Complete Red Hat Linux 7.0 Training Curriculum

Complete Red Hat Linux 7.0 Training Curriculum

Introduction to Red Hat Linux Level 1

1.0 Intro to Red Hat Certification
1.1 RHCE Program
1.2 Overview of Topics
2.0 Linux and Windows
2.1 Linux Applications
2.2 License of Linux
2.3 Linux Origins
2.4 Linux Distribution
3.0 Booting and Logging into Linux
3.1 Booting Linux
3.2 Passwords
3.3 Logging off and Shutting Down
3.4 Navigating the System
4.0 Understanding the Linux File System
4.1 Overview of File Systems
4.2 Mounting Drives
4.3 Standard Directories
4.4 File Permissions
5.0 Performing File Maintenance Tasks
5.1 Linux Command Options
5.2 Using the cd Command
5.3 Linux File Commands
6.0 Using the Linux Command Line
6.1 Linux Shell
6.2 The History Feature
6.3 Managing Multiple Applications
7.0 Command Help
7.1 Man Pages
7.2 Info Page
7.3 Web Sites

Introduction to Red Hat Linux Level 2

1.0 Creating Documents
1.1 What is the VI?
1.2 Deleting Text in Command Mode
1.3 Saving your File
1.4 Inserting Text
1.5 Copying and Pasting Text
1.6 Other Insert Modes
2.0 Controlling File Access
2.1 Looking at Users and Groups Assigned to Files
2.2 Using the chmod Command
2.3 The SUID and The GUID Bits
3.0 Launching Applications
3.1 The Command Prompt
3.2 Using the Menu System
4.0 Printing in Red Hat Linux
4.1 Configuration
4.2 Printing a File
4.3 Maintenance
4.4 Remote Printing
4.5 Setting up a Printer with Printtool
4.6 The Printcap File
4.7 Print Filters and Page Description Languages
4.8 Using the lpr Command
4.9 Printing in Applications
5.0 Using Regular Expressions
5.1 Defining Regular Expressions
5.2 Matching Characters
6.0 Copying Data to Floppy Disks
6.1 Mounting the Floppy and MS-DOS and ext2 File Systems, and Using cp, etc
6.2 The mtools Package and Commands
7.0 Redirecting Input and Output
7.1 STDIN and STDOUT Concepts
7.2 Using Operators to Redirect and Append STDOUT and Using noclobber
7.3 Using the < Operator to Redirect Input and Understanding and Working with Pipes
7.4 Using the Tee Command

Introduction to Red Hat Linux Level 3

1.0 Using Gnome for Common Tasks
1.1 Gnome Background and Icons
1.2 Panel
1.3 Virtual Desktops
1.4 Switching between Application Windows
1.5 Menu
1.6 Locking the Screen and Logging out
2.0 Starting Applications
2.1 Using the Menu and Using Run Program
2.2 Using the Command Line
2.3 Using the Help Browser
3.0 Customizing Gnome
3.1 Adding and Configuring Icons on a Panel
3.2 Configuring Other Properties of the Panel
3.3 Adding Icons to the Desktop and a Background Image
3.4 Using the right-click menu
4.0 Using Simple Gnome Applications
4.1 Address Book and Calendar
4.2 Gedit, Gnotepad, and the Calendar
4.3 The Calculator and Gnumeric Spreadsheet
4.4 Time Tracking Tool
5.0 Viewing and Creating Graphics
5.1 Electric Eyes
5.2 GQview
5.3 Gimp
5.4 Games
6.0 Using the File Manager
6.1 The File Manager
6.2 Move/Copy/Deleting Files
6.3 Setting Preferences
7.0 The Gnome Control Center
7.1 Background, Screensaver, and Themes
7.2 The Windows Manager, Sounds, Keyboard, and Mouse
7.3 Startup, Application, and Dialog Options

