LINUX FUNDAMENTALS (U8583S)

COURSE OVERVIEW
This course is an extensive introduction focusing on the fundamental tools and concepts of Linux and UNIX. Beginners develop a solid foundation in UNIX, while advanced users discover patterns and fill in gaps in their knowledge. This course is 60 percent lecture and 40 percent hands-on labs.
PREREQUISITES
- Students should be comfortable with computers
- No familiarity with Linux or other UNIX operating systems is required
AUDIENCE
- System and network administrators
- Software developers and programmers
- Operators and technical users
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course you should be able to:
- Understand and manage the Linux filesystem
- Utilize input and output redirection
- Manage file and directory permissions
- Use shell basics and advanced features
- Edit files with the vi editor
- Create basic shell programs
NEXT STEPS
- Linux System Administration I (H7091S)
BENEFITS TO YOU
- Learn to use your Linux system effectively and save time by automating tasks with shell programs
- Customize your Linux system to meet your individual needs
COURSE OUTLINE
Chapter 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 Linux
Chapter 2 – 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
- whereis
- Getting Help Within the Graphical Desktop
- Getting Help with man & info
Lab Tasks
- Login and Discovery
- Help with Commands
- Switching Users With su
Chapter 3 – 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 Scheme
Lab Tasks
- Navigating Directories and Listing Files
- Disk and Filesystem Usage
- File and Directory Ownership and Permissions
Chapter 4 – 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 Method
Lab Tasks
- Manipulating Files and Directories
- File Examination & Search Commands
Chapter 5 – Shell Basics
- Role of Command Shell
- Communication Channels
- File Redirection
- Piping Commands Together
- Filename Matching
- File Globbing and Wildcard Patterns
- Brace Expansion
- Shell and Environment Variables
- Key Environment Variables
- Which and Type
- General Quoting Rules
- Nesting Commands
Lab Tasks
- Redirection and Pipes
- Wildcard File Matching
- Shell Variables
- Shell Meta-Characters
- Command Substitution
Chapter 6 – 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 Roller
Lab Tasks
- Archiving and Compression
Chapter 7 – 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 Changes
Lab Tasks
- Processing Text Streams
- Text Processing
Chapter 8 – Regular Expressions
- Regular Expression Overview
- Regular Expressions
- RE Character Classes
- Regex Quantifiers
- RE Parenthesis
Lab Tasks
- Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
- Extended Regular Expressions
- Using Regular Expressions With sed
Chapter 9 – Text Editing
- Text Editing
- Pico/GNU Nano
- Pico/Nano Interface
- Nano configuration
- Pico/Nano Shortcuts
- vi and Vim
- Learning Vim
- Basic vi
- Intermediate vi
Lab Tasks
- Text Editing with Nano
- Text Editing with Vim
Chapter 10 – 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
- Evolution
Lab Tasks
- Command Line Messaging
- Messaging with talkd
- Command Line Email
- Alpine
Chapter 11 – 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: Command Completion
- Bash: “shortcuts”
- Bash: prompt
- Setting Resource Limits via ulimit
Lab Tasks
- Linux Shells
- Bash History
- Aliases
- Bash Login Scripts
- The Z Shell
Chapter 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 Loops
Lab Tasks
- Writing a Shell Script
Chapter 13 – 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 Screen
Lab Tasks
- Job Control Basics
- Process Management Basics
- Screen Basics
- Using Screen Regions
Chapter 14 – At and Cron
- Automating Tasks
- at/batch
- cron
- The crontab Command
- crontab Format
- /etc/cron.*/ Directories
- Anacron
Lab Tasks
- Creating and Managing User Cron Jobs
- Adding System cron Jobs
Chapter 15 – Managing Software
- Downloading with FTP
- FTP
- lftp
- Command Line Internet – Non-interactive
- Command Line Internet – Interactive
- Managing Software Dependencies
- Using the Yum command
- Using Yum history
- 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 APT
Lab Tasks
- Command Line File Transfers
- Using Yum
- Using Zypper
- Managing Yum Repositories
- Managing Zypper Repositories
- Using APT
- Adding an APT repository
Chapter 16 – The Secure Shell (SSH)
- Secure Shell
- ssh and sshd Configuration
- Accessing Remote Shells
- Transferring Files
- Alternative sftp Clients
- SSH Key Management
- ssh-agent
Lab Tasks
- Introduction to ssh and scp
- SSH Key-based User Authentication
- Using ssh-agent
Chapter 17 – Mounting Filesystems & Managing Removable Media
- Filesystems Concept Review
- Mounting Filesystems
- NFS
- SMB
- Filesystem Table (/etc/fstab)
- AutoFS
- Removable Media
Lab Tasks
- Accessing NFS Shares
- On-demand filesystem mounting with AutoFS
Chapter 18 – Printing
- Legacy Print Systems
- Common UNIX Printing System
- Defining a Printer
- Standard Print Commands
- Format Conversion Utilities
- enscript and mpage
Lab Tasks
- Printing
- Configuring Print Queues
Appendix A – 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 Servers
Lab 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 X
Appendix A – Emacs
- Emacs
- The Emacs Interface
- Basic Emacs
- More Emacs Commands
Lab Tasks
- Text Editing with Emacs
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