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Course XX (C020): LINUX ADMINISTRATION

Target Audience:
Unix/NT System Administrators and Application Developers interested in System Administration.

Course Duration
Full time : 5 Weeks
Part time : 10 Weeks

Description
This course introduces Installation, Configuration and Administration of a Linux System. Although there are many variants and distributions of Linux, the course will focus on RedHat Linux.The course will be a roadmap to become full-fledged certified Redhat Administrator.

Hardware and Installation

  • Hardware Compatibility
  • CPU and SMP Support
  • New Hardware Detection
  • Plug and Play
  • Serial and Parallel Ports
  • Block and Other Devices
  • Disk Addressing and Partitioning
  • Peripheral Devices and their Configuration
  • The Boot Process
  • The Red Hat Installer
  • Performing and Validating the Installation

Configuration and Administration

  • Reconfiguring Installed Options
  • Networking, Sound and User Authorization configuration
  • File Systems and /etc/fstab
  • RPM Package Manager
  • Printing
  • Virtual Consoles
  • Administering User Accounts and Groups
  • cron and anacron
  • locate and tmpwatch
  • System Logging
  • GUI Administration Tools
  • The Update Agent
  • Documentation and Help Sources

Kernel Services and Configuration

  • The /proc filesystem
  • /proc/sys configuration with sysctl
  • The Linux Quota System
  • Understanding /etc/inittab
  • Managing System V Initialization Scripts
  • Software RAID Configuration
  • Configuring, Compiling and Installing the Linux Kernel
  • The LILO Map Installer

Standard Networking Services

  • TCP/IP Fundamentals
  • BIND
  • Email Delivery and Protocols
  • FTP
  • HTTP/Apache
  • NFS Server
  • Samba
  • DHCP
  • Squid Proxy Server
  • Other Red Hat Linux Network Services

X Window System

  • The X Server
  • X Clients/Window Managers
  • The X Font Server
  • Display Managers
  • XFree86 Startup
  • The Gnome and KDE Environments
  • Remote Display of X Applications
  • X Security

User and Host Security

  • Security Concepts
  • Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
  • Network Information Service
  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • The xinetd Super-Server and tcp_wrappers
  • ssh: secure shell, telnet and remote copy

Routers,Firewalls,Clusters and Troubleshooting

  • Static and Dynamic Routes
  • Linux as a Router and Firewall
  • ipchains and Firewall Rules
  • IP Masquerading
  • High Performance Clustering
  • Troubleshooting
  • Rescue Environment Utilities

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