Linux Administration Course Contents

1. Linux Basics 1  Linux History 2. Linux distributions are OS based on the Linux kernel 3. Redhat distributions 2. Filesystem Management 1. Create File System, heath check of File System 2. Ext2, Ext3 File system. 3. Inodes 4. Soft link, Hard link of files 5. Permissions (read, write, executable) 6. Setting sticky bit 7. Commands to check disk space 3. System Initialization and shutdown process 1. Kernel Initialization 2. Run levels 0, 1, 2, 6 and Maintenance 3. Processes – init 4. Inittab and run scripts (rc.1 … rc.6) 5. System login process. 4. System Services and kernel modules 1. Vmlinuz kernel ( smp) 2. Xinetd process 5. Users & Groups 1. Creating users groups and assign permissions 2. Checking/ editing permissions 3. Sudo command 6. Bash Shell 1. Change of shell 2. Shell commands 7. Customize User environment 1. Change of shells 2. Update profiles 3. Setting user environment 8. Shell Scripting 1. Method of writing scripts and execution 2. Scripts for System monitoring 9. Text Processing and Vi 1. Vi editor commands 2. Wc, bc 10. Job Scheduling 1. Setting cron jobs 2. Setting at jobs 11. Package Management 1. RPMs add/remove/update. 2. Finding RPMS using ‘rpm ‘commands 12. Network Configuration 1. Ethernet configuration (IP address and subnet mask) 2. Ethernet interface up &down. 3. Configure host name 13. Network File System (NFS) 1. NFS configuration 2. NFS mounting on clients 14. Samba Server (UNIX to Windows File Sharing) 1. Samba services 2. Samba configuration and share access in windows. 15. FTP Server 1. FTP Configuration 2. Files upload and download using FTP commands 16. Installation and configuration 1. Installation methods (CD/DVD, NFS, FTP, HTTP) 2. System Configuration Tools 3. Setting time, date 4. Setting environment variables 17. System Backup and Restore 1. File System Backup ( tar , cpio commands) 2. Restore File system using backup 18. Security 1. TCP ‘Wrappers 2. IPTables 3. SElinux 19. Trouble shooting of Linux System 1. Boot loader problems 2. System login problems 3. NFS mouting problems 4. System Environment problems