LX03 - Linux System Administration

Links

• www.linuxcentral.com Cheap Linux CDs
• www.linuxmall.com Linux stuff
• www.linuxjournal.com Linux Journal
• www.sysadminmag.com Sys Admin Magazine
• www.redhat.com Red Hat
• www.caldera.com Caldera
• www.linux.org Linux.org
• www.linux.com Linux.com
• www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/ Linux Hardware Compatibility
• www.linux-laptop.net/ Linux Laptop compatibility

Misc

• Acrobat for Linux

Unit 1 - Physical Planning and Maintenance

Unit 2 - Advanced Linux Installation

• Kickstart install instructions
• RHEL3ES
• Fedora2
• suse90.xml
• postinstall RHEL3ES for Lab
• How to create a RHEL3 Install Server
• Linux+NT loading

Unit 4 - SysAdmin Tools

• Webmin packages

Unit 5 - RPM

• Missing packages
• RPM syntax
• RPM kernel upgrade
• 1.0 Lab Instructions
• 1.0. Files for steps 11-17
• 1.1 Lab files

Unit 6 - X

• DISPLAY
• Display Manager config

Unit 7 - Kernel Compilation

• Missing Packages
• Kernel compilation instructions(RHEL3)
• Kernel compilation instructions

Unit 8 - Character Devices

• dd examples

Unit 9 - Block Devices

• raid
• raidtab-linear
• raidtab-0
• raidtab-1
• raidtab-5

Unit 10 - Filesystems

• Links
• inodes

Unit 11 - Memory Management

• OLD usemem script
• usemem script

Unit 13 - Scheduling

• cron dos and don'ts
• simple cron job

Unit 14 - Backup and Restore

• tar
• dump

Unit 15 - User Administration

• .kshrc
• login shell
• axon

Unit 16 - User-level Security

• octal review
• PAM
• umask

Unit 17 - Logging

Unit 18 - Printers

• Setup a tty Printer

Unit 19 - Troubleshooting

• Rescue Mode
• Rescue CDs