Linux Fundamentals RH033

Prerequisites:  General knowledge of PC’s and any OS

Duration: 5-days

Course to include RHCT Exam Guide.

1. Hardware and Installation

• Hardware Compatibility
  
• CPU and SMP Support
  
• New Hardware Detection
  
• Plug and Play
  
• Block and Other Devices
  
• Disk Addressing and Partitioning
  
• Peripheral Devices and Their Configuration
  
• The Red Hat Installer
  
• Performing and Validating the Installation

2. The Boot Process

• Virtual Consoles
  
• The Boot Process
  
• Kernel Initialization
  
• init and /etc/inittab
  
• Exploration of the init Process
  
• The GRUB Boot Loader

3. Filesystem and Software Administration

• Partitioning Utilities
  
• Journaling Filesystems
  
• Formatting Filesystems
  
• mount
  
• The Automounter
  
• /etc/fstab
  
• Red Hat Network Implementation
  
• Maintaining Software with RPM
  
• Performing RPM Queries
  
• RPM Related Utilities

4. User Administration

• PAM
  
• Creating User Accounts
  
• Maintaining User Accounts
  
• Creating and Maintaining Groups
  
• The User Private Group Model
  
• SGID Directories
  
• The Initial User Environment
  
• Configuring Quotas
  
• NIS Server and Client Configuration

5. System Administration Tools

• Installing with Kickstart
  
• cron Scheduling
  
• Daily cron Scripts
  
• Network Interface Configuration
  
• CUPS Configuration and Administration
  
• LPRng Configuration and Administration
  
• syslog Configuration

6. Kernel Services and Configuration

• Linux LVM Configuration and Administration
  
• Managing Kernel Modules
  
• Examining and Setting Kernel Parameters in /proc
  
• Software RAID Configuration and Recovery

7. Apache and Squid

• Squid Proxy Server Overview
  
• Apache Configuration
  
• Implementing Apache Virtual Hosts

8. NFS and Samba

• Configuring an NFS Server
  
• Samba Client Tools
  
• Samba Server Configuration
  
• Windows Passwords and Samba
  
• Sharing Files, Directories, and Printers with Samba

9. DNS and Electronic Mail

• Sendmail Configuration Files
  
• m4 Macro Language and the sendmail.mc File
  
• Additional sendmail Configuration Files
  
• Postfix Configuration Files
  
• Configuring BIND
  
• named.conf
  
• Configuring Forward and Reverse Lookup Zones
  
• Special Zones
  
• Zone Files

10. FTP, xinetd, and OpenSSH

• vsftpd Configuration
  
• DHCP Server Configuration
  
• OpenSSH Client Utilities
  
• OpenSSH Server Configuration
  
• OpenSSH Authentication Methods
  
• xinetd.conf
  
• xinetd Service Files

11. The X Window System

• Configuring XFree86
  
• The X Protocol Overview
  
• X Protocol Network Transparency
  
• X Window System and ssh
  
• Window Managers
  
• Display Managers
  
• X Window System Security
  
• X Window System Modularity
  
• XFree86 Startup
  
• The X Font Server

12. Securing Services

• tcp wrappers Configuration
  
• netfilter Configuration
  
• Maintaining netfilter Rules
  
• netfilter Example
  
• netfilter Network Address Translation
  
• netfilter Connection Tracking

13. Troubleshooting

• Filesytem Corruption
  
• Filesytem Recovery
  
• Things to Check: The X Window System
  
• Things to Check: Services
  
• Things to Check: Networking
  
• Things to Check: Booting
  
• The Rescue Environment
  
• Recovery Runlevels
  
• Boot Floppies

Labs:
Lab 1: Hardware and Installation
Lab 2: The Boot Process
Lab 3: User Administration
Lab 4: System Administration Tools
Lab 5: Kernel Services and Configuration
Lab 6: Apache and Squid
Lab 7: NFS and Samba
Lab 8: DNS and Electronic Mail
Lab 9: FTP, xinetd, and OpenSSH
Lab 10: The X Window System
Lab 11: Securing Services
Lab 12: Troubleshooting