Introduction to Red Hat Linux Level 4

1.0 System Tools (18 min)
1.1 Changing the Password
1.2 Desktop Switching Tool
1.3 System Info
1.4 Color Browser and Font Selector
1.5 Time Tool
1.6 Color Xterm
1.7 System Monitor
2.0 The KDE Menus
2.1 Text Editor and Other Accessories
2.2 Graphics Tools
2.3 The System Menu, Utilities and Internet Tools
2.4 The KDE Control Center
3.0 Another Level Menus
3.1 A Quick look at the Another Level Menus
4.0 Understanding Software Packages
4.1 The rpm command
4.2 Querying a Package
4.3 Adding and Deleting Files
5.0 Using Graphical RPM Tools
5.1 GnoRMP
5.2 Kpackage
6.0 Accessing the Network
6.1 Checking the Network Connection
6.2 Ping, IfConfig, etc.
6.3 Using Netscape
6.4 Using other Programs
7.0 Using Configuration Utilities
7.1 KBDCongif, Mouse Config, NetConfig. and The Control Panel
7.2 CHKConfig, timeconfig, Kernelconfig, tksysv and Xconfigurator
8.1 Exploring options for Basic Configuration

System Administration Level 1

1.0 Introductions
1.1 Linux
1.2 Red Hat Software
1.3 Red Hat Certified Engineer
1.4 Audience for this Material and Caveats for Test Takers
2.0 Important Concepts
2.1 Interaction Between Components of Linux
2.2 Multitasking
2.3 File Systems, Devices in Linux/dev/and Device Drivers
2.4 Linux vs. NT and UNIX
3.0 Installing Red Hat Linux
3.1 Hardware for Linux
3.2 PP Installation Source Methods
3.3 Preparing the Hard Disk and what You Need for Partitions
3.4 Creating Boot Disks
3.5 Installation Walkthrough
3.6 Configuring your Graphical Environment
4.0 Starting the System
4.1 Initialization Process
4.2 How the System Boots in Brief
4.3 Shutting Down Linux
4.4 Emergency Boot with Rescue Disk
5.0 Configuring LILO
5.1 How LILO Operates
5.2 Includes Many Optional Parameters
5.3 Relying on LILO for Other Operating Systems
6.0 Setting up Graphics
6.1 Layers in X
6.2 Tools for XFree86
6.3 Xconfiguration, XF86Config, others
6.4 Starting X
6.5 Linux Conf Tool
6.6 Remote X Sessions

System Administration Level 2

1.0 The Initialization Process
1.1 Bios > MBR > boot Sector > Kernel > init
1.2 Runlevels and Scripts
1.3 Using LinuxConf or tksysv to Modify Services in runlevels
1.4 The Etc/sysconfig directory
2.0 Basic System Administration
2.1 Popular Tools and Text vs. Graphical Tools
2.2 Kuduzu intro
3.0 Some Command Line Utilities
3.1 Find , Locate, Grep
3.2 File, Type and Which
3.3 Procinfo, Isdev, Idd
3.4 Users, Who
3.5 Zip/other Compression
4.0 File System Administration
4.1 Directory locations and the /etc directory
4.2 Using Mount, Explaining Mount Points
4.3 Using df and du for File System Information and the fstab File
4.4 Inode and Links

System Administration Level 3

1.0 Using the File System Automounter
1.1 Amd and Autofs
1.2 Configuring Autofs
1.3 Working with Autofs
2.0 File System Troubleshooting
2.1 File System Fragmentation
2.2 Using FSK
2.3 Using dumpe2fs
2.4 Using tune2fs
3.0 RAID
3.1 Defining RAID Levels and its Benefits
3.2 Hardware and Software RAID
3.3 RAID as Root File System
4.0 Using Diskettes
4.1 Using Mount to Access Disks
4.2 Using Gnome Icons
4.3 Using the Mtools Package
5.0 Backing up the System
5.1 Tape Backup Devices and CD Devices
5.2 Backup Levels
5.3 Using the Tar and cpio Commands
5.4 Tape Control Commands
5.5 Using Commercial Backup Packages
6.0 Using Disk Quotas
6.1 Setting up Quotas in fstab
6.2 Edquota
6.3 Seeing Usage Reports for Users
7.0 File and Directory Permissions
7.1 Basics
7.2 Chmod and Octal
7.3 Graphical Changing in File Manager
7.4 SUID, GUID and Sticky
7.5 Attributes isattr chattr

