After completing this course, students will know how to:
- Outline the key features of the Linux operating system, list
the advantages of using Linux, and explain the common uses of Linux in the industry.
- Install Fedora Core 2; describe common types of central
processing units, physical memory, disk drives, mainboards, peripheral devices, video
adapter cards, monitors, keyboards, and mice; and obtain the hardware and software
information necessary to install Linux.
- Outline the structure of the interface and the roles of the
kernel, terminal,and shell; enter basic shell commands; find command documentation; use
shell metacharacters; properly shut down the operating system; discuss the Linux directory
structure and files; use shell wildcards to specify multiple file names; display the
contents of text files and binary files; search text files for regular expressions by
using grep; identify common editors; and use the vi editor.
- Explain the function of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, use
standard commands to manage files and directories, find files and directories, understand
and create linked files, modify file and directory ownership, define and change file and
directory permissions, identify the default permissions created on files and directories,
and apply special file and directory permissions.
- Identify the types of device files in the /dev directory,
understand common filesystem types and their features, mount and unmount floppy disks and
CDROMs to and from the directory tree, create hard disk partitions, mount and unmount hard
disk partitions to and from the directory tree, monitor free space on mounted filesystems,
check filesystems for errors, and use hard disk quotas to limit space usage.
- Install and configure SCSI devices; identify default IRQs, I/O
addresses, and DMAs; explain how Plug-and-Play can be used to assign configuration to
peripheral devices; explore fault-tolerant disk systems and RAID configurations; outline
the steps used to install Linux from source files on a hard disk or network server; create
a kickstart file; and troubleshoot the installation process.
- Redirect the input and output of a command; identify,
manipulate, create, and export shell variables; edit environment files to create
variables; describe the purpose of shell scripts; create and execute shell scripts; use
common decision constructs in shell scripts; and use and customize the BASH shell command
history feature.
- Outline the major steps necessary to boot a Linux system,
configure the LILO and GRUB boot loaders, dual boot Linux with the Windows operating
system, understand how the init daemon initializes the system at boot time, and understand
runlevels.
- Explain the purpose of the GUI components such as X Windows,
window managers, and desktop environments; list the common window managers and desktop
environments; configure X Windows by using various utilities; start and stop an X server;
and run X applications from the command line.
- Categorize the different types of processes, use utilities to
view processes, illustrate the differences between common kill signals, describe how
binary programs and shell scripts are executed, create and manipulate background
processes, use utilities to modify the priority of a process, schedule commands to execute
in the future by using the at daemon, and schedule commands to execute repetitively by
using the cron daemon.
- Set up, manage, and print to printers and understand the
purpose of log files and how they are administered.
- Create, modify, manage, and delete user and group accounts by
using commandline utilities and the User Manager; find broken links and orphan files; and
use file date and time stamps.
- Outline the features of compression utilities; compress and
decompress files; perform system back-ups by using the tar, cpio, and dump commands;
compile and install software packages from source code; and use the Red Hat Package
Manager to install, manage, and remove software packages.
- Identify good troubleshooting practices, troubleshoot common
hardware- and software-related problems, and monitor system performance.
- Understand the basic configuration of the TCP/IP protocol;
configure a NIC interface to use the TCP/IP protocol; configure a modem, ISDN, and DSL
interface to use the PPP and TCP/IP protocols; understand the purpose of hostnames and how
they are resolved to IP addresses; use common network utilities to interact with network
services; identify and configure common network services.
- Identify good practices for maintaining system security,
explore the different ways systems are vulnerable to intrusion, practice monitoring and
minimizing network services, and explore ways to detect if an intrusion has occurred.
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