CL030 - LINUX System Administration

Course Description: Learn and practice essential Linux system administration tasks. This course is not specific to a particular Linux distribution and presents information about using Linux in a commercial environment.

Audience: System Administrators who want to gain practical, hands-on Linux administration training.

Prerequisites: Linux Fundamentals, installation, configuration, and some system administration experience recommended.

Course Contents

Overview of System Administration A System Administrator's Responsibilities A Brief History of UNIX Linux Linux Distributions Navigating the Documentation User Administration What is a "user" in Linux? The /etc/passwd File Groups The /etc/group File Passwords The /etc/shadow File Adding Users Deleting Users Modifying User Attributes The Login Process /etc/profile and .profile Communicating With Users: /etc/issue Communicating With Users: The Wall Command File System Basics The Hierarchy Files Directories Special Files Character and Block Devices The/dev Directory Links Symbolic Links A File System Tour The df Command The du Command The find Command Advanced File System Concepts The Virtual File System The Physical File System The Inode Table File Storage in Disk Blocks The Superblock Linux File Attributes Disk Management Partitions and File Systems Making a File System The mkfs Command The mount Command Sharing File Systems The fstab File The fsck Command The lost+found Directory The fdisk Command Backups Backup Strategies Backup Tools The tar Command The cpio Command The dump Command Network Backup Strategies Linux Processes Overview of Processes Process Space Process Table The fork/exec Mechanism The ps Command The /proc File System Background Processes The kill Command Scheduling Jobs The cron Daemon The at Command The crontab Command Format of cron Files Access to Scheduling Facilities System Startup and Shutdown Overview of the Bootup Sequence LILO The lilo.conf File The init Daemon /etc/inittab The init Command The rc Scripts Single-User Mode The shutdown Command

Linux System Security Security Overview Physical Security Account Security SUID and SGID Settings File and Directory Permissions Software Security Securing a Network Server Firewalls Performance Monitoring and Tuning Performance Issues Methods of Improving Performance Swapping and Paging Managing Swap Space The top Command The vmstat Command The strace Command Networking Utilities Basic Network Needs IP Addresses The /etc/hosts File DNS The nslookup Command Subnets Telnet FTP Ping Configuring TCP/IP Network Interfaces The ifconfig Command TCP/IP and Ports The /etc/services File The inetd Daemon The /etc/inetd.conf File Network Startup The netstat Command The route Command The traceroute Command The Print System Printing Overview Adding a Printer The lpd Daemon The /etc/printcap File The lpr, lpq, and lprm Commands The lpc Command Network Printers Interfaces and Filters Package Management Software Installation and Management The rpm Command Installing and Upgrading Software With rpm Removing Packages The rpm Database Building Software From Source Server Configuration and Management Standard Network Services File and Print Sharing Samba The Apache Web Server Managing FTP Internet Mail Service Managing a DNS Server Overview of NIS What is NIS? Why Use NIS? NIS Design and Implementation NIS Maps Configuring NIS

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