Linux - Red Hat Certified Technician (RHCT)

This course will give you the administration skills and knowledge you need to complete the RHCT training program. This course is the best way to prepare yourself for the RHCT exam. Increase your earning potential with Makau’s industry leading training! This course maps to the Red Hat Exam RH133.

Course Instructor: George J. Trujillo
George J. Trujillo Jr. has been working with UNIX and Linux operating systems for 20 years. He has delivered consulting and training in UNIX/Linux operating systems in areas such as System Administration, System Internals, C Systems Programming, C++, Perl and advanced operating system tools. In addition to his 20+ years of technical experience, George has delivered internationally over 250 technical training courses and seminars. George is the President and CEO of Trubix Inc., a company specializing in delivering leading edge live technical training, consulting and courseware in Linux, Internet strategies, Application Servers, Oracle10g, XML, Java, .Net and Web services.

Course Outline

Red Hat Administration for RH 133 Level 1

Installation

• Introduction
• Network Installations
• An NFS Installation
• Getting Started
• Pre-Installation
• Starting the Installation
• Installation
• Partitioning
• Configuration
• Additional Settings
• Installation Wrap-Up
• Installation Information
• Boot Loader
• GRUB
• GRUB Commands
• Kickstart
• Kickstart Configuration

Red Hat Administration for RH 133 Level 2

Overview of Linux

• Red Hat
• Linux & UNIX
• Linux Benefits & Features
• Linux Desktops & Interfaces
• The GNU Project
• Linux Distribution
• Future Directions
• Information on Linux

Linux Basics

• Basic Commands
• Files
• File Manipulation Commands
• Working with Directories
• Wildcards & Redirection
• Working with Aliases

Information & Display Commands

• Information Commands
• Display Utilities
• Working with the Find Command
• Pattern Matching
• Working with Regular Expressions
• Sed & AWK
• Information Utilities

The Shell

• Introduction to the Shell
• Using Quotes
• Special Characters
• Working in the Shell
• Bash Configuration Files
• Processes
• Managing Processes

Using the vi Editor

• Introduction to vi
• Moving Around in vi
• Text Manipulation
• More Text Manipulation
• More on vi

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Managing File & File Systems

• Storage in Linux
• Files
• File Types
• Devices
• Different Types of Files

FileSystems

• Linux FileSystems
• More on FileSystems
• The FileSystem Hierarchy
• The Third Extended FileSystem
• Looking at the Details
• Working with FileSystems
• Setting Up the fstab File
• Mounting & Unmounting

Red Hat Administration for RH 133 Level 4

Managing Users

• Creating a User Manually
• Creating Users with Commands
• Shadow Utilities
• The Red Hat User Manager Tool
• Creating New Users
• Working with Chage
• Modifying User Accounts
• Working with Groups
• Modifying File Permissions & Access

Security

• Introduction to Security
• Security Applications & Sources
• The nmap Application
• Securing Your Environment
• Working with su & sudo
• SUID and SGID Applications
• Log Files

Red Hat Administration for RH 133 Level 5

Managing Processes

• Linux Processes
• Interactive & Batch Processes
• Process Details
• Using ‘nice’ & “renice’
• Signals
• Process Management
• Managing I/O
• Scheduling One Time Jobs
• Scheduling Reoccurring Jobs

Red Hat Administration for RH 133 Level 6

Windows & Desktops

• X Windows
• X Window Architecture
• Window Management
• Tools
• Starting X Windows
• X Clients
• Red Hat Desktops
• Default Desktops

Desktops

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Bash Shell Scripts

• Introduction to Shell Scripts
• Executing Shell Scripts
• Variable Data Types
• Variables & Arrays
• Descriptors & Redirectors
• Special Shell Characters
• Positional Parameters
• $ Parameters
• If Statements
• Working with If
• The Case Statement
• Iteration Loops
• The Shift Command
• Additional Test Conditions
• GRUB Commands
• Command Line Editing

Red Hat Package Manager

• Introduction
• Verifying Packages
• The RPM Database
• Finding Packages
• Managing Packages

Kernel Parameters

• Configuring Parameters
• Working with Parameters
• Working with /proc/sys

Level 7 Introduction

• Level 7 Summary

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Networking

• TCP/IP Networking
• Network Files
• Startup Scripts
• xinetd
• / etc / Services
• named
• Routing & Monitoring
• Remote Connectivity
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• Samba
• Managing Samba
• Smbclient
• Additional Tools