Linux - PART I System Administration (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 Administration PART I (System Administration)

• Boot Process - Starting the Linux Operating System

BIOS, GRUB Boot Loader, Kernel Initialisation, First process and /etc/inittab, Run Levels, Controlling Services


• Linux FileSystem Administration

Partitioning Hard Disks, Managing FileSystems, Filesystem Management and Automounter, Access Control List


• Package Management

Redhat Package Manager, Understanding RPM and RPM commands, Managing packages using Centralised Repos.


• User Administration

User Account Management, Basic User Environment, Shell Profiles, Disk Quotas, Groups, PAM, Network Authentication - NIS and LDAP


• System Administartion Tools

Network Configuration, CUPS, Cron and at, System Logs


• Kernel Service and Configuration

Basics of Kernel, New Kernel, Kernel Sources, Recompiling Kernel


• Advanced Partitioning

Software RAID, Logical Volume Management


• Linux Installation

Installation of Linux OS, Understanding the requirement, Kickstarting.



Other Linux Related Courses

• Linux Basics

For people who do not have command line experience in Linux and wants to build basic user-level skills before learning System and Network Administration.

• Linux Administration PART II (Network and Security Administration)

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

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