Course Summary

For users of Linux (or UNIX) who want to start building skills in systems administration on Red Hat Linux, to a level where they can attach and configure a workstation on an existing network. See complete details below.

Course Schedule:

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RH131 Red Hat Linux System Administration Description

Goal:

An operator who can perform system administration tasks to a level where he/she can install, configure, and attach a new Red Hat Linux workstation to an existing network.

Audience:

Linux or UNIX users, who understand the basics of Red Hat Linux, that desire further technical training to begin the process of becoming a system administrator.

Prerequisites:

RH033 Red Hat Linux Essentials or equivalent experience with Red Hat Linux. To assist you in determining whether you have equivalent experience.

Price:

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Training Units (TUs):

8 TUs

Duration:

4 days

Class Times:

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday
End time each day depends on class progress

Prepares for:

RH253 Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Admin

What you will learn:

• Install Red Hat Linux interactively and with Kickstart
• Control common system hardware
• Create and maintain the Linux filesystem
• Configure an NFS client and autofs
• Understand system and service initialization
• Perform user and group administration
• Integrate a workstation with an existing network running common network services
• Configure a workstation as a client to NIS, LDAP, DNS, and DHCP services
• Administer the Linux printing subsystem
• Automate tasks with at, cron, and anacron
• Maintain and interpret system logs
• Back up filesystems to tape and tar archive
• Install, update, query and remove software packages with RPM
• Upgrade the Linux kernel via RPM
• Configure the X Window System and the GNOME desktop environment
• Perform basic performance, memory, and process management
• Configure basic host security
• Perform basic troubleshooting