System Administration Level 4

1.0 User and Group Management
1.1 Understanding User and Group Accounts
1.2 Users, Creating Files, File Permissions, and Primary Groups
1.3 Using the Command Line
1.4 Creating Users and Groups
1.5 Modifying Users
1.6 Adding Groups
1.7 SU and New User Command
1.8 Communication between Users
2.0 Managing Processes
2.1 Understanding Processes and the Kernel
2.2 Process States
2.3 Watching Memory Usage
2.4 Process Priorities with Nice and Renice
2.5 Understanding Signals
2.6 Using KILL to Send signals
3.0 Managing Jobs in the Shell
3.1 A Process vs. a Job and Starting Foreground and Background Processes
3.2 Keeping Child Processes Active
4.0 Automating Process Execution
4.1 Startup Scripts Determining the Purpose of Execution
4.2 Scheduling a tasks

System Administration Level 5

1.0 Managing Printing
1.1 The Printcap File and Setting up a Printer with Printtool
1.2 Print Filters and Page Description Languages
1.3 Remote Printing and Using the lpr Command
1.4 Managing the Print Queue
1.5 The lpc Command
1.6 Bounce Queues
2.0 Kernel Modules
2.1 What are Kernel Modules
2.2 Kernelcfg
2.3 Kerneld
2.4 Finding Kernel Modules
3.0 Kernel
3.1 Why Recompile the Kernel
3.2 Configuration Using Three Methods
3.3 Compiling
3.4 Booting to the New Kernel and Checking uname
4.0 Logging
4.1 Purpose and Location
4.2 Syslog.conf
4.3 Types of Logs
5.0 Networking Basics
5.1 TCP/IP Basics
5.2 Command Line Utilities
5.3 IP Aliasing

System Administration Level 6

1.0 Client Networking Services
1.1 Setting up NIS
1.2 Using NFS Client
1.3 DHCP
2.0 Sharing File Systems – NFS
2.1 Setting up the NFS Server and Exporting
2.3 Exportfs Command
3.0 Sharing File Systems – Samba
3.1 SMB and Samba
3.2 Using smbclient
3.3 Viewing the SMB Server from Windows
4.0 Sharing File Systems – NetWare
4.1 Mars Installation and Configuration
4.2 Printing
5.0 Procmail
5.1 Email Terms and Procmail
5.2 Recipes
6.0 Introducing Internet Services
6.1 Inetd
6.2 Transient or Standalone Serversm
6.3 Services and Port Numbers
6.4 Access Control with TCPd Wrappers
7.0 Security
7.1 Physical Security
7.2 Login Security
7.3 PAM

Networking and Security Level 1

1.0 Networking on Linux
1.1 Understanding Linux Networking
1.2 A Few Key Protocols
1.3 Using Command Line Tools to
1.4 Configure Networking
1.5 Using LinuxConf to configure
1.6 Networking
1.7 Ethernet and Dial Up Networking
1.8 The Network Card, the interface, and the route
2.0 Troubleshooting Networking
2.1 Using the Ping Command
2.2 Checking Ifconfig and route
3.0 Dial-up Networking
3.1 Protocols
3.2 Working with an ISP
4.0 DHCP
4.1 Configuring the DHCP Server
4.2 The DHCP Client
5.0 Introducing Domain Name Service-DNS
5.1 Subdomains and Zones
5.2 Configuring the Client Side of DNS
6.0 Server-side DNS
6.1 Configuring DNS Server
6.2 PTR Record
6.3 Utilities
7.0 Network Information Service
7.1 Understanding the Purpose of NIS/NFS
7.2 The YP Command
7.3 The R Commands

