes
The Login Process
/etc/profile and .profile
The su Command
File Systems and Files
Files and Inodes
Files
Directories
Symbolic Links
Named Pipes and Sockets
Device Files
Character and Block Devices
A File System Tour
The find Command
Advanced File System Concepts
File System Concepts
Traditional UNIX File Systems
UNIX File System Advances
The Virtual File System
ext2 File System Design
The Superblock
Extended File Attributes
Recovery and Journaling
Third-Generation File Systems
The df Command
The du Command
Disk Management
Partitions and File Systems
Making a File System
The fdisk Command
The mkfs Command
The mount Command
The fstab File
The fsck Command
Archiving Files
Backup Strategies
Archiving Tools
The tar Command
The cpio Command
The dump Command
The zip Utility
The dd Utility
Compressing Files
Backup Strategies
Linux Processes
Overview of Processes
Process Space
The fork/exec Mechanism
Process Table
The ps Command
The /proc File System
Background Processes
The kill Command
Job Scheduling
Scheduling Jobs
The crond and atd Daemons
The at Command
The crontab Command
Format of cron Files
System crontab Files
System Startup and Shutdown
Overview of the Bootup Sequence
LILO
GRUB
Kernel Startup
The init Daemon
/etc/inittab
The init Command
The rc Scripts
The chkconfig Command
Single-User Mode
The shutdown Command
Communicating with Users: The wall Command
Performance Monitoring and Tuning
Swapping and Paging
Managing Swap Space
Managing Kernel Resources
The vmstat Command
The top Command
The strace Command
Networking Fundamentals
IP Addresses and Netmasks
Name Resolution
The /etc/hosts File
DNS Configuration
DNS Tools
Default Route
Configuring TCP/IP
Network Interfaces
The ifconfig Command
Network Scripts
The route Command
The netstat Command
The traceroute Command
Ping
Using Telnet
Network Services
TCP/IP and Ports
The /etc/services File
The xinetd Daemon
The /etc/xinetd.conf File
Host-Based Access Control
Server Configuration and Management
The Apache Web Server
Traditional Linux Printing
CUPS - The Common UNIX Printing System
webmin - Remote System Administration
Managing FTP
Internet Mail Service
Managing Domain Name Service
Sharing Filesystems
File and Print Sharing
Sharing Filesystems with NFS
NFS Mounts
Samba Server Overview
The smb.conf File
The smbclient Utility
Mounting smb Shares
Linux System Security
Security Overview
Security Basics
PAM - Pluggable Authentication Modules
Configuring PAM
The Linux Firewall
Configuring the Firewall with iptables
Secure networking with ssh
System Logs
Security Resources
Package Management
Software Installation and Management
The rpm Command
Installing and Upgrading Software with rpm
Removing Packages
The rpm Database
Building Software from Source
Appendix A - Linux Installation
Appendix B - The lpd Printing System
Printing Overview
Adding a Printer
The lpd Daemon
The /etc/printcap File
The lpr, lpq, and lprm Commands
The lpc Command
Network Printers
Interfaces and Filters
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