Linux System Administration Basics(Based on RedHat)

In Unix space, Linux is definitely becoming a very strong player. In the last few years, most of the companies have turned towards Linux owing to its cost effectiveness. Also over the last few years, Linux has become more robust, secure, usable and supported by many vendors, making it an operating system that is desired by most companies. There are various versions of Linux available - REDHAT, SUSE, Mandrake to name a few.

At Ahana, Our Linux Course will be based on Redhat.

Course details

Linux Basics

• Linux Usage Basics

Logging In, Managing your password, Root User, Becoming a SuperUser


• Understanding Shell

Different Shells, Shell Usage, Where does shell fit in, Variables, profiles and More


• Running Commands and Getting Help
• Getting around Filesystems

File System Hirarchy, Directories, Files, Absolute and Relative Paths, Finding Files and Directories


• Understanding and Managing Users and groups

Commands to list users and groups, passwd,shadow and group files, Naming Information Services.


• Understanding File and Directories in detail

Permissions, File Owner, Group, Special Permissions, Access/Modify and Create Time


• Understanding File System Structure

Listing filesystems, understanding partitions, Unnderstanding filesystem components - inodes, superblock etc


• Basic System Configuration
• vi Editor
• Standard IO and pipes
• Understanding and Managing Processes

Starting, Listing and Killing Processes, background and foreground processes, PID, PPID and More.


• Understanding Networking and Network Applications

IP Addresses, Network connectivity, Network applications - telnet, ftp, ssh, etc...


• Understading Package Basics

rpm listing



Other Linux Related Courses

• Linux Administration PART I (System Administration)

For those who who want to understand system administration concepts like Installation, Boot Sequence, Filesystem Administartion, Package Management, Network Configuration and More.

• Linux Administration PART II (Network and Security Administration)

For System Administrators who want to learn configuring network and security services

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