LIN120 - Linux Fundamentals

Course Description

Linux Fundamentals focuses on the fundamental tools and concepts of Linux. Beginners develop a solid foundation in Linux, while advanced users discover patterns and fill in gaps in their knowledge. Students gain proficiency using the command line. Topics include: basic file manipulation; basic and advanced filesystem features; I/O redirection and pipes; text manipulation and regular expressions; managing jobs and processes; vi, the standard Unix editor; automating tasks with shell scripts; managing software; secure remote administration; and more. Also, this course is designed to provide extensive hands-on experience.

Course Outline

• WHAT IS LINUX?
  • Unix and its Design Principles
  • FSF and GNU
  • General Public License
  • The Linux Kernel
  • Linux Kernel and Versioning
  • Components of a Distribution
  • Slackware
  • SUSE Linux Products
  • Debian
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat Linux Products
  • Oracle Linux
• LOGIN AND EXPLORATION
  • Logging In
  • Running Programs
  • Interacting with Command Line
  • Desktop Environments
  • GNOME
  • Starting X
  • Gathering Login Session Info
  • Gathering System Info
  • uptime & w
  • got root?
  • Switching User Contexts
  • sudo
  • Help from Commands and Documentation
  • whereis
  • Getting Help Within the Graphical Desktop, man, & info
  • $MANPATH, whatis and apropos
• THE LINUX FILESYSTEM
  • Filesystem Support
  • Unix/Linux Filesystem Features
  • Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
  • Navigating the Filesystem
  • Displaying Directory Contents
  • Filesystem Structures
  • Determining Disk Usage With df and du
  • Determining Disk Usage (GUI)
  • Disk Usage with Quotas
  • File Ownership
  • Default Group Ownership
  • File and Directory Permissions
  • File Creation Permissions with umask
  • SUID and SGID on files
  • SGID and Sticky Bit on Directories
  • Changing File Permissions
  • User Private Group Scheme
• MANIPULATING FILES
  • Directory Manipulation
  • File Manipulation
  • Deleting and Creating Files
  • Managing Files Graphically
  • Drag and drop with Nautilus
  • Physical Unix File Structure
  • Filesystem Links
  • File Extensions and Content
  • Displaying and Previewing Files
  • Producing File Statistics
  • Displaying Binary Files
  • Searching the Filesystem
  • Alternate Search Method
• SHELL BASICS
  • Role of Command Shell
  • Communication Channels
  • File Redirection
  • Piping Commands Together
  • Filename Matching
  • File Globbing and Wildcard Patterns
  • Brace Expansion
  • Shell and Environment Variables
  • Key Environment Variables
  • Which and Type
  • General Quoting Rules
  • Nesting Commands
• ARCHIVING AND COMPRESSION
  • Archives with tar and cpio
  • The gzip, bzip2, and XZ Compression Utility
  • The PKZIP Archiving/Compression format
  • GNOME File Roller
• TEXT PROCESSING
  • Searching Inside Files
  • The Streaming Editor
  • Text Processing with Awk
  • Replacing Text Characters
  • Text Sorting
  • Duplicate Removal Utility
  • Extracting Columns of Text
  • Combining Files and Merging Text
  • Comparing File Changes
• REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
  • Regular Expression Overview and Implementations
  • RE Character Classes
  • Regex Quantifiers
  • RE Parenthesis
• TEXT EDITING
  • Text Editing
  • Pico/GNU Nano
  • Pico/Nano Interface
  • Nano configuration
  • Pico/Nano Shortcuts
  • vi and Vim
  • Learning Vim
  • Basic and Intermediate vi
• MESSAGING
  • System Messaging Commands
  • Controlling System Messaging
  • Internet Relay Chat
  • Instant Messenger Clients
  • Electronic Mail
  • Sending Email with sendmail and Pine
  • Sending and Receiving Email with mailx and mutt
  • Evolution
• COMMAND SHELLS
  • Shells
  • Identifying and Changing the Shell
  • Shell Configuration Files
  • Script Execution
  • Bourne Shell: Shell Prompts
  • Bash: Bourne-Again Shell
  • Bash: Configuration Files
  • Bash: Command Line History
  • Bash: Command Editing
  • Bash: Command Completion
  • Bash: "shortcuts"
  • Bash: prompt
  • Setting Resource Limits via ulimit
• INTRODUCTION TO SHELL SCRIPTING
  • Shell Script Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Example Shell Script
  • Positional Parameters
  • Input & Output
  • Doing Math
  • Exit Status
  • Comparisons with test
  • Conditional Statements
  • Flow Control: case
  • The borne for-Loop
  • The while and until Loops
• PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND JOB CONTROL
  • What is a Process?
  • Process Lifecycle and States
  • Viewing Processes
  • Signals
  • Tools to Send Signals
  • nohup and disown
  • Managing Processes
  • Tuning Process Scheduling
  • Job Control Overview and Commands
  • Persistent Shell Sessions with tmux and Screen
  • Using screen
  • Advanced Screen
• AT AND CRON
  • Automating Tasks
  • at/batch
  • cron
  • The crontab Command
  • crontab Format
  • /etc/cron.*/ Directories
  • Anacron
  • Systemd Timers
• MANAGING SOFTWARE
  • Downloading with FTP
  • FTP
  • lftp
  • Command Line Internet Non-interactive
  • Command Line Internet Interactive
  • Managing Software Dependencies
  • Using the Yum command
  • Using Yum history
  • Yum package groups
  • Configuring Yum
  • yumdownloader
  • Popular Yum Repositories
  • Using the Zypper command
  • Zypper Services and Catalogs
  • The dselect & APT Frontends to dpkg
  • Aptitude
  • Configuring APT
• THE SECURE SHELL (SSH)
  • Secure Shell
  • OpenSSH Client & Server Configuration
  • Accessing Remote Shells
  • Transferring Files
  • Alternative sftp Clients
  • SSH Key Management
  • ssh-agent
• MOUNTING FILESYSTEMS & MANAGING REMOVABLE MEDIA
  • Filesystems Concept Review
  • Mounting Filesystems
  • NFS
  • SMB
  • Filesystem Table (/etc/fstab)
  • AutoFS
  • Removable Media
• PRINTING
  • Legacy Print Systems
  • Common UNIX Printing System
  • Defining a Printer
  • Standard Print Commands
  • Format Conversion Utilities
  • enscript and mpage
• THE X WINDOW SYSTEM
  • The X Window System
  • X Modularity
  • X.Org Drivers
  • Configuring X Manually
  • Automatic X Configuration
  • Xorg and Fonts
  • Installing Fonts for Modern and Legacy Applications
  • The X11 Protocol and Display Names
  • Display Managers and Graphical Login
  • Starting X Apps Automatically
  • X Access Control
  • Remote X Access (historical/insecure) and )modern/secure)
  • XDMCP
  • Remote Graphical Access With VNC and RDP
  • Specialized X Servers
• EMACS
  • The Emac Interface
  • Basic Emacs and commands

Duration

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Introduction to Software Design and Engineering - OS and Network Programming Track : 60 Hour Certificate
• Linux Administration Certificate : 60 Hour Certificate