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Course Number:  LIN5

Course Description:  Linux Professional System Administration is a hands-on instructor led workshop. It will introduce participants to the basics of administering a server running the Linux operating system. The objective of this course is to provide participants with the instruction necessary to prepare them for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) Level 1 certification or the Level 1 Sair Linux and GNU certification. Each lesson is organized into explanatory topics and step-by-step activities. Topics provide the theory you need to master the Linux operating system; activities allow you to apply this theory to practical hands-on examples.

Objectives:  Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to: Examine the history of Linux and review the basic architecture of the Linux operating system, Install Red Hat Linux and/or other distributions using custom options, Use the bash shell and understand essential system navigation, Use various text editors and understand their effective uses, Configure and use the X Window server, Configure and use a Linux printer, Configure and administer system users and groups, and administer basic password management, Investigate Linux filesystem basics and the details of the ext2 filesystem, Configure and recompile the Linux kernel, Automate system administration tasks by creating basic shell scripts, Use RPM to install, verify, query, erase, and update packages to manage applications on a server, Manage server processes and daemons and identify the basics of system performance tuning.

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Prerequisites:  To ensure participants' success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge: Linux Bootcamp & Linux Fundamentals

Course Length:  5 days

CourseTopics:

Lesson 1: Linux History and Operation, Topic 1A: The Evolution of Linux, Task 1A-1: Discussing the History of Linux, Topic 1B: The GNU Movement and the GPL, Task 1B-1: Discussing the Open Source Movement, Topic 1C: Linux Operations as a Server, Task 1C-1: Examining Linux Operations as a Server, Topic 1D: The Architecture and Structure of Linux, Task 1D-1: Reviewing the Architectural Structure of Linux, Lesson 2: Installing and Configuring Linux, Topic 2A: Introduction to Installation and Media Types, Task 2A-1: Creating an Installation Boot Disk with Rawrite, Topic 2B: Performing a Custom Linux Server Installation, Task 2B-1: Performing a Custom Linux Server Installation, Topic 2C: Run Levels and the Startup/Shutdown Sequence, Task 2C-1: Examining Run Levels and the Startup/Shutdown Sequence, Task 2C-2: Examining the Shutdown Process, Topic 2D: Logging In and Out of a Linux System, Task 2D-1: Logging In and Out of a Linux System, Task 2D-2: Securing the root Account Access, Lesson 3: Shells, Commands, and Navigation, Topic 3A: Introduction to Linux Shells, Commands, and Navigation, Task 3A-1: Discussing Linux Shells and Commands, Topic 3B: Navigating the Linux File system, Task 3B-1: Listing Files, Task 3B-2: Copying, Moving, and Deleting Files, Task 3B-3: Changing Directories, Task 3B-4: Navigating the Filesystem, Task 3B-5: Examining Symbolic Links, Topic 3C: Using Shell Variables in Bash, Task 3C-1: Viewing Environment Variables, Task 3C-2: Creating and Assigning a Value to a Variable and then Exporting It, Task 3C-3: Creating Variable Values Containing Spaces, Task 3C-4: Creating a Variable Containing Another Variable, Task 3C-5: Removing Variables, Topic 3D: The Bash Shell, Task 3D-1: Using Shell Metacharacters with ls, Topic 3E: Commands for Obtaining System Information, Task 3E-1: Obtaining System Information, Task 3E-2: Using the find Command, Topic 3F: Examining File Contents, Task 3F-1: Examining the Contents of a File, Topic 3G: Customizing your Shell Environment, Task 3G-1: Working with Shell Aliases, Task 3G-2: Customizing the Command Prompt, Task 3G-3: Configuring a Directory for Temporary Files, Task 3G-4: Setting a Default Text Editor, Topic 3H: Manipulating Commands and Their Input/Output, Task 3H-1: Piping Commands, Task 3H-2: Running a Process in the Background, Task 3H-3: Moving Processes Between the Background and Foreground, Task 3H-4: Using Virtual Terminals, Topic 3I: Getting Help, Task 3I-1: Viewing the System Manual, Task 3I-2: Using the --help Parameter, Task 3I-3: Discussing the Linux Documentation Project, Lesson 4: Common Text Editors, Topic 4A: Using the Emacs Editor, Task 4A-1: Creating a File Using Emacs, Task 4A-2: Moving Around a Document in Emacs, Task 4A-3: Searching for Text in Emacs, Task 4A-4: Searching for and Replacing Text in Emacs, Task 4A-5: Editing Multiple Files in Emacs, Topic 4B: Using the vi Editor, Task 4B-1: Creating a File Using vi, Task 4B-2: Moving Around in a Document, Task 4B-3: Editing an Existing Document, Task 4B-4: