Course
Number: IT151B
LINUX ESSENTIALS AND ADMINISTRATION
Management
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Manage local storage devices and file systems (for example:: fsck, fdisk, mkfs)
using CLI commands
- Mount
and unmount varied file systems (for example: Samba, NFS) using CLI commands
- Customize
and use the shell environment
- Tune
the user environment and system environment variables
- Create
files and directories and modify files using CLI commands
- Process
text streams using filters
- Use
streams, pipes, and redirects
- Execute
content and directory searches using find and grep
- Find
system files and place files in the correct location
- Create
linked files using CLI commands
- Modify
file and directory permissions and ownership (for example: chmod, chown, sticky
bit, octal permissions, chgrp) using CLI commands
- Identify
and modify default permissions for files and directories (for example: umask)
using CLI commands
- Perform
and verify backups and restores (tar, cpio)
- Access
and write data to recordable media (for example: CDRW, hard drive, flash memory
devices)
- Manage
run levels and system initialization from the CLI and configuration files (for
example: /etc/inittab and init command, /etc/rc.d, rc.local)
- Identify,
execute, manage and kill processes (for example: ps, kill, killall, bg, fg, jobs,
nice, renice, rc)
- Modify
process execution priorities
- Differentiate
core processes from non-critical services (for example: init, [kernel processes],
PID, and PPID values)
- Repair
packages and scripts (for example: resolving dependencies, repairing, installing,
updating applications)
- Monitor
and troubleshoot network activity (for example: ping, netstat, traceroute)
- Perform
text manipulation (for example: sed, awk, vi)
- Manage
print jobs and print queues (for example: lpd, lprm, lpq, CUPS)
- Perform
remote management (for example: rsh, ssh, rlogin)
- Perform
NIS-related domain management (yp commands)
- Create,
modify, and use basic shell scripts
- Create,
modify, and delete user and group accounts (for example: useradd, groupadd, /etc/passwd,
chgrp, quota, chown, chmod, grpmod) using CLI utilities
- Manage
and access mail queues (for example: sendmail, postfix, mail, mutt) using CLI
utilities
- Maintain
system time
- Schedule
jobs to execute in the future using "at" and "cron" daemons
- Redirect output (for example: piping, redirection)
For more details, please contact our Technical Adviser at 503-725-2395 or email it@pdx.edu.
