Course Length: 5 days/40 hours Price $2,500 Course Description: Intended for students already comfortable with
working in the Unix environment, this in-depth course
helps students acquire the variety of skills needed to set up and maintain Unix
computers. The class concentrates on the popular Red Hat distribution of the
Linux operating system, and covers subjects ranging from initial installation
of Linux to day-to-day administrative tasks such as management of user accounts
and disk space, and even imparting the trouble-shooting skills future system
administrators will need to cope with unexpected behavior.
Prerequisites: Individuals wishing to take this class should already
have a solid grounding in UNIX concepts. Fundamentals such as an understanding
of the Linux filesystem, process management, and the
ability to manipulate and edit files is considered a must and will not be
covered in class. An understanding of network concepts,
and the TCP/IP protocol suite is helpful.
Distributions: This courses is currently
supported on the latest releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora Core
Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, or SUSE Linux Professional.
DAY 1
Linux workstation
installation
Linux server installation
Post-install system configuration
Scripting installation of custom setups using kickstart
Linux boot process SysV init concepts and configuration
Managing startup of system daemons
Controlling startup of services in xinetd / inetd
DAY 2
Creation, modification, and
deletion of users and groups
Password aging under Linux
The Linux login process and login authentication
Regulating access to the root account via su and sudo
Creation, modification, and deletion of partitions and filesystems
Configuring NFS clients
Client DS configuration - NIS, LDAP
Management of RAID and LVM devices under Linux
Using FACLs
Disk space regulation using quotas
Backing up and restoring Linux filesystems
DAY 3
Scheduling jobs using cron, anacron, and at
Management of processes running on the system
Usage of process accounting and implementation of process limits
Configuration and analysis of system logs
System performance analysis
Configuring network interfaces
Setup of DNS and DHCP clients
Diagnosing network setup issues
DAY 4
Configuration of X server
Installation and maintenance of fonts
Usage and configuration of XDMCP
Implementations of X security
Securing freshly installed Linux systems
Keeping Linux systems up-to-date
Configuration of Linux firewalls
Usage of TCP wrappers to secure Linux systems
DAY 5
Configuration of optimized
Linux kernels
Compiling and installing custom Linux kernels
Using third-party patches with Linux kernels
Updating userland to support new kernels
Concepts for troubleshooting Linux
Analysis of system logs to identify problems
Use of systems-level debugging aids in troubleshooting
Usage of the Linux rescue environment