Networking and Security Level 2

1.0 Introducing Samba
1.1 Purpose and Background of Samba
1.2 Installing the Packages
1.3 Setting up Core Configuration Options
1.4 Setting up Shares
1.5 Security and Password Issues
1.6 Client Testing
1.7 Setting up the smb.conf configuration file
1.8 The Print Tool
2.0 The LDAP Directory Protocol
2.1 Understanding LDAP
2.2 Setting up an LDAP Server
3.0 Understanding E-mail on Linux
3.1 Security Considerations and Transfer Agents
4.0 Basic Sendmail Configuration
4.1 Overview of Configuration Files
4.2 Using e-mail Aliases
4.3 Linux Conf
5.0 Using the Procmail Delivery Agent
5.1 Understanding the Purpose of Procmail
5.2 Setting up Procmail recipes
6.0 Mail Relay Agents: POP and IMAP
6.1 Using POP and IMAP

Networking and Security Level 3

1.0 Basic Apache Web Server Configuration
1.1 Features of Apache
1.2 Packages
2.0 Httpd.conf
2.1 Httpd.conf
3.0 Server Resource Management
3.1 Srm.conf
4.0 Access.conf
4.1 Access.conf
5.0 Advanced Features of Apache
5.1 Virtual Hosting, Server-side Includes, and CGI
6.0 Apache Modules
6.1 Locating Modules (Free and Commercial)

Networking and Security Level 4

1.0 Security Basics
1.1 Reasons for Security-Protection from disaster, malice and accident
1.2 Physical, User, and Network Security
1.3 Defining some Security-related terms
1.4 Cryptography-algorithms/symmetric and asymmetric
2.0 Physical Security
2.1 Hard Drive Removal, Booting form Floppy and BIOS Passwords
2.2 LILO Prompt run Levels and Passwords
2.3 Using the Sticky Bit
2.4 Session Security
3.0 User Security
3.1 Reviewing File System Permissions
3.2 Monitoring Login Attempts
3.3 Dangling Files from deleted Users
3.4 Securetty and Nologin files
3.5 Using File Attributes
3.6 Using Su and Sudo
4.0 Passwords
4.1 The Passwd and Shadow Files
4.2 MD5 and authconfig
4.3 Pwconv and related Utilities
4.4 Cracklib and the Linux.words Library
5.0 Pluggable Authentication Modules
5.1 Defining PAM and PAM Clients
5.2 Reviewing the Directories /lib/security and /etc/pam.d and /etc/security
5.3 The access.conf and time.conf files
6.0 Public Private Key Systems
6.1 Understanding the Key Exchange
7.0 Controlling User Access to Resources
7.1 Clobberd and Clobberedit
7.2 Limits
7.3 Process Accounting
8.0 Network Security
8.1 Inetd

Networking and Security Level 5

1.0 TCP Wrappers
1.1 Host Allow and Host Deny
1.2 Host Options
1.3 tcpdchk and tcpdmatch
1.4 identd
1.5 Plaintext Network Services
1.6 SAINT and Nessus
2.0 Network Routing
2.1 Understanding Network Traffic (drop v forward)
2.2 Enabling IP Forwarding
2.3 Understanding Dynamic Routing
2.4 The Traceroute Command
2.5 Optimizing the Kernel for Routing
3.0 Advanced Routing Techniques
3.1 Three advanced routing techniques
3.2 Using a Traditional Proxy Server with Client Configuration
3.3 Using a Transparent Proxy with Port Forwarding
3.4 Using network Address Translation/IP Masquerading
3.5 Red Hat’s Piranah Virtual Server
3.6 Portscanners, Sniffers, TCPdump and Ethereal
3.7 IPTraf Interface
4.0 Display Security
4.1 Xhost for Host-based Security
4.2 Xauth for more Precise Security
5.0 The Secure Shell (SSH)
5.1 Defining the Importance of SSH
5.2 Generating Keys
5.3 Authentication Layers
5.4 Using SSH and SCP
5.5 Tunneling Other Protocols Over SSH
6.0 Firewalls and IP Chains
6.1 Understanding Firewalls and IP Chains
6.2 Setting default Policies
6.3 Setting Up IP Masquerading
6.4 Adding Rules
6.5 Additional Resources

