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The Linux Professional Institute Certification (LPIC) program is designed to certify the competency of IT professionals using the Linux operating system and its associated tools.

This LPIC-1 Junior Level Administration course covers the syllabus for the LPI-101 examination:

The following topics are covered: Course Format; Product Development; Structure; Conventions; Introduction to Labs; Introduction to Lab Solutions; and Lab Conventions.

• Lesson Two – Linux Overview

The following topics are covered: What Is Linux?; The History of Linux; The Free Software Model; Proprietary Software Under Linux; The GNU General Public License; Lesser General Public License; Linux Features; Hardware; Loadable Device Modules; Software; GUI Window Managers; Programming Languages; Linux Advantages; GUIs Are Optional; Remote Administration is Easy; Rebooting is Uncommon; Viruses Are Almost Nonexistent; Greater Security; Linux Limitations; Linux Distribution Mechanism; Linux Distributions; Linux Standards; FHS and LSB; System Administration; Operational (vs. Administrative) Duties; Administrative (vs. Operational) Duties; Support; System Documentation and Providing User Support.

• Lesson Three – Installing a Linux System

The following topics are covered: Installation Options; Getting Ready; Types of Servers and Workstations; Identify Your Hardware; Determine Network Settings; Installation Methods; Installing From a CD-ROM; Creating a Boot Floppy; Installing From a Network; General Installation Steps; Install or Upgrade; Disk Partitioning; Swap Space; File System Types; ext2fs; ext3fs; ReiserFS; XFS; JFS; Partitioning the Drive; fdisk; Drive and Partition Names; Commands; Partition Attributes; Partition ID Type; The fdisk Procedure; Other Partitioning Methods; Software Choices; Hardware Configuration; System Settings; X Window System Installation; Linux Boot Loaders; The 1024 Cylinder Limit; Boot Loaders: LILO, GRUB, and LOADLIN;System Initialisation; init and /etc/inittab; and Linux Boot Sequence.

• Lesson Four - Hardware

The following topics are covered: Hardware; System Boot Procedure; POST; BIOS and CMOS; Drives; Floppy Drives; IDE Drives; SCSI, SCSI-1; SCSI-2; SCSI-3; SCSI Device Configuration; The SCSI BIOS; Peripheral Devices: AGP, ISA, and PCI; AGP; ISA; PCI; Hot Swappable Hardware; USB; IEEE 1394; PCMCIA and CardBus; Mobile Hardware; Other Peripherals; Addresses, Channels, and Ports; IRQ; I/O Addresses; DMA; COM Ports; Printer Ports (LPT); SCSI Device Numbering; Adding and Configuring Devices; Devices and Drivers; ISA/Plug and Play; Hard Drives; Network Interface Controllers; Adding RAM; Modems; UARTs; Audio Controllers; The Linux Kernel; The ALSA Project; OSS Commercial Sound Drivers; USB; and USB Modules.

• Lesson Five – Linux Usage

The following topics are covered: Command Line Basics; Command Line Syntax; Common Commands; su and sudo; Navigating the Directory Tree; The ls Command; Hidden Files; The cd Command; The pwd Command; Viewing File Permissions; Symbolic Links (symlinks); Copying, Moving, and Removing Files; The cp Command; The mv Command; The rm Command; Creating and Deleting Directories; Working In the Linux Shell; User Environment Files; Environment; Using the bash Shell; Command History and Editing; and Recursive Commands.

• Lesson Six – Getting Help

The following topics are covered: System Information; Identifying the System; System Default Files; man Pages and the man Command; Identifying and Communicating with Active Users; Communicating with Users; Login Prompts; Finding Files; The find Command; The locate Command; Locating Commands; and Identifying Files.

• Lesson Seven – vi

The following topics are covered: Linux Text Editors: vi; Basic vi; vi modes; Moving Within a File; Advanced Functions; Global Replacement and Regular Expressions; The set Command; The .exrc File; Executing Commands; Splitting Windows; Diffs; Buffers; Listing Buffers; and Editing Buffers.

• Lesson Eight – File Systems

The following topics are covered: File System Structure; File System Types; Making a File System; Mounting a File System; Command Line Mounting; Mounting with /etc/fstab; Mounting Microsoft (MS-DOS) Partitions; Mounting Removable Media in a GUI; Unmounting Partitions; Checking File Systems; Repairing Corrupted File Systems; The lost+found Directory; Managing File Systems; Kernel File Cache; Utilities; Disk Free (df); Disk Usage (du); Quota; User Disk Quota; Reporting on a User’s Quota Status; Turning on Quota at Boot Time; Maintaining Quota; and The /proc File System.

• Lesson Nine – Files & Directories

The following topics are covered: Standard Directories; The Linux File System; Access Control; Overview; Opening a file; File and Directory Permission; File Manipulation Permissions; Setting User and Group IDs; Programs; The Sticky Bit; File Permission Commands; chown; chgroup; chmod; chattr; Permissions and Ownership in a GUI; File-related Commands; Links; Why Use Links?; The ln Command; Hard Link; and Symbolic Link.

• Lesson Ten – The X Windows System

The following topics are covered: The X Window System; X Client/Server Model; Gathering Information; Video Card; Monitor; Installing XFree86; Configuring the X Window System; XF86Setup; SaX; Starting Your X Window System; Adjusting the X Window System; The xwininfo Utility; The xvidtune Utility; X Resource Files; Xresources; .xsession; .xscreensaver; Remote X Clients; xhost; X Stations and X Terminals; Installing and Managing Fonts Under X; Understanding the Font Path; Adding Directories to the Font Path; Font Servers; Window Managers/Desktop Environments; xdm; Modifying xdm; Configuring and Using KDE; KDE Install; KDM; Configuring and Using GNOME; GDM; and Terminal Emulators.

• Lesson Eleven – Package Management

The following topics are covered: Package Managers; Red Hat Package Manager (RPM); rpm Package Names; RPM Commands; The rpmrc File; Debian Package Manager; dselect; apt; Non-Debian Packages — alien; Installing Software from Source; Unpacking the Tarball; tar; gzip and gunzip; configure; make and make install; and Using Packages Without a Package Manager.

• Lesson Twelve – Managing Shared Libraries

The following topics are covered: Managing Shared Libraries; System Library File Names and Locations; The libc and ld.so/ld-linux.so Libraries; Updating libc et al.; Other Files Related to Shared Libraries; Commands Related to System Libraries; Installing and Supporting Multiple Versions of a Shared Library; Over-riding the Shared Library; Loading Mