Portland State University
 
Information Technology

Course Number: IT151B
LINUX ESSENTIALS AND ADMINISTRATION

Configuration

  • Configure client network services and settings (for example: settings for TCP/IP)
  • Configure basic server network services (for example: DNS, DHCP, SAMBA, Apache)
  • Configure Linux as a PPP client
  • Implement basic routing and subnetting (for example: /sbin/route, IP forward statement)
  • Configure the system and perform basic make file changes to support compiling applications and drivers
  • Configure files that are used to mount drives or partitions (for example: fstab, mtab, SAMBA, nfs, syntax)
  • Properly manage the NFS, smb, and nmb daemons
  • Managing disk quota
  • Implement DNS and describe how it works (for example: edit /etc/hosts, edit /etc/host.conf, edit /etc/resolv.conf, dig, host, named)
  • Configure a Network Interface Card (NIC) from a command line
  • Configure Linux printing (for example: CUPS, BSD LPD, SAMBA)
  • Apply basic printer permissions
  • Configure log files (for example: syslog, remote logfile storage)
  • Configure the X Window system
  • Setup a display manager
  • Install & Customize a Window Manager Environment
  • Set up environment variables (for example: $PATH, $DISPLAY, $TERM, $PROMPT, $PS1)
  • Notify users on system-related issues

For more details, please contact our Technical Adviser at 503-725-2395 or email it@pdx.edu.