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The Linux Fundamentals training is a challenging course that focuses on the fundamental tools and concepts of Linux and UNIX.
The Linux Fundamentals training is a challenging course that focuses on the fundamental tools and concepts of Linux and UNIX. You will gain proficiency using the command line. Beginners develop a solid foundation in UNIX, while advanced users discover patterns and fill in gaps in their knowledge. The course material is designed to provide extensive hands-on experience.
Category
ID
Duration
Level
Price
Linux and Unix
13100
5 Day(s)
Foundation
$2,975.00
Objectives
After completing this course, students will learn:• Basic file manipulation• Basic and advanced filesystem features• I/O redirection and pipes• Text manipulation and regular expressions• Managing jobs and processes• Automating tasks with shell scripts• Managing software• Secure remote administration
1. What is Linux? • Unix and its Design Principles• FSF and GNU• GPL – General Public License• The Linux Kernel• Linux Kernel and Versioning• Components of a Distribution• Slackware• SUSE Linux Products• Debian• Ubuntu• Red Hat Linux Products• Oracle Linux2. Login and Exploration • Logging In• Running Programs• Interacting with Command Line• The X Window System• Starting X• Gathering Login Session Info• Gathering System Info• uptime• got root?• Switching User Contexts• Sudo• Help from Commands and Documentation• Getting Help Within the Graphical Desktop• Getting Help with man & infoLab Tasks • Login and Discovery• Help with Commands• Switching Users With su3. The Linux Filesystem • Filesystem Support• Unix/Linux Filesystem Features• Filesystem Hierarchy Standard• Navigating the Filesystem• Displaying Directory Contents• Filesystem Structures• Determining Disk Usage With df and du• Determining Disk Usage (GUI)• Disk Usage with Quotas• File Ownership• Default Group Ownership• File and Directory Permissions• File Creation Permissions with umask• SUID and SGID on files• SGID and Sticky Bit on Directories• Changing File Permissions• User Private Group SchemeLab Tasks • Navigating Directories and Listing Files• Disk and Filesystem Usage• File and Directory Ownership and Permissions4. Manipulating Files • Directory Manipulation• File Manipulation• Deleting and Creating Files• Physical Unix File Structure• Filesystem Links• File Extensions and Content• Displaying Files• Previewing Files• Producing File Statistics• Displaying Binary Files• Searching the Filesystem• Alternate Search MethodLab Tasks • Manipulating Files and Directories• File Examination & Search Commands5. Shell Basics • Role of Command Shell• Communication Channels• File Redirection• Piping Commands Together• Filename Matching• File Globbing and Wildcard Patterns• Brace ExpansionLab Tasks • Redirection and Pipes• Wildcard File Matching• Shell Variables• Shell Meta-Characters• Command Substitution6. Archiving and Compression • Archives with tar• Archives with cpio• The gzip Compression Utility• The bzip2 Compression Utility• The XZ Compression Utility• The PKZIP Archiving/Compression format• GNOME File RollerLab Tasks • Archiving and Compression7. Text Processing • Searching Inside Files• The Streaming Editor• Text Processing with Awk• Replacing Text Characters• Text Sorting• Duplicate Removal Utility• Extracting Columns of Text• Combining Files and Merging Text• Comparing File ChangesLab Tasks • Processing Text Streams• Text Processing8. Regular Expressions • Regular Expression Overview• Regular Expressions• RE Character Classes• Regex Quantifiers• RE ParenthesisLab Tasks • Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions• Extended Regular Expressions• Using Regular Expressions With sed9. Text Editing • Text Editing• Pico/GNU Nano• Pico/Nano Interface• Nano configuration• Pico/Nano Shortcuts• vi and Vim• Learning Vim• Basic vi• Intermediate viLab Tasks • Text Editing with Nano• Text Editing with