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Linux Online Training

 

LINUX Online Training Course Content

Introduction to Linux

What is Linux?

• Then What is Unix?
• A Graphical View of Unix History
• Brief Linux History
• Linux System Construction
• Comparing Linux to Unix
• Comparing Linux to Windows/DOS
• Various Linux Distributions
• Common Linux Resources

Installing Linux

Hardware Requirements

• What You Need Before Installing
• The Install Process

Getting Started

Logging In

• Basic Linux Commands
• Using Online Help
• Restarting and Shutting Down Linux

The X Window System

• Overview of the X Window System
• Configuring X to Start Manually
• Starting X Manually
• Starting X Automatically
• Working with Windows and Menus

Customizing the X Interface

• Adding/Removing Shortcuts
• Modifying the Gnome Panel

The Shell Environment

• Kernel/Shell Relationship
• Types of Shells
• Getting to a Command Prompt
• Executing a Shell
• Changing the Default Shell
• Variables
• The Shell as a Programming Environment

The Bash Shell

• The Home Directory
• Startup Files
• Variables Revisited
• Accessing Previous Commands-History
• Command Completion
• Colors in a Command Line

Linux Commands

• Shell Command Syntax
• The MESG Command
• Writing Active Users
• Printing Files
• Defining and Creating Aliases

The Linux File System

• The Linux File System Standard (FSSTND)
• File System Structure
• Linux Directory Structure
• Navigating from the Command Line
• Viewing Files/Directories in X
• Viewing Files/Directories from the Command Line
• Using Wildcard Characters

Redirection and Pipes

• Standard Input and Output
• Standard Output Redirection
• Standard Input Redirection
• Simultaneous Redirection
• Pipes

Organizing Files

• The Touch Command
• Creating Directories
• Deleting Files and Directories
• Copying and Moving Files and Directories
• Moving and Renaming
• Creating Links to a File
• Organizing Files and Directories in X

File/Directory Permissions

• What are Permissions?
• The CHMOD Command
• The UMASK Command
• The CHOWN Command
• Changing Permissions in X

Working with Applications and Packages

• Installing: The Traditional Unix Method
• Installing: The Linux Package Method (RPM)

Working with Text Documents and Editors

• Viewing and Editing Text Files in X
• Viewing Text Files from the Command Line
• Editing Text Files from the Command Line
• Using the Pico Editor
• The VIM Editor
• Deleting and Changing Text

Using Floppies and CDs

• Mounting/Unmouting File systems
• Mtools
• Auto mounting in X

Power User Utilities

• Regular Expressions
• Wildcards
• Locating Files from the Command Line
• Locating Files from Within X
• The GREP Command
• Determining Disk Usage
• The WC Command
• The SORT Command
• The UNIQ Command

Network Utilities

• The Control Panel – Network Configuration
• Networking Commands from the Shell
• The /ETC/Hosts File

Process Management

• Listing Processes from Within Gnome
• Listing Processes from the Command Line
• Killing Processes from Within Gnome
• Killing Processes from the Command Line

Background Mode Operation (&)

• Installation, Initialization, and Shutdown
• The Boot Process and Boot PROM
• User and Software Package Administration
• System Security and Remote Connection
• Process Control
• File Systems, Files, and Directories
• Disk Configuration
• Backup and Recovery
• vi Editor and Command Syntax
• LP Print Service
• Practice Exam

Lesson Detail:

Installation, Initialization, and Shutdown

• Selected system administrator terms
• Requirements and preparation for installation
• Software and configuration clusters
• System configuration to be installed
• Disk storage systems
• Device drivers
• Installing the Solaris 8 software
• Power on and booting the system
• System run states
• Init phase
• Stopping and starting services with control scripts
• System shutdown

The Boot Process and Boot PROM

• OpenBoot environment
• OpenBoot architecture
• OpenBoot interface
• PROM full device names
• OpenBoot device aliases
• OpenBoot non-volatile RAM (NVRAM)
• OpenBoot security
• OpenBoot diagnostics
• Input and output control
• boot
• Kernel

User and Software Package Administration

• Adding user accounts with Admintool
• Managing user accounts with Admintool
• Managing users from the command line
• User initialization files
• Home directories and name services
• Managing software
• Listing and spooling software packages
• Adding and removing software
• Software patches

System Security and Remote Connection

• Physical security
• Controlling system access
• Storing user account information
• Controlling file access
• Permission schemes for user and group IDs
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• Managing ACL entries
• Setting path and identification permission
• Monitoring users and system usage
• Obtaining login information
• Using firewalls and securing network services
• Other network security methods
• Remote system operations and the trusted host
• Restricting FTP
• Restricting root access
• Monitoring superuser access
• Automated Security Enhancement Tool (ASET)

Process Control

• Viewing a process
• The pgrep and prstat commands
• Process Manager
• Using signals
• Scheduling processes
• The crontab command
• The at command
• syslog and other logs

File Systems, Files, and Directories

• A file system defined
• Solaris file system types
• Disk slices
• Creating slices with the format utility
• Parts of a UFS file system
• Creating a UFS file system
• Custom file system parameters
• File system operations
• Mounting file systems
• Displaying mounted file systems
• Constructing a file system
• Tuning file systems
• Options for mounting a file system
• Unmounting a file system
• Volume Manager
• Modifying devices with the Volume Manager
• Troubleshooting media devices
• Information on file systems

Disk Configuration

• Device drivers
• Physical device names
• Device auto-configuration
• Instance names
• Transparent configurations
• Major and minor device numbers
• Logical device names
• Virtual volume management
• Metadevices and drivers
• StorEdge Volume Manager

Backup and Recovery

• Backup media and utilities
• The tar command
• The dd command
• The cpio command
• The pax command
• The ufsdump command
• The ufsrestore command
• Recovering file systems

Vi Editor and Command Syntax

• Shell script basics
• Selecting a shell to use
• Bourne shell variables
• Bourne shell built-ins and conditionals
• The if and case conditionals
• Repeated-action commands and functions

LP Print Service

• The Solaris LP print service
• The print spooler and LP daemons
• Printer hardware
• Printer software
• Print servers
• Creating printer classes
• Managing printers with GUI tools
• Routine printer tasks
• Checking printer status
• Managing user access to printers
• Managing printer queues

Practice Exam

• System concepts
• The boot PROM
• Installation
• Initialization and shutdown
• User administration
• Security
• Process control
• File systems
• Files and directories
• The boot process
• Disk configuration
• Backup and recovery
• Basic command syntax