Linux Essentials

• UNIX history

• File and Shell Basics 

• System Directories 

• Users and Groups

• The Linux Security Model 

• The root user

• File Access Permissions 

• Linux File Security

• The Linux Filesystem 

• Linux System Directories 

• Standard I/O and Pipes 

• Standard Input and Output 

• Redirecting Input and Output 

• Introduction to Processes 

• Process Ancestry

• Process States 

• Viewing Processes 

• Monitoring Processes 

• The bash Shell

• X / GNOME / KDE 

• Printing and Mailing 

• Basic Networking 

• Uing the vi Editor 

• System Tools 

• Installation

LINUX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION

• Hardware, Device Configuration, and Installation 

• Hardware Considerations

• Device Configuration

• Block Devices and Filesystems 

• Filesystem Schemes 

• Partitioning Hard Drives 

• Linux Filesystem

• Disk Structure

• System Initialization and Services 

• Boot Sequence

• BIOS Initialization 

• User Administration 

• Network Configuration

• Device Recognition 

• Address Resolution Protocol 

• Interface Configuration Files 

• DNS client configuration 

• SysAdmin Tools

• LPRng Configuration File 

• Task Automation 

• Crontab Format

• The anacrontab file 

• The X Window System 

• Open GL and AGP

• X Server Configuration

•  Troubleshooting 

• Recovery Run-levels 

• Filesystem Corruption 

• Boot Floppies

LINUX NETWORK AND SECURITY

• Domain Name Service with BIND 8 

• DNS Features

• BIND Utilities 

• SAMBA 

• SAMBA Services 

• Configuring SAMBA 

• Overview of smb.conf Sections

• Using Encrypted Passwords in SAMBA 

• Network Information Service (NIS) 

• Configuring an NIS Master or Slave Server 

• Mail Delivery with sendmail

• Main Configuration Files 

• Apache Overview 

• Apache Features

• NFS, ftdp, DHCP, AND pppd 

• Introduction to Security 

• Local User Security

• Files and Filesystem Security

• Process Security and System Monitoring 

• Service-Based Security and Firewalls 

• Security Tools

• Network Monitoring Tools