Searching Within a File, Task 4B-5: Searching and Replacing Text, Topic 4C: Using the Pico Editor, Task 4C-1: Creating a File Using Pico, Task 4C-2: Moving Around a Document in Pico, Task 4C-3: Searching for Text in Pico, Task 4C-4: Cutting and Pasting Text in Pico, Topic 4D: Manipulating Text Files From the Command Line, Task 4D-1: Examining the Results of Redirection, Task 4D-2: Creating Files with Cat and Echo, Task 4D-3: Appending to Files, Topic 4E: Using Awk, Task 4E-1: Using Awk to Print Selected Fields, Task 4E-2: Including Text in Your Output, Task 4E-3: Searching for Patterns and Displaying the Results, Task 4E-4: Declaring a New Awk Field Delimiter, Task 4E-5: Using Awk to Search for Patterns in a Single Field, Task 4E-6: Including an Awk Command File in Your Awk Statement, Topic 4F: Using Sed, Task 4F-1: Using Sed to Delete a Line from a File, Task 4F-2: Using Grep and Sed to Locate and Change a Text Field, Lesson 5: Configuring and Using X Windows, Topic 5A: Introduction to X Windows, Task 5A-1: Examining X Windows, Topic 5B: Configuring XFree86, Task 5B-1: Configuring XFree86, Topic 5C: Window Managers and Desktop Environments, Task 5C-1: Using Window Managers, Task 5C-2: Examining Desktop Environments, Task 5C-3: Enabling Multiple X Servers, Lesson 6: Linux Printing, Topic 6A: The Line Printer Daemon (lpd), Task 6A-1: Creating a Printer Spool using Printtool, Task 6A-2: Editing a Printer Spool Using Printtool, Task 6A-3: Examining the /etc/printcap File, Topic 6B: Printing, Task 6B-1: Printing a File, Task 6B-2: Formatting Text for Printing, Topic 6C: Administering a Linux Printer Queue, Task 6C-1: Viewing the Contents of a Print Queue, Task 6C-2: Cancelling a Print Job, Task 6C-3: Using the lpc Command, Lesson 7: Users and Groups, Topic 7A: Introduction to Users and Groups, Task 7A-1: Discussing Users and Groups, Task 7A-2: Creating Users and Groups, Task 7A-3: Creating Groups, Task 7A-4: Managing Passwords, Topic 7B: Essentials of Effective User, Group, and PasswordManagement, Task 7B-1: Using su, Task 7B-2: Examining the Essentials of Effective Account Management, Task 7B-3: Using urandom, Lesson 8: The Ext2 Filesystem, Topic 8A: Introduction to the Second Extended (Ext2) Filesystem, Task 8A-1: The Ext2 Filesystem, Topic 8B: Partitioning and Formatting, Task 8B-1: Exploring Disk Partitions, Task 8B-2: Formatting a Partition for the Ext2 Filesystem, Topic 8C: Mounting and Configuring Filesystems, Task 8C-1: Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems, Topic 8D: Administering Ext2 Filesystems, Task 8D-1: Using stat to Examining an Inode, Task 8D-2: Using sync to Flush Filesystem Buffers, Task 8D-3: Checking and Repairing an Ext2 Filesystem, Task 8D-4: Understanding Filesystem Fragmentation, Topic 8E: Understanding Permissions, Task 8E-1: Setting Ownership of Files, Task 8E-2: Viewing File Permissions, Task 8E-3: Setting File Permissions, Task 8E-4: Changing the Default Permissions with umask, Lesson 9: The Linux Kernel, Topic 9A: Introduction to the Linux Kernel, Task 9A-1: Discussing the Kernel, Topic 9B: Using Kernel Modules, Task 9B-1: Discussing Monolithic and Modular Kernels, Task 9B-2: Working with Kernel Modules, Task 9B-3: Examining the /etc/modules.conf File, Topic 9C: Compiling the Linux Kernel, Task 9C-1: Downloading and Installing the Kernel Source, Task 9C-2: Configure the Linux Kernel Sources, Task 9C-3: Compiling the Linux Kernel and Linux Kernel Modules, Topic 9D: Installing the Linux Kernel, Task 9D-1: Copying the Kernel and Modules to the System and Creating an Initial Ramdisk, Task 9D-2: Understanding LILO, Task 9D-3: Configuring LILO to Boot the New Kernel, Lesson 10: Shell Scripting, Topic 10A: Introduction to Shell Scripting, Topic 10B: Variables, Task 10B-1: Getting User Input, Task 10B-2: Performing Simple Arithmetic, Topic 10C: Basic Control Structures, Task 10C-1: Using If-Then-Else, Topic 10D: Loops, Task 10D-1: Using For Loops, Task 10D-2: Using While Loops, Topic 10E: Command-line Arguments, Task 10E-1: Getting Arguments from the Command Line, Lesson 11: Linux Software Management, Topic 11A: The Software Life Cycle, Task 11A-1: Using the Internet for Locating Software, Topic 11B: Querying Installation, Task 11B-1: Querying Software, Task 11B-2: Installing a Software Package, Task 11B-3: Upgrading Software Packages, Task 11B-4: Removing a Software Package, Task 11B-5: Building from Source Lesson 12: Linux System Management, Topic 12A: Choosing a Server Task 12A-1: Discussing Server Choices, Task 12A-2: Examining Linux Services, Task 12A-3: Starting Jobs and Processes Topic 12B: The /proc Filesystem, Task 12B-1: Tuning a Linux System for Optimal Performance, Task 12B-2: Using Performance Maintenance Utilities, Topic 12C: The Swap Partition, Task 12C-1: Creating Additional Swap Space, Topic 12D: The sudo Command, Task 12D-1: Configuring sudo, Task 12D-2: Using sudo,