Course Summary For persons who have no command-line experience in Linux or UNIX and want to develop skills for using and customizing their own Linux workstations. Course updated for building skills on the following distributions : Mandriva 2005 Mandriva 2006 Mandrake 10.1 Mandrake 10.2 White Box Enterprise Linux 3 White Box Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Fedora Core 2 Red Hat 9.0 Mandrake Move Knoppix Suse Live ATRC Linux Essentials Description Goal: A power user who can effectively use, customize and script an Enterprise Linux system for common command line processes as well as use basic network utilities. A student who successfully masters the material in ATRC is ready to begin learning system administration ATRC and RH133. Audience: IT professionals who want to build user-level skills before learning Linux System and Network Administration. Prerequisites: User-level experience with any computer system, including: use of mouse, use of menus and use of any graphical user interface. Course Duration : 36 Hours. 15:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday 18 Classes of two hours each. 3.5 Weeks. Course Fees : Rs 9600 per participant. Prepares for: ATRC Linux System Administration RH 133 + This course teaches the basics of a Linux environment and prepares for the future role as a system administrator. The course focuses on the use of the command line interface and its basic commands that a crucial for a administrator or system engineer. Goal: A Linux user who can be productive in using and customizing a Linux system for common command line processes and desktop productivity roles. Audience: Users who are new to Linux and have no prior UNIX or command-line skills, who want to develop and practice the basic skills to use and control their own Linux system. Prerequisites User-level experience with any computer system, use of mouse, use of menus, use of any graphical user interface. Course Objective Understand the Linux file system Perform common file maintenance tasks Use and customize the GNOME interface Issue essential Linux commands from the command line Perform common tasks using the GNOME GUI Open, edit, and save text documents using the vi editor File access permissions Launch applications from command line and GNOME interface Printing commands and utilities Customize X Window System Regular expression pattern matching and I/O redirection Copy files to and from a floppy diskette Install, upgrade, delete, and query packages on your system Network utilities for the user Power user utilities Miscellaneous topics Course Content The following is an outline of the skills and knowledge represented in the training elements of the ATRC Linux Essentials Course. Linux Essentials Outline. Section 1: A Tour of Enterprise Linux UNIT 1: Overview Objectives Agenda UNIX History UNIX Principles GNU Project / FSF GPL - GNU General Public License Linux Origins Why Linux? Red Hat Enterprise Linux White Box Enterprise Linux Recommended Hardware Specifications Local Logins Virtual Consoles The Xorg GUI Framework Xorg Graphical Environments Starting Xorg Changing Your Password UNIT 2: Running Commands and Getting Help Objectives Agenda Running Commands Some Simple Commands Getting Help The whatis Command The --help Option Reading Usage Summaries The man Command Navigating man Pages The info Command Navigating info Pages Extended Documentation Red Hat Documentation Linux Documentation Hands-on Lab: Getting Help with Commands UNIT 3: Browsing the File system Objectives Agenda Linux File Hierarchy Concepts Some Important Directories Other Important Directories Current Working Directory File and Directory Names Absolute Pathnames Relative Pathnames Changing Directories Listing Directory Contents Copying Files and Directories Copying Files and Directories: The Destination Moving and Renaming Files and Directories Moving and Renaming Files and Directories: The Destination Creating and Removing Files Creating and Removing Directories Using Nautilus Moving and Copying in Nautilus Determining File Content Viewing an Entire Text File Viewing Text Page by Page Hands-on Lab: Browsing the File system UNIT 4: The bash Shell Objectives Agenda bash Introduction bash Heritage and Features Command Line Shortcuts: File Globing Command Line Shortcuts: The Tab Key Command Line Shortcuts: history Command Line Expansion: Tilde Command Line Expansion: Variable and String Command Line Expansion: Command and Math Protecting from Expansion: Backslash Protecting from Expansion: Quotes History Tricks Command Editing Tricks Command Editing Tricks: Editing Modes gnome-terminal Hands-on Lab: Exploring the bash Shell UNIT 5: Standard I/O and Pipes Objectives Agenda Standard Input and Output Redirecting Input and Output Redirecting Output Redirecting Standard Output Overwriting or Appending Redirecting Standard Error Redirecting Both Standard Output and Error Redirecting Input Using Pipes to Connect Processes Useful Pipe Targets tee Hands-on Lab: Standard I/O and Pipes UNIT 6: Users, Groups, and Permissions Objectives Agenda The Linux Security Model Users Groups The root User Linux File Security Permission Types Examining Permissions Interpreting Permissions Examining Directories Linux Process Security Changing Permissions- Symbolic Method Changing Permissions- Numeric Method Changing Permissions- Nautilus