Update 7.0 Level 1

1.0 Introducing Red Hat Linux 7 and the Upgrade Process
1.1 Learning About Upgrades
1.2 Using the RPM Command to Upgrade Files
1.3 Upgrades and the RHCE tests
2.0 Installation Notes for Release 7
2.1 Installing Red Hat Linux 7
2.2 Overview of Installation Enhancements
3.0 XFree86 release 4
3.1 X and XFree Background
3.2 Advantages of Release 4
3.3 The XF86Config-4 Configuration File
3.4 Using XFree 3 for Hardware Compatibility
3.5 Running Xconfigurator
4.0 The Gnome and KDE Desktops
4.1 Graphical Libraries
4.2 Switching Between Desktops
4.3 Installing KDE 2
4.4 Watching for New Desktop Releases
5.0 The Latest Kernel
5.1 Kernel Version Numbering and Status
5.2 Review of 2.2.16 Kernel Hardware Support
5.3 A Preview of the Linux 2.4 Kernel
5.4 Using LILO, etc. to Reboot into the New Kernel
6.0 The RP3 Dialer
6.1 Review of PPP and Other Dialer Tools
6.2 Using rp3 and rp3-config
6.3 Establishing a Dial-in Connection
7.0 New Development and Hardware Tools
7.1 New Development Tools
7.2 Checking Library Requirements
7.3 Hard Disk Configuration
8.0 New Encryption Tools
8.1 The Value of OpenSSH
8.2 Setting up the OpenSSH Server
8.3 Using OpenSSH

Update 7.0 Level 2

1.1 The Sawfish Window Manager
1.1 Understanding the Window Manager
1.2 Comparing Sawfish to Enlightenment
1.3 Exploring Sawfish Configuration
2.0 The New Superserver, Xinetd
2.1 Reviewing the Superserver Operation
2.2 Advantages of Xinetd
2.3 Configuring Xinetd
2.4 Restarting Xinetd
3.0 Using the sysstat RPM
3.1 Understanding Stat
3.2 Using Iostat
3.3 Using Sar
4.0 Authentication Enhancements
4.1 Using Authconfig
4.2 Reviewing the Nsswitch File
5.0 Using the Red Hat Network
5.1 The Purpose of Red Hat Network
5.2 Using the RHN Client
6.0 LinuxConf Enhancements
6.1 The New LinuxConf
6.2 Saving your Work
6.3 Working in Textmode
7.0 New Firewall Tools
7.1 Reviewing IP Firewalling
7.2 Using Firewall-config
7.3 Using Gnome-lokkit
7.4 Firewalls in Linux 2.4 Kernels
8.0 Exploring Other Packages
8.1 The Kernel Web Daemon
8.2 The Mozilla Browser
8.3 The Gimp Graphical Package
8.5 The Gphoto Digital Camera Tool
8.6 Using Aspell to Spell-check
8.7 The AbiWord Word Processor

