Duration of the course :

Part Time : 2 Month (2 Hrs/Day)

Full Time  : 10 Days (8 Hrs/Day)

Overview:

Running Commands and Getting Help:

• Running Simple Commands
• Getting Help
• The what is, help & man command  

Browsing the Filesystem:

• Linux File Hierarchy Concepts
• Absolute and Relative Pathnames
• Copying Files and Directories
• Creating Moving and Renaming Files and Directories  

The bash Shell:

• Bash Introduction
• Bash Heritage and Features
• Command Line Shortcuts
• Command Line Expansion
• gnome-terminal  

Standard I/O and Pipes:

• Standard Input and Output
• Overwriting vs Appending
• Redirecting Both Standard Output and Error
• Using Pipes To Connect Processes  

Users, Groups, and Permissions:

• Users, Groups & The root user
• Examining Permissions
• Linux Process Security  

vi and vim Editor Basics:

• Overview of vi and vim
• Three Modes of vi and vim
• Cursor Movement  

The Linux File system In-Depth:

• Partitions and File systems
• Inodes and Directories
• Symbolic (or Soft) Links
• Hard Links
• The Seven Fundamental File types  

Configuring the Bash Shell & Configuring the Bash Shell Variables:

• Common Local Variables
• Startup Scripts: Order of Execution 

Advanced Topics in Users, Groups and Permissions:

• /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group files
• System Users and Groups
• Default & Special Permissions  

Advanced vi/vim and Printing:

• File Repositioning, Filtering
• Advanced Reading and Saving
• Using multiple "windows"  

String Processing:

• Head, tail, wc (word count), sort, uniq etc.
• Other String Processing Tools
• Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
• Wildcard Characters  

Finding and Processing Files:

• Slocate, find
• Executing Commands with find  

Investigating and Managing Processes:

• How Processes Are Created
• Viewing & Sending Signals to Processes
• Interactive Process Management Tools
• Scheduling a Process To Execute Later  

bash Shell Scripting:

• Scripting Basics
• Creating Shell Scripts
• Conditional Execution
• For loops & while loops 

Mounting Floppy, CDs and USB Media Installation:

• Hardware Overview
• CPU and Memory
• Preparing to Install
• Multiboot systems
• The RHEL Installer
• Installer Features
• RHEL Installation Overview
• Partitioning Hard Drives
• Sample Partition Structure
• Configuring File Systems
• Software RAID
• LVM: Logical Volume Manager
• Network Configuration
• Firewall Setup
• Security Enhanced Linux
• SELinux Installation Options and Control
• Package Selection
• Validating the Installation
• Noprobe Mode and Driver Disks
• Post-Install Configuration
• Hands-on Lab: Installation  

System Initialization and Services:

• Boot Sequence Overview
• BIOS Initialization
• Boot Loader Components
• GRUB and grub.conf
• Kernel Initialization
• init Initialization
• Run levels  

Kernel Services and Configuration:

• Kernel Module Configuration
• The /proc filesystem
• /proc/sys configuration with sysctl
• Hotswappable Bus Support
• System Monitoring and Process Control  

Filesystem Management:

• Disk Partitioning & Managing Partitions
• Managing Data: Filesystem Creation
• Mount Options and Configuration  

Network Configuration:

• Network Interfaces
• mii-tool, ifconfig, ifup/ifdown
• Interface Configuration Files
• DHCP/BOOTP
• Default Route, Static Routes
• Name Resolution, DNS Configuration  

RPM and Kickstart:

• RPM Package Manager
• Installing and Removing Software
• Updating a Kernel RPM
• Using Kickstart to Automate Installation  

User Administration:

• User Policy Considerations
• The User Account Database - /etc/passwd
• Group Administration
• Login Shell Scripts
• Authentication Configuration
• NIS & LDAP Client Configuration
• The Setgid Access Mode
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)  

Printing and Administration Tools:

• CUPS: Common Unix Printing System
• Controlling Access to cron
• System crontab Files
• syslog Configuration
• Using cpio
• Remote Backups  

The X Window System:

• XOrg Server Configuration
• Server and Client Relationship
• Configuration Utilities
• Remote X Sessions  

Advanced Filesystem Management:

• Software RAID Configuration & Recovery
• Converting LVM1 to LVM2
• The Linux Quota System  

Troubleshooting:

• Troubleshooting Networking
• Order of the Boot Process
• Filesystem Corruption & Recovery