Hands-on Lab: File Permissions UNIT 7: vi, vim, joe, and gedit Editor Basics and Printing Objectives Agenda Overview of vi and vim Starting vi and vim Three Modes of vi and vim Cursor Movement Entering Insert Mode Leaving Insert Mode: Change, Delete, and Yank Put (paste) Undoing Changes Searching for Text Command-Mode Tricks Saving and Exiting: ex mode Printing in Linux Printing Commands Printing Utilities Hands-on Lab: vi and vim Editor Basics UNIT 8: The Linux File system In-Depth Objectives Agenda Partitions and File systems Inodes Directories Inodes and Directories cp and Inodes mv and Inodes rm and Inodes Symbolic (or Soft) Links Hard Links The Seven Fundamental File types Checking Free Space Removable Media Mounting CDs and DVDs Mounting USB Media Mounting Floppy Disks Formatting Floppy Disks Why Archive Files? Creating an Archive Inspecting Archives Extracting an Archive Why Use File Compression? Compression Utilities Using Compression Compressing Archives tar to Unformatted Floppies Hands-on Lab: The Linux File system UNIT 9: Configuring the bash Shell Objectives Agenda Configuring the bash Shell Variables Configuring the Shell: Local Variables Common Local Variables The PS1 Local Variable Aliases Other Shell Configuration Methods Configuring Commands: Environment Variables Common Environment Variables The TERM Environment Variable The PATH Environment Variable How the Shell Expands the Command Line Shell Startup Scripts Login Shells Startup Scripts: Order of Execution /etc/profile /etc/profile.d ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc ~/.bash_logout Hands-on Lab: Configuring the bash Shell UNIT 10: Advanced Topics in Users, Groups, and Permissions Objectives Agenda User and Group ID Numbers /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group Files System Users and Groups Changing Your Identity User Information Commands Default Permissions Special Permissions Special Permissions for Executables Special Permissions for Directories Hands-on Lab: Switching Users and Setting a umask UNIT 11: Advanced Uses of the vi and vim Editors Objectives Agenda File Repositioning Screen Repositioning Filtering ex mode: Search and Replace Visual Mode Advanced Reading and Saving Configuring vi and vim Expanding your Vocabulary A Peek at the Appendix Hands-on Lab: Advanced Uses of the vi and vim Editors UNIT 12: Introduction to String Processing Objectives Agenda head tail tail - continued wc sort uniq cut Other String Processing Tools Version Comparison with diff Spell Checking with aspell Formatting Tools Hands-on Lab: Introduction to String Processing UNIT 13: String Processing with Regular Expressions Objectives Agenda Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions Wild card Characters Modifiers Anchors regex Combinations Regular Expressions - Examples Quote your regex's! grep sed Using sed less and slocate Regular Expressions in vi and vim Extended Regular Expressions Extended regex Syntax awk Using awk Hands-on Lab: String Processing with Regular Expressions UNIT 14: Finding and Processing Files Objectives Agenda slocate slocate Examples find Basic find Examples find and Logical Operators find and Permissions find and Numeric Criteria find and Access Times Executing Commands with find find Execution Examples The Gnome Search Tool Hands-on Lab: Finding and Processing Files UNIT 15: Investigating and Managing Processes Objectives Agenda What is a Process? How Processes Are Created Process Ancestry Process States Viewing Processes Sending Signals to Processes Terminating Processes Altering Process Scheduling Priority Altering Process Scheduling Priority- continued Interactive Process Management Tools Running a Process in the Foreground Running a Process in the Background Suspending a Process Listing Background and Suspended Jobs Resuming Suspended Jobs Compound Commands Scheduling a Process to Execute Later Scheduling Periodic Processes Using cron Crontab File Format Hands-on Lab: Process Control UNIT 16: Network Clients Objectives Agenda Web Clients Firefox Other GUI Web Browsers Non-GUI Web Browsers wget Email and Messaging Evolution Configuring Evolution Evolution and GnuPG Other GUI Mail Clients Non-GUI Mail Clients Gaim Remote Access and File Transfer ssh: Secure Shell scp: Secure Copy telnet and the "r" Services rsync lftp gFTP smbclient File Transfer with Nautilus Xorg Clients Network Diagnostic Tools Hands-on Lab: Network Clients UNIT 17: bash Shell Scripting Objectives Agenda Scripting Basics Creating Shell Scripts Creating Shell Scripts- Continued Generating Output Handling Input Exit Status Control Structures Conditional Execution Selection Structures: Using the if Statement File Tests String Tests Selection Structures: Using if / else Statements Selection Structures: Using the case Statement Repetition Structures: The for loop for and sequences Selection Structures: The while loop continue and break Using Positional Parameters Handling Parameters with Spaces Handling Filenames with Spaces Using Functions in Shell Scripts Using Functions - continued Scripting at the Command Line Shell Script Debugging Hands-on Lab: bash Shell Scripting UNIT 18: So... What now? Objectives Agenda Some Areas to Explore Development ATRC Development Classes System Administrator Duties LPI Skills Courses RHCE/RHCT Skills Courses RHCA Skills Courses The Linux Community