DescriptionThis course is suitable to prepare for the Linux Professional Institute LPI 102 exam. It covers areas such as local, network and security administration tasks. The local tasks include Linux kernel module management and compilation, the booting process as well as user and group management. The network administration tasks cover popular services such as shared printers, DNS, Web services, mail transport agents, NFS and Samba services. The course also covers security related topics including logging and authentication, the SSH server, time servers and Firewalls (ipchains and iptables).
Audience This course is aimed at Linux professionals with at least six months working experience. For IT professionals with little or no Linux experience please contact us for personal advice. PrereqsIt is recommended to have taken the course preparing for the LPI 101 before attempting this training. Passing the LPI 101 is not a pre-requisit Deliveries For on-site training please mail
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Course Contents
The Linux Kernel 1. Kernel Concepts
2. The Modular Kernel
3. Routine Kernel Recompilation
4. Exercises and Summary
Booting Linux 1. Overview
2. Understanding Runlevels
3. Services and Runtime Control Scripts
4. Shutting Down the System
5. The joys of inittab
6. LILO and GRUB
7. From boot to bash
8. Exercises and Summary
Managing Groups and Users 1. Creating New Users
2. Working with groups
3. Configuration files
4. Command options
5. Modifying accounts and default settings
6. Exercises and Summary
Network Configuration 4.1. The Network Interface
4.2. Host Information
4.3. Stop and Start Networking
4.4. Routing
4.5. Common Network Tools
4.6. Exercises and Summary
TCP/IP Networks 1. Binary Numbers and the Dotted Quad
2. Broadcast Address, Network Address and Netmask
3. Network Classes
4. Subnets
5. Classless Networks
6. The TCP/IP Suite
7. TCP/IP Services and Ports
8. Exercices and Summary
Network Services 1. The inetd daemon (old)
2. The xinetd Daemon
3. Telnet and FTP
4. TCP wrappers
5. Setting up NFS
6. SMB and NMB
7. DNS services
8. Sendmail main Configuration
9. The Apache server
10. Exercises and Summary
Bash Scripting 1. The bash environment
2. Scripting Essentials
3. Logical evaluations
4. Flow Control and Loops
5. Expecting user input
6. Working with Numbers
7. Exercises and Summary
Basic Security 1. Local Security
2. Network Security
3. The Secure Shell
4. Time Configuration
5. Exercises and Summary
Linux System Administration 1. Logfiles and configuration files
2. Log Utilities
3. Automatic Tasks
4. Backups and Compressions
5. Documentation
Setting up PPP 1. Detecting Modems
2. Dialup Configuration
3. pppd and chat
4. pppd Peers
5. wvdial
6. Exercises and Summary
Printing 1. Filters and gs
2. Printers and print queues
3. Printing Tools
4. The configuration files
5. Exercises and Summary
A. LPI 102 Objectives A.1. Kernel
A.1.1. Manage/Query kernel and kernel modules at runtime
A.1.2. Reconfigure, build, and install a custom kernel and kernel modules
A.2. Boot, Initialisation, Shutdown and Runlevels
A.2.1. Boot the system
A.2.2. Change runlevels and shutdown or reboot system
A.3. Printing
A.3.1. Manage printers and print queues
A.3.2. Print files
A.3.3. Install and configure local and remote printers
A.4. Documentation
A.4.1. Use and manage local system documentation
A.4.2. Find Linux documentation on the Internet
A.4.3. Notify users on system-related issues
A.5. Shells, Scripting, Programming and Compiling
A.5.1. Customise and use the shell environment
A.5.2. Customise or write simple scripts
A.6. Administrative Tasks
A.6.1. Manage users and group accounts and related system files
A.6.2. Tune the user environment and system environment variables
A.6.3. Configure and use system log files to meet administrative and security needs
A.6.4. Automate system administration tasks by scheduling jobs to run in the future
A.6.5. Maintain an effective data backup strategy
A.6.6. Maintain system time
A.7. Networking Fundamentals
A.7.1. Fundamentals of TCP/IP
A.7.2. TCP/IP configuration and troubleshooting
A.7.3. Configure Linux as a PPP client
A.8. Networking Services
A.8.1. Configure and manage inetd, xinetd, and related services
A.8.2. Operate and perform basic configuration of sendmail
A.8.3. Operate and perform basic configuration of Apache
A.8.4. Properly manage the NFS, smb, and nmb daemons
A.8.5. Setup and configure basic DNS services
A.8.6. Set up secure shell (OpenSSH)
A.9. Security
A.9.1. Perform security administration tasks
A.9.2. Setup host security
A.9.3. Setup user level security (p.93)
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