Course Overview

Course Duration 4 days.

Linux Fundamental -  After attending the training, the attendee will gain user level knowledge and hands on experience in the Linux operating system.

Who Should Attend

• Experienced computer users who wish to learn the fundamental of Linux operating system.

• Experienced Windows system professionals who wish to enhance their value by gaining an additional set of skill and qualification in the fastest growing operating system in the world.

Course Certifications

This course is part of the following Certifications:

Prerequisites

• Experienced computer users

Course Objectives

• Teaches the fundamentals of Linux operating system.
• Prepares the student for Linux administration course.

Course Content

Introduction and Processes

• Introduction
• Overview of Linux
• Linux Kernel
• Installation Consideration
• Basic File/Directory Commands
• Basic File Permissions
• Directory Permissions
• Manipulating File Permissions
• Changing File Ownership
• Linux Device File
• Linux Device Nodes
• Process Concepts
• Monitor Processes
• Signal Process
• Priority

Linux Shell Fundamental

• Linux Shell Fundamentals
• How Does a Shell Work
• Shell Fundamentals
• How Shell Works
• Shell Variables
• Environment Variables
• Variables and Inheritance
• Metacharacters
• Shell Filename Metacharacters
• Command-Line Editing
• Virtual Consoles
• I/O Redirection
• Pipes

Linux Utilities & Applications

• Help for Commands
• Vi Editor
• Starting vi
• Using vi
• Positioning the Cursor
• Saving and Exiting
• Correction
• Copy and Paste
• Undo
• Text Search
• Other Text Editors
• Viewing Text Files
• Searching for Files
• tar
• tar Command Syntax: Create Archive
• tar Command Syntax: Extract and Listing tar Archive
• Other Archiving tools
• Compression Utilities

Using Removable Media

• Mounting floppy disk
• Umounting floppy before eject
• Mtools
• Formating a floppy disk
• Mounting CDROM
• Eject CDROM

Users Administration

• Adding User account
• Removing User account
• Changing password
• User Account Database
• The Shadow Password File
• Why Shadow Password
• /etc/group
• Other user administration utilities - usermod, groupadd
• Account expiry
• Forget root password

The X Window System

• X Overview
• X advantages
• X server Configuration
• Starting X Windows
• Gnome
• Desktop
• Gnome Applications
• KDE
• KDE Applications
• X Startup Setting

Software Installation and Un-installation

• Why RPM
• RPM Utilities
• Installing and Un-installing
• Upgrading and Freshening
• Queries
• RPM Queries

Basic Networking

• Basic Networking
• Interface Configuration
• Interface Configuration File
• Network Interface Configuration
• Device Activation
• Network Card Device Driver
• Routing and Gateway
• Name Resolution
• Host command

Basic Network Operation Utilities

• Remote login via telnet
• Remote login via ssh
• File transfer using ftp
• File transfer using scp
• Gftp
• Mc
• Email clients

Text Processing Tools & Shell Scripting

• Text Processing Tools
• Grep
• Regular Expressions
• Text Processing Commands
• Sed
• Awk
• Bash Scripting
• Writing Shell Scripts
• Variables
• Conditional Statements
• Comparing variables
• File testing
• Loops
• Reading User Input
• Command Arguments
• Programming Languages

Printing

• Print server configuration
• Printing utilities - lpr, lpc , lprm
• Printing from graphical applications, examples mozilla

Basic Security

• Security
• Bios Security
• Boot Loader Security
• Login Security
• Data Security
• Encryption utility

Linux Installation

• Linux Installation
• Linux Installation Planning
• Installation Methods
• Installer
• Installation Process
• Partitioning
• Boot Loader
• Network
• Firewall
• Time
• Language & Account
• Authentication
• Packages
• Boot Disk
• X Window