RH133 Red Hat?? Linux System Administration & Red Hat® Certified Technician (RHCT??) Lab Exam Training Class

1. Hardware, Device Configuration, and Installation

• Hardware Compatibility and Resources


• CPU and Memory


• Filesystem Device Nodes and Device Node Table


• Block Device Support


• System and Hotswappable Bus Support


• Peripheral Device Ports


• Laptops


• Console and Graphics


• Disk Partitioning


• Block Devices and Filesystem Schemes


• Red Hat Installer Features


• Red Hat Linux Installation


• Partitioning Hard Drives


• Configuring Software RAID at Installation


• Configuring Flexible Filesystems with LVM


• Network Configuration and Firewall Setup


• Package Selection


• Validating the Installation


• Serial Console Installation


• Noprobe Mode


• Driver Disks


• Post-Install Configuration

2. Linux Filesystem Management

• System Initialization: Device Recognition


• Managing Partitions


• Filesystem Basics and Attributes


• Filesystem Creation


• Ext3: Journaling for Ext2 Filesystems


• ReiserFS and JFS


• The Filesystem Hierarchy


• Mount Options and Configuration


• Connecting Network Resources


• Unmounting Filesystems


• The Auto-Mounter


• Virtual Memory Files


• Filesystem Maintenance


• Determining Filesystem Usage


• Adding a Drive

3. System Initialization and Services

• BIOS Initialization


• The Boot Sequence


• The Boot Loader


• Kernel Initialization


• init Initialization


• Run Levels


• Daemon Processes


• The rc.sysinit Script


• System V Run Levels


• The rc.local Script


• Virtual Consoles


• System Shutdown and Reboot


• Controlling Services

4. User Administration

• User Policy Considerations


• The User Account Database


• Adding a New User Account


• Modifying/Deleting Accounts


• Password Aging Policies


• Authentication Configuration


• NIS Configuration


• Group Administration


• Switching Accounts


• File Ownership


• Linux File Permissions


• SUID / SGID Executables


• The Sticky Bit and Setgid Access Mode


• Default File Permissions


• User Private Groups

5. Network Configuration

• Network Device Recognition


• Network Interfaces


• Address Resolution Protocol


• Bringing Network Interfaces Up and Down


• Interface Configuration Files


• Configuration Utilities


• Multiple NICs


• Binding Multiple IP Addresses


• DHCP/BOOTP


• Allowing User Control of Network Interfaces


• Basic IP Routes


• System Default Route


• IP Forwarding


• Global Network Parameters


• Name Resolution


• DNS Client Configuration


• DNS and Network Diagnostics and Troubleshooting

6. System Administration Tools

• Using the Alternatives System


• The Print System User Interface


• LPRng/CUPS Configuration


• LPRng/CUPS Queue Management


• Task Automation With at and cron


• Controlling Access to Task Automation


• crontab Format


• System crontab Files


• Using anacron


• Using tmpwatch


• Configuring, Maintaining and Monitoring System Logs


• Managing the whatis Database


• System Monitoring and Process Control


• Tape Backups


• Archiving With tar, dump/restore, and cpio


• Remote Backups

7. RPM, Boot Loaders, and Kickstart

• Installing and Removing Software With RPM


• RPM Queries and Verification


• RPM Utilities and Features


• Red Hat Network in the Enterprise


• Red Hat Network Registration


• The up2date Utility


• Remote Administration


• Boot Loader Components


• LILO and lilo.conf


• GRUB and grub.conf


• Starting the Boot Process


• Multiboot Systems


• Configuring a Red Hat Linux Network Installation Server


• Using Kickstart to Automate Installation


• The Kickstart Configuration File

8. Kernel Services and Configuration

• Kernel Modules and Their Configuration


• Updating a Kernel RPM


• The /proc filesystem


• /proc/sys configuration with sysctl


• The Linux Quota System


• Software RAID Configuration and Recovery


• Flexible Filesystems with LVM

9. The X Window System

• The X Protocol


• X Security


• xauth with ssh


• X Modularity


• X Extensibility


• Window Managers


• Display Managers


• XFree86 Startup


• X Server Configuration


• The X Font Server

10. Troubleshooting

• Troubleshooting X


• Troubleshooting Services


• Troubleshooting Networking


• Troubleshooting Boot Problems


• Filesystem Corruption and Recovery


• Recovery Run-Levels


• Boot Floppies


• Rescue Environment Utilities


• Rescue Environment Details

Lab 1: Installing Red Hat Linux

Lab 2: Using autofs and Adding Swap

Lab 3: Managing Startup

Lab 4: User and Group Administration

Lab 5: Static Network Settings

Lab 6: System Administration Tools

Lab 7: RPM and Kickstart

Lab 8: Kernel Services and Configuration

Lab 9: The X Window System

Lab 10: System Rescue

For users of Linux (or UNIX) who understand the basics of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and
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