ATI's Linux System Administration LPI Certification
— Level 1 Test 2 course

Summary: This course prepares students for the LPI Exam 102, the second of two exams necessary for LPI Level 1 Certification. (www.lpi.org). The topics covered in this course include Shell Scripting, User Administration Tasks, Printer Administration, Documentation, Booting Linux, Startup and Shutdown, Configuring Printers, Linux Networking and Network Services, X Windows System, Security, Kernel modules, and installing a new Kernel. Prerequisites: Linux System Administration LPI Certification Level 1,Test 1 or equivalent knowledge. Who Should Attend: Anybody who is interested in preparing for the LPI Level 1 Exam 2 or in learning the equivalent information should attend. Benefits of Attendance: Students will be able to: use and create documentation; understand how to create, use and modify shell scripts; add, modify, or remove users; automatically schedule jobs; manage system startup and shutdown w/ the init process; configure a TCP/IP network; start and stop various network services; perform the steps necessary to configure printers; understand the various security levels within Linux; compile and install a new kernel; dynamically load kernel modules; and configure LILO. Course Outline: Chapter 1: Documentation Paginators man Pages man Directories Local System docs The info System Creating man Pages Online Documentation Chapter 2: Shells, Scripting, Programming, Compiling Shells Shell Variables Exporting Aliases Functions Shell Scripts Shell Environment Exit Status Shell Programming Constructs Writing Shell Scripts Chapter 3: Admin Tasks Users The passwd File The shadow File groups User Admin cmds Log Files syslog Automatic Job Scheduling at crontab Chapter 4: Boot, Startup, Shutdown, Runlevels Booting Linux Stages of the Boot Process System Runlevels The init Process /etc/inittab rcX.d directories serviceconf Command chkconfig Command Changing runlevels, shutdown, reboot, and halt Chapter 5: Printing Printers and Devices The lpd System /etc/printcap print queues Remote Printers Samba Filters Chapter 6: Networking Fundamentals Networking Layers Protocols TCP/IP ports and services Utilities Troubleshooting configuration files netstat route ifconfig traceroute DHCP PPP Authentication Protocols Chapter 7: Networking Services Configure and Manage inetd Services Starting Stopping Sendmail Configuration Aliases Apache Manage Daemons NFS SMB NMB DNS Configuration Chapter 8: Security Security Administration suid Program Verifying Packages Password Management Secure Shell Shadow Passwords ulimit Chapter 9: The Kernel Dynamic Loading Kernel Modules Module Manipulation insmod, rmmod, etc. Configuring Modules Dependencies Custom Kernels Installing a New Kernel Configuring LILO Tuition: Tuition is $2200 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Government personnel qualify for reduced rates. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation