Course
Number: IT151
RED HAT LINUX CERTIFICATION
2.1
Installation
- Identify
all system hardware required (for example: CPU, memory, drive space, scalability)
and check compatibility with Linux Distribution
- Determine
appropriate method of installation based on environment (for example: boot disk,
CD-ROM, network (HTTP, FTP, NFS, SMB))
- Install
multimedia options (for example: video, sound, codecs)
Identify purpose of Linux machine based on predetermined customer requirements (for example: appliance, desktop system, database, mail server, web server, etc.) - Determine
what software and services should be installed (for example: client applications
for workstation, server services for desired task)
- Partition
according to pre-installation plan using fdisk (for example: /boot, /usr, /var,
/home, swap, RAID/volume, hot-spare, lvm)
- Configure
file systems (for example: (ext2) or (ext3) or REISER)
- Boot
the system
- Configure
a boot manager (for example: LILO, ELILO, GRUB, multiple boot options)
- Manage
packages after installing the operating systems (for example: install, uninstall,
update) (for example: RPM, tar, gzip)
- Manage
shared libraries
- Reconfigure,
build, and install a custom kernel and kernel modules
- Select
appropriate networking configuration and protocols (for example: inetd, xinetd,
modems, Ethernet)
- Select
appropriate parameters for Linux installation (for example: language, time zones,
keyboard, mouse)
- Configure
peripherals as necessary (for example: printer, scanner, modem)
- Use
Debian package management
- Use Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
2.2
Management
- 2.1
Manage local storage devices and file systems (for example:: fsck, fdisk, mkfs)
using CLI commands
- 2.2
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)
2.3
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
2.4
Security
- Configure
and use system log files to meet administrative and security needs
- Setup
user level security
- Configure
security environment files (for example: hosts.allow, sudoers, ftpusers, sshd_config,
PAM)
- Set
up secure shell (OpenSSH)
- Delete
accounts while maintaining data stored in that user's home directory
- Given
security requirements, implement appropriate encryption configuration (for example:
blowfish 3DES, MD5)
- Detect
symptoms that indicate a machine's security has been compromised (for example:
review logfiles for irregularities or intrusion attempts)
- Use
appropriate access level for login (for example: root level vs user level activities,
su, sudo)
- Set
process and special permissions (for example: SUID, GUID)
- Identify
different Linux Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) (for example: Snort, PortSentry)
- Given
security requirements, implement basic IP tables/chains (note: requires knowledge
of common ports)
- Implement
security auditing for files and authentication
- Identify
whether a package or file has been corrupted / altered (for example: checksum,
Tripwire)
- Given
a set of security requirements, set password policies to match (complexity / aging
/ shadowed passwords) (for example: identify systems not shadow passwords)
- Identify
security vulnerabilities within Linux services
- Set up user-level security (for example: limits on logins, memory usage and processes)
2.5
Documentation
- Establish
and monitor system performance baseline (for example: top, sar, vmstat, pstree)
- Create
written procedures for installation, configuration, security and management
- Document
installed configuration (for example: installed packages, package options, TCP/IP
assignment list, changes -configuration and maintenance)
- Troubleshoot
errors using systems logs (for example: tail, head, grep)
- Troubleshoot
application errors using application logs (for example: tail, head, grep)
- Access system documentation and help files (for example: man, info, readme, Web)
2.6
Hardware
- Describe
common hardware components and resources (for example: connectors, IRQs, DMA,
SCSI, memory addresses)
- Configure
Modem and Sound cards
- Diagnose
hardware issues using Linux tools (for example: /proc, disk utilities, ifconfig,
/dev, live CD rescue disk, dmesg)
- Identify
and configure removable system hardware (for example: PCMCIA, USB, IEEE1394)
- Configure
advanced power management and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
- Identify and configure mass storage devices and RAID (for example: SCSI, ATAPI, tape, optical recordable)
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