Course Description
A power user who can effectively use, customize and script a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system for common command line processes as well as use basic network utilities. A student who successfully masters the material in RH033 is ready to begin learning system administration (RH133).

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Audience:
For persons who have no command-line experience in Linux or UNIX and want to develop skills for using and customizing their own Red Hat Linux workstation and IT professionals who want to build user-level skills before learning Linux System and Network Administration..

Prerequisites:
User-level experience with any computer system, including: use of mouse, use of menus and use of any graphical user interface.

Price:
$2,298

Training Units (TUs):
8 TUs

Duration:
5 days
Training Start Time: 9:00 a.m.
Training End Time: 4:30-5:00PM (depending on class progress)

Prepares for:
RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration

Includes:
5 days intensive training on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hands-on labs and exercises
Catered lunch
One workstation per student!
Student materials, pre-assessment questionnaire, study aids, handouts
Red Hat promotional items!
All other expenses of travel and per diem are the student's responsibility.

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Introducing Enterprise Linux

Unit 1 - Linux Ideas and History

· What is Open Source?
· Linux Origins
· Red Hat Distributions
· The Fedora Project
· Linux Principles

Unit 2 - Linux Usage Basics

· Logging into Red Hat Enterprise Linux
· Starting X from the Console
· Accessing the Command Line from X
· Changing your Password
· The root User
· Elevating your Privileges
· Editing Text Files
· Hands-on lab: Linux Usage Basics

Unit 3 - Running Commands and Getting Help

· Running Commands
· Getting Help
· The whatis Command
· The --help Option
· Reading Usage Summaries
· The man and info Commands
· Documentation
· Hands-on lab: Getting Help with Commands

Unit 4 - Browsing the Filesystem

· Linux File Hierarchy Concepts
· Current Working Directory
· File and Directory Names
· Absolute and Relative Pathnames
· Changing Directories
· Listing Directory Contents
· Copying and Moving Files and Directories
· Creating and Removing Files and Directories
· Using Nautilus
· Determining File Content
· Viewing Files
· Hands-on lab: Browsing the Filesystem

Unit 5 - Using the bash Shell

· bash Introduction, Heritage, and Features
· Command Line Shortcuts
· History Tricks
· Command Line Expansion
· Command Editing Tricks
· gnome-terminal
· Hands-on lab: Exploring the Bash Shell

Unit 6 - Standard I/O and Pipes

· Standard Input and Output
· Redirecting Standard Input and Output
· Overwriting vs Appending
· Redirecting Standard Error
· Redirecting Both Standard Output and Error
· Using Pipes To Connect Processes
· Hands-on lab: Standard I/O and Pipes

Unit 7 - Text Processing Tools

· Tools for Extracting Text
· Tools for Analysing Text
· Tools for Manipulating Text
· Special Characters for Matching Text
· Hands-on lab: Text Processing Tools

Intermediate Tools

Unit 8 - Basic System Configuration

· Configuring Date and Time
· Configuring Printers
· Configuring the Network
· System Logs
· Hands-on lab: Basic System Configuration

Unit 9 - vi and vim

· Introducing vim
· vim basics
· Opening, Modifying, and Saving Files
· Using Command Mode
· Undoing Changes
· Visual Mode
· Splitting the Screen
· Configuring vi and vim
· Learning More
· Hands-on lab: vi and vim

Unit 10 - Configuring the bash Shell

· Using bash Variables
· Local and Environment Variables
· Configuration and Information Variables
· Variable Expansion
· Protecting Against Variable Expansion
· Aliases
· How bash Expands the Command Line
· Types of Shells
· bash Startup and Exit Scripts
· Using Variables in Shell Scripts
· Hands-on lab: Configuring the Bash Shell

Unit 11 - Finding and Processing Files

· The slocate and find Commands
· Basic find Examples
· find and Logical Operators
· find and Permissions
· find and Numeric Criteria
· find and Access Times
· Executing Commands with find
· The Gnome Search Tool
· Hands-on lab: Finding and Processing Files

Unit 12 - Network Applications

· Firefox and Other Web Browsers
· Evolution and Other E-mail Clients
· Email, Encryption, and Digital Signatures
· The Gaim Messaging System
· Encrypted Communications with ssh and scp
· telnet and the "r" services
· FTP Clients
· Connecting to Windows Disk Shares
· File Transfer with Nautilus
· Network Diagnostic Tools
· Hands-on lab: Network Clients

Essential Topics in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Administration

Unit 13 - Managing Users, Groups, and Permissions

· The Linux Security Model
· Users and Groups
· Permission Types
· Examining Permissions
· Changing Permissions Using Symbolic and Numeric Methods
· Changing Permissions Using Nautilus
· Hands-on lab: File Permissions

Unit 14 - Advanced Topics in Users, Groups and Permissions

· User and Group ID Numbers
· The /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group files
· System Users and Groups
· Changing Your Identity
· User Information Commands
· Default Permissions
· Special Permissions
· Hands-on lab: Switching Users and Setting Default Permissions

Unit 15 - The Linux Filesystem In-Depth

· Partitions and Filesystems
· Inodes and Directories
· cp, mv, rm, and inodes
· Symbolic (or Soft) Links and Hard Links
· The Seven Fundamental Filetypes
· Checking Free Space
· Mounting CDs, DVDs, USB Media, and Floppy Disks
· Why Archive Files?
· Creating, Inspecting, and Extracting Files From File Archives
· Why Use File Compression?
· Compression Utilities
· Compressing Archives
· Hands-on lab: The Linux Filesystem

Unit 16 - Investigating and Managing Processes

· What is a Process?
· Process States
· Viewing Processes
· Sending Signals to Processes
· Terminating Processes
· Altering Process Scheduling Priority
· Interactive Process Management Tools
· Running a Process in the Background
· Suspending a Process
· Listing Background and Suspended Jobs
· Compound Commands
· Scheduling a Process To Execute Later
· Scheduling Periodic Processes
· Crontab File Format
· Hands-on lab: Process Controls

Unit 17 - Essential System Administration Tools

· Installation
· Managing Services
· Managing Packages
· Securing the System
· Hands-on lab: Installation, Managing Services, and Securing the System

Unit 18 - What Now?

· Some Areas to Explore
· Development
· Red Hat Development Classes
· System Administrator Duties
· RHCE/RHCT Skills Courses
· RHCA and RHCSS Skills Courses
· The Linux Community

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