What You'll Learn

• Effectively use, customize, and script a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system for common command line processes
• Use basic network utilities
• Perform fundamental system administration tasks

Course Outline

Introducing Red Hat Enterprise Linux

1. Linux Ideas and History

• What is Open Source?
• Linux Origins
• Red Hat Distributions
• The Fedora Project
• Linux Principles

2. Linux Usage Basics

• Logging into Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Starting X from the Console
• Accessing the Command Line from X
• Changing Your Password
• The root User
• Elevating Your Privileges
• Editing Text Files

3. Running Commands and Getting Help

• Running Commands
• Getting Help
• The whatis Command
• The --help Option
• Reading Usage Summaries
• The man and info Commands
• Documentation

4. Browsing the Filesystem

• Linux File Hierarchy Concepts
• Current Working Directory
• File and Directory Names
• Absolute and Relative Pathnames
• Changing Directories
• Listing Directory Contents
• Copying and Moving Files and Directories
• Creating and Removing Files and Directories
• Using Nautilus
• Determining File Content
• Viewing Files

5. Using the bash Shell

• bash Introduction, Heritage, and Features
• Command Line Shortcuts
• History Tricks
• Command Line Expansion
• Command Editing Tricks
• gnome-terminal

6. Standard I/O and Pipes

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

7. Text Processing Tools

• Tools for Extracting Text
• Tools for Analyzing Text
• Tools for Manipulating Text
• Special Characters for Matching Text
  

Intermediate Tools

8. Basic System Configuration

• Configuring Date and Time
• Configuring Printers
• Configuring the Network
• System Logs

9. vi and vim

• Introducing vim
• vim basics
• Opening, Modifying, and Saving Files
• Using Command Mode
• Undoing Changes
• Visual Mode
• Splitting the Screen
• Configuring vi and vim
• Learning More

10. Configuring the bash Shell

• Using bash Variables
• Local and Environment Variables
• Configuration and Information Variables
• Variable Expansion
• Protecting Against Variable Expansion
• Aliases
• How bash Expands the Command Line
• Types of Shells
• bash Startup and Exit Scripts
• Using Variables in Shell Scripts

11. Finding and Processing Files

• The slocate and find Commands
• Basic find Examples
• find and Logical Operators
• find and Permissions
• find and Numeric Criteria
• find and Access Times
• Executing Commands with find
• The Gnome Search Tool

12. Network Applications

• Firefox and other Web Browsers
• Evolution and other E-mail Clients
• E-mail, Encryption, and Digital Signatures
• The Gaim Messaging System
• Encrypted Communications with ssh and scp
• telnet and the "r" services
• FTP Clients
• Connecting to Windows Disk Shares
• File Transfer with Nautilus
• Network Diagnostic Tools

Essential Topics in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Administration

13. Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions

• The Linux Security Model
• Users and Groups
• Permission Types
• Examining Permissions
• Changing Permissions Using Symbolic and Numeric Methods
• Changing Permissions Using Nautilus

14. Advanced Topics in Users, Groups, and Permissions

• User and Group ID Numbers
• The /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group files
• System Users and Groups
• Changing Your Identity
• User Information Commands
• Default Permissions
• Special Permissions

15. The Linux Filesystem In-Depth

• Partitions and Filesystems
• Inodes and Directories
• cp, mv, rm, and inodes
• Symbolic (or Soft) Links and Hard Links
• The Seven Fundamental Filetypes
• Checking Free Space
• Mounting CDs, DVDs, USB Media, and Floppy Disks
• Why Archive Files?
• Creating, Inspecting, and Extracting Files from File Archives
• Why Use File Compression?
• Compression Utilities
• Compressing Archives

16. Investigating and Managing Processes

• What is a Process?
• Process States
• Viewing Processes
• Sending Signals to Processes
• Terminating Processes
• Altering Process Scheduling Priority
• Interactive Process Management Tools
• Running a Process in the Background
• Suspending a Process
• Listing Background and Suspended Jobs
• Compound Commands
• Scheduling a Process To Execute Later
• Scheduling Periodic Processes
• Crontab File Format

17. Essential System Administration Tools

• Installation
• Managing Services
• Managing Packages
• Securing the System

18. What Now?

• Some Areas to Explore
• Development
• Red Hat Development Classes
• System Administrator Duties
• RHCE/RHCT Skills Courses
• RHCA and RHCSS Skills Courses
• The Linux Community

Labs

Lab 1: Linux Usage Basics

Lab 2: Getting Help with Commands

Lab 3: Browsing the Filesystem

Lab 4: Exploring the bash Shell

Lab 5: Standard I/O and Pipes

Lab 6: Text Processing Tools

Lab 7: Basic System Configuration

Lab 8: vi and vim

Lab 9: Configuring the bash Shell

Lab 10: Finding and Processing Files

Lab 11: Network Clients

Lab 12: File Permissions

Lab 13: Switching Users and Setting Default Permissions

Lab 14: The Linux Filesystem

Lab 15: Process Controls

Lab 16: Installation, Managing Services, and Securing the System

Classroom Dates and Locations

Date	Location
Sep 27 - Oct 1, 2010	Toronto, ON	Register
Sep 27 - Oct 1, 2010	Halifax, NS	Register
Oct 4 - 8, 2010	Calgary, AB	Register
Oct 25 - 29, 2010	Vancouver, BC	Register
Oct 25 - 29, 2010	Ottawa, ON	Register
Nov 15 - 19, 2010	Montreal, QC	Register
Nov 15 - 19, 2010	Toronto, ON	Register
Dec 13 - 17, 2010	Ottawa, ON	Register

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