Power Tools 7.0 Level 1

1.0 Intro to the PowerTools CD
1.1 The Power Tools Application CD and the Role of Red Hat
1.2 Locating Files to Download
1.3 Using the RPM Command Line and Graphical Modes
2.0 Graphical Toys to Enhance your Desktop
2.1 Kde-themepack -- Add Themes to your Desktop
2.2 Xearth – Create an Earthscape Background
2.3 Xfishtank - Make the Background a Fishtank
2.4 Xmountains - Create a Fractal Mountain Scene
2.5 Xsnow - Make the Background a Snow Scene
2.6 Linux_logo – Show a Little Linux Logo
2.7 Xmmsskins - Add Skins to the xmms Player
2.8 Festival - Use a Speech Synthesizer on Linux
2.9 Wine - Run MS Windows Programs on Linux
3.0 Personal Tools
3.1 Dosemu-- Run DOS Programs on Linux
3.2 Wv (wordview) -- View MS Word Files in Linux
3.3 Kcmlaptop -- Track Laptop Sensor Data Graphically
3.4 Xengine - See a Graphical Benchmark
3.5 Qcad - Do Computer-aided Design on Linux
3.6 Vacation - Generate an Auto Reply Message
3.7 TkZip - Graphically Create Archives
3.8 Dfm - Use an OS/2-style Desktop
3.9 Gaim - Use AOL Instant Messaging
3.10 Junkbuster - Clean Ads from your Web Pages

Power Tools 7.0 Level 2

1.0 Business Tools
1.1 FaxMail - Send Faxes Via Email
1.2 Cbb - Use a Quicken-like Financial Tool
1.3 Gnucash - Use a Better Quicken-like Financial Tool
1.4 Xfinans - Use a Basic Personal Finance Tool
1.5 Xinvest - Track a Portfolio of Stock
1.6 Xquote - See Up-to-date Stock Quotes
2.0 Network Administration
2.1 Ethereal - See Network Packet Data
2.2 Etherape - See Visual Network Layouts
2.3 Cheops - Watch Network Data Graphically
2.4 Iptraf - Analyze IP Traffic
2.5 Nmap - Scan for Potential Security Holes
2.6 Portsentry - Prevent Scanning for your Security Holes
2.7 Sniffit - See Packet Data on the Command Line
2.8 Ksnuffle - Use a Graphical Packet Sniffer
2.9 Trafshow - See a Simple Network Traffic Monitor
2.10 Strobe - Do Simple Security Scans
3.0 Internet Server Tools
3.1 Kcmbind - Graphically Configure DNS
3.2 GnoSamba - Graphically Configure Samba
3.3 Icecast - Create an Internet Radio Station
3.4 Thttpd - Use a Mini-Web Server
3.5 Webdesigner - Create HTML Docs Graphically
3.6 Weblint - Check HTML Pages for Correctness

Power Tools 7.0 Level 3

1.0 Hardware and System Administration
1.1 Clobberd – Limit User Login Times
1.2 Diskcheck - Check Available Disk Space Hourly
1.3 Ext2resize - Resize Linux Filesystems
1.4 Loadmeter - View System Loads Graphically
1.5 Safedelete - Retrieve Deleted Files in Linux
1.6 Alien - Convert Other Package Formats to Rpm
1.7 Xcoral - Use a Graphical Programming Editor
2.0 Multimedia
2.1 Xmcd - Play Audio CDs
2.2 SoundStudio - Edit Digital Audio Files
2.3 SoundTracker - Create Computer-generated Music
2.4 Freeamp - Play Digital Audio Files
2.5 Synaesthesia - See Digital Audio Visually
2.6 Timidity - Convert MIDI Files to Other Formats
2.7 Xanim - Pay Video Clips
2.8 Aktion - Play Video Clips in KDE
2.9 MPEG - Convert Still Pictures to Video Clips
2.10 Kwintv - Watch TV on your Linux Desktop
2.11 Eroaster - Burn CDs in Linux
2.12 Cdlabelgen - Create CD Labels at the Command Line
2.13 Gcombust - Manage CD Creation Graphically
2.14 Acroread - View PDF Files Alone or in a Browser

Regular price: $1,695.95

Sale price: $1,595.95

Click here for Secure Yahoo Order: Complete Red Hat Linux 7.0 Training Curriculum

Unix, Linux, RedHat Computer Based Training CD Roms, Videos