SAIR Linux GNU:
System Administration

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: SAIR Linux GNU: Installation and Configuration or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : System administrator responsibilities

Topic A: 0 Setting up new systems

A-1: Discussing setting up a new system

Topic B: 0 Inheriting systems

B-1: Discussing inheriting a system

Topic C: 0 Policies and procedures

C-1: Discussing policies and procedures

Unit 2 : User environment

Topic A: 0 User interfaces – the shell

A-1: Discussing user interfaces – the shell

Topic B: 0 Job control

B-1: Discussing job control

Topic C: 0 Shell options

C-1: Discussing shell options

Topic D: 0 GUI file managers

D-1: Discussing GUI file managers

Topic E: 0 Window managers

E-1: Discussing windows managers

Topic F: 0 Desktop environments

F-1: Discussing desktop environments

Topic G: 0 The Mtools suite

G-1: Discussing the Mtools suite

Unit 3 : User and group management

Topic A: 0 User and group management

A-1: Discussing user and group management

A-2: Discussing creating and maintaining user accounts

A-3: Discussing creating and maintaining groups

Topic B: 0 Setting account defaults

B-1: Discussing setting account defaults

Topic C: 0 Disk quotas

C-1: Discussing disk quotas

Topic D: 0 Password rules and aging

D-1: Discussing password rules and aging

Unit 4 : File permissions

Topic A: 0 Permissions

A-1: Discussing permissions

Topic B: 0 Utilities

B-1: Discussing utilities

Unit 5 : User and remote host communication

Topic A: 0 Communication with users

A-1: Discussing communicating with others

Topic B: 0 Remote host communications

B-1: Discussing remote host communications

Topic C: 0 Secure shell (ssh)

C-1: Discussing remote host communication

Unit 6 : File systems

Topic A: 0 File system basics

A-1: Discussing file system structure

Topic B: 0 The ext2 file system

B-1: Discussing the ext2 file system

Topic C: 0 The ext3 file system

C-1: Discussing the ext3 file system

Topic D: 0 Other file systems

D-1: Discussing other file systems

Topic E: 0 File system hierarchy standard

E-1: Discussing file system hierarchy standard

Topic F: 0 Files on raw devices

F-1: Discussing files on raw devices

Unit 7 : File system utilities

Topic A: 0 File system maintenance

A-1: Discussing file system maintenance

Topic B: 0 The e2fsprogs suite

B-1: Discussing the e2fsprog suite

Topic C: 0 File properties

C-1: Discussing file properties

Topic D: 0 File system creation

D-1: Discussing file system creation

Topic E: 0 File system check

E-1: Discussing file system check

Topic F: 0 File system manipulation

F-1: Discussing file system manipulation

Unit 8 : Software management

Topic A: 0 Software package managers

A-1: Discussing software package managers

Topic B: 0 The Debian package manager

B-1: Discussing the Debian package manager

Topic C: 0 Red Hat’s RPM

C-1: Discussing the Red Hat’s RPM

Topic D: 0 Tarballs and slackware.tgz files

D-1: Discussing tarballs and slackware tgz

Topic E: 0 Disadvantages of package managers

E-1: Discussing disadvantages of package managers

Topic F: 0 Shared executable libraries

F-1: Discussing shared executable libraries

Unit 9 : System monitoring

Topic A: 0 System monitoring

A-1: Discussing system monitoring

Topic B: 0 Monitoring cpu utilization and controlling processes

B-1: Monitoring cpu utilization and controlling processes

Topic C: 0 Checking and evaluating log files

C-1: Checking and evaluating log files

Topic D: 0 Scheduling batch (cron) jobs

D-1: Scheduling batch (cron) jobs

Unit 10 : Shell scripts

Topic A: 0 Introduction to shell scripts

A-1: Discussing the introduction to shell scripts

Topic B: 0 Command line arguments

B-1: Discussing command line arguments

Topic C: 0 Looping

C-1: Discussing looping

Topic D: 0 Using if and elif statements

D-1: Discussing if and elif

Topic E: 0 Understanding case

E-1: Discussing the case statement

Topic F: 0 Additional scripts

F-1: Discussing additional scripts

Topic G: 0 Writing simple scripts with awk

G-1: Discussing writing simple scripts with awk

Unit 11 : Networking Linux

Topic A: 0 File sharing

A-1: Discussing file sharing

A-2: Discussing network file systems

A-3: Discussing Samba

Topic B: 0 Mail configuration

B-1: Discussing Sendmail

B-2: Discussing smail

B-3: Discussing IMAP server

Topic C: 0 Apache http server

C-1: Discussing Apache http server

Topic D: 0 Pro-ftpd

D-1: Discussing pro-ftps

Topic E: 0 inetd/xinetd

E-1: Discussing inetd/xinetd

Topic F: 0 Printer configuration

F-1: Discussing printer configuration

Unit 12 : System backup

Topic A: 0 The backup process

A-1: Discussing the backup process

Topic B: 0 Backup devices

B-1: Discussing backup devices

B-2: Discussing types of data

Topic C: 0 Methodologies

C-1: Discussing methodologies

Topic D: 0 Archive utilities

D-1: Discussing archive utilities

D-2: Discussing compression utilities

Topic E: 0 Software packages

E-1: Discussing software packages

Unit 13 : The Linux kernel

Topic A: 0 The kernel

A-1: Discussing the kernel

Topic B: 0 Patches

B-1: Discussing patches

Topic C: 0 Kernel options

C-1: Discussing kernel options

Unit 14 : Performance tuning

Topic A: 0 System performance

A-1: Discussing system performance

Topic B: 0 Hardware performance tuning

B-1: Discussing hardware performance tuning

Topic C: 0 Tuning for performance

C-1: Discussing hard disk tuning

C-2: Discussing software performance tuning

C-3: Discussing kernel performance tuning

Topic D: 0 Disabling unwanted services

D-1: Discussing disabling unwanted services

Topic E: 0 Benchmarking

E-1: Discussing benchmarking

Topic F: 0 Network performance tuning

F-1: Discussing network performance tuning

Unit 15 : Emergency recovery procedures

Topic A: 0 Emergency recovery options

A-1: Discussing emergency recovery options

Topic B: 0 Linux loader boot-up sequence

B-1: Discussing Linux loader boot-up sequence

Topic C: 0 Performing a file system consistency check

C-1: Discussing a file system consistency check

Topic D: 0 Master Boot Record (MBR) repair

D-1: Discussing the MBR

Topic E: 0 Printing system configuration information

E-1: Discussing printing system configuration information

Appendix A : Problem solving

Topic A: 0 Where to find help

Topic B: 0 Hardware

Topic C: 0 File system

Topic D: 0 Boot

Topic E: 0 Core

Topic F: 0 Libraries

Topic G: 0 ulimits

Topic H: 0 Terminal

Topic I: 0 X11

Topic J: 0 Scripts

Topic K: 0 Miscellaneous