Linux+

Overview: Linux+ is designed to prepare students for the Linux+ exam. Students learn how to install and navigate a Linux system, customize the login environment, use the vi editor, and manage files, directories and permissions. By the end of the course, students will understand networking, printing, shell scripting, the X-Window system, and backup. They will learn to control processes, understand the role of the kernel, manage hard drives and troubleshoot hardware and software problems.

Course Length: 5 days

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, you must have attended A+ Certification and have six months experience with the Linux operating system.

Course Topics:

• History and Development of Linux
      Web and DNS servers, routers
• System Access
• Starting and Stopping Linux
• User Accounts
• Introduction to the Filesystem
• Working with Linux Permissions
• Creating and Viewing Files
• Archiving Files
      tar, cpio, gzip
• Working in X Windows
      GNOME, KDE, XConfigurator
• Printing Files
• Package Management
      tarball, RPM
• Configuring the Linux Environment
      Shells, variables, scripts, cron system
• Multitasking
• Background Processes
• Configuring and Managing Services
      Samba, NIS, NFS, sendmail, ipchains
• Managing Network Services
• Working with Hardware
• Troubleshooting Linux Systems
• Preparing for a Linux Installation
• Installing Red Hat Linux Using the Workstation Class
• Installing Red Hat Linux with the Custom Class