Vim10. Messaging • System Messaging Commands• Controlling System Messaging• Internet Relay Chat• Instant Messenger Clients• Electronic Mail• Sending Email with sendmail• Sending and Receiving Email with mailx• Sending and Receiving Email with mutt• Sending Email with Pine• EvolutionLab Tasks • Command Line Messaging• Messaging with talkd• Command Line Email• Alpine11. Command Shells • Shells• Identifying the Shell• Changing the Shell• Configuration Files• Script Execution• Shell Prompts• Bash: Bourne-Again Shell• Bash: Configuration Files• Bash: Command Line History• Bash: Command Editing• Bash: prompt• Setting Resource Limits via ulimitLab Tasks • Linux Shells• Bash History• Aliases• Bash Login Scripts• The Z Shell
12. Introduction to Shell Scripting • Shell Script Strengths and Weaknesses• Example Shell Script• Positional Parameters• Input & Output• Doing Math• Comparisons with test• Exit Status• Conditional Statements• Flow Control: case• The for Loop· The while and until LoopsLab Tasks • Writing a Shell Script13. Process Management and Job Control • What is a Process?• Process Lifecycle• Process States• Viewing Processes• Signals• Tools to Send Signals• nohup and disown• Managing Processes• Tuning Process Scheduling• Job Control Overview• Job Control Commands• Persistent Shell Sessions with Screen• Using screen• Advanced ScreenLab Tasks • Job Control Basics• Process Management Basics• Screen Basics• Using Screen Regions14. At and Cron • Automating Tasks• at/batch• cron• The crontab Command• crontab Format• /etc/cron.*/ Directories• AnacronLab Tasks • Creating and Managing User Cron Jobs• Adding System cron Jobs15. Managing Software • Downloading with FTP• FTP• lftp• Command Line Internet – Non-interactive• Command Line Internet – Interactive• Managing Software Dependencies• Using the Yum command• YUM package groups• Configuring Yum• yumdownloader• Popular Yum Repositories• Using the Zypper command• Zypper Services and Catalogs• The dselect & APT Frontends to dpkg• Aptitude• Configuring APTLab Tasks • Command Line File Transfers• Using Yum• Using Zypper• Managing Yum Repositories• Managing Zypper Repositories• Using APT• Adding an APT repository16. The Secure Shell (SSH) • Secure Shell• ssh and sshd Configuration• Accessing Remote Shells• Transferring Files• Alternative sftp Clients• SSH Key Management• ssh-agentLab Tasks • Introduction to ssh and scp• SSH Key-based User Authentication• Using ssh-agent17. Mounting Filesystems & Managing Removable Media • Filesystems Concept Review• Mounting Filesystems• NFS• SMB• Filesystem Table (/etc/fstab)• AutoFS• Removable MediaLab Tasks • Accessing NFS Shares• On-demand filesystem mounting with AutoFS18. Printing • Legacy Print Systems• Common UNIX Printing System• Defining a Printer• Standard Print Commands• Format Conversion Utilities• enscript and mpageLab Tasks • Printing• Configuring Print Queues19. The X Window System • X Modularity• X.Org Drivers• Configuring X Manually• Automatic X Configuration• Xorg and Fonts• Installing Fonts for Modern Applications• Installing Fonts for Legacy Applications• The X11 Protocol and Display Names• Display Managers and Graphical Login• Starting X Apps Automatically• X Access Control• Remote X Access (historical/insecure)• Remote X Access (modern/secure)• XDMCP• Remote Graphical Access With VNC and RDP• Specialized X ServersLab Tasks • Remote X with XDMCP• Configure X Security• Configure a VNC Server• Configure a VNC Server• Configure a VNC Server• Launching X Apps Automatically• Secure X20. Emacs • Emacs• The Emacs Interface• Basic Emacs• More Emacs CommandsLab Tasks • Text Editing with Emacs
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LFCS - Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator
Before attending this course, students should be comfortable with computers. No familiarity with Linux or other UNIX operating systems is required.
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