| |
| |
| Target Audience |
| |
|
This course is designed for students with 1-2 years of Linux experience that are interested in passing the LPI 102 exam. This course is beneficial for anyone responsible for providing basic installation, operation, and troubleshooting services on Linux workstations and servers. This course is also useful for Microsoft professionals seeking to add Linux expertise. A general understanding of Linux System Administration tasks is helpful but not required.
|
| Course Outline |
| |
|
Installing a Linux System
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Installation Options
- Getting Ready
- Linux PRE-Installation
- Installation
- System Initialization
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Configuring a Linux System
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- X Window System
- Configuring and Using KDE
- Configuring and Using GNOME
- Red Hat Package Managers
- Debian Package Manager
- Non Debian Packages ? alien
- Using Packages Without a Package Manager
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Linux System Background
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Hardware and Architecture
- System Resources
- The Linux File System
- File System Structure
- Directory Hierarchy
- File-related Commands
- Windows NT and Linux File Permissions
- Mounting File Systems
- Managing Shared Libraries
- System Library File Names and Locations
- Shared Libraries ? Commands, Install, Support, Errors
- Process Management
- The /proc File System
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Processes
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- The Linux Kernel
- Programs and Processes
- Daemons and Zombies
- Key Attributes of a Process
- Running and Checking
- Signals ? Sending and Intercepting
- Scheduling Processes
- The at Command
- The crontab Command
- Administering at and crontab
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
The Linux Shell & Bash Scripting
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Linux Shell Profiles
- Environment
- Using the bash Shell
- Redirecting Input and Output
- Shell Scripts
- Background Jobs
- Variables ? Naming and Assigning
- Quotes and Command Substitution
- Passing Information to Your Script
- Flow Control
- Loops ? for, while, and until
- Tests and Conditions
- Return Codes/Exit Status
- if-then-else
- Conditions
- Comparisons ? String, Arithmetic
- Logical Evaluation
- File Status Tests
- Input ? accepting, read, select
- Functions
- Advanced bash Concepts
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
User Environments
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Login Shell
- Restricted root Access
- Environment Files & Definitions
- The unmask Command
- Security Issues
- Message of the Day (motd)
- Guest Accounts
- Shared Group Directories
- Labs
|
|
File Systems
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- File System Structure & Types
- Making and Mounting
- Kernel File Cache
- The lost+found Directory
- Corrupt File Systems
- File System Configuration File
- Utilities
- User Disk Quota
- Turning on Quota at Boot Time
- Maintaining Quota
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Distributed File Systems
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Linux File Sharing
- Overview of the Network File System (NFS)
- NFS Protocols Stack
- NFS Client, Server, Security
- Using mount with NFS
- Overview of Samba
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Printing
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Print Spooler Model
- User Commands
- Installing and Managing Printers
- Manipulating Printers in Linux
- Adding a Printer
- Network Printing
- Print Filters
- PostScript Printers
- Labs
|
|
The Linux Kernel
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- About the Linux Kernel
- Preparing for a New Kernel
- Software Tools
- The Source Tree
- Patching the Source Code
- Customizing and Installing a New Kernel
- Configuring a New Kernel
- Detailed Procedure ? Building a New Kernel
- Default Kernel Options with rdev
- Kernel Modules
- Building a Monolithic Kernel
- LILO Configuration File
- Using LILO to Test a New Kernel
- LILO Command Options
- Boot Options
|
|
TCP/IP Networking
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Overview of TCP/IC
- IP Address Format
- Setting up Networking
- Defining IP Addresses
- Network Interface Configuration
- Network Statistics
- Change the Routing Table
- Utilities
- Looking for a System
- Telnet
- File Transfer Protocol
- Berkeley r Utilities
- Remote Access and Shells
- Internet Services
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Device Configuration
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Configure the Device
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Network Configuration
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Set Up Networking
- Routing Tables and Routing Daemons
- Point to Point Protocol (PPP)
- Setting up PPP
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
DHCP
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DHCP Clients
- dhcpcd, dhclient
- The alias Command
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Name Resolution
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objective
- /etc/host.conf, /etc/networks, /etc/resolv.conf
- Network Information Service (NIS)
- Top Level Domains
- Zones
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
DNS
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- The DNS Namespace
- Zones
- BIND
- Configuring BIND
- Named (the Server Program) Files
- Domain Database File
- SOA (Start of Authority) Record
- Name and MailServers
- DNS Database Records
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Remote Connectivity
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Telnet
- The r Commands
- ssh ? Secure Shell
- Components of Secure Shell 1 & 2
- Installation and Configuration
- File Transfer
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Sendmail Email Services
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Sendmail Install and Configuration
- Sendmail Alias Functions
- Syntax
- Selected Switches and Parameters
- The Sendmail.cf File
- The m4 Macro System
- Structure of Sendmail-cf Directories
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Apache Web Services
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Apache Installation
- Basic Configuration
- Document Directory Configuration
- Options Directive
- Symlinks
- Restrict Access
- Common Tasks
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Network Security
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Your Role in Security
- Exploits
- Security Tools
- Basic NFS Security
- X Windows Security
- Physical Security
- Data Integrity
- Two Main Types of Network Attacks
- Security Updates
- TCP Wrappers
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
|
Network Management and SNMP
The following topics are covered in this module:
- Objectives
- Components of SNMP
- Manager, Agents, and Nodes
- SMI ? Object Naming
- The MIB Object Namespace
- SNMP Messages
- Communities
- SNMP Version 2 and 3
- Using SNMP
- Other NM Protocols
- Labs & Self-Directed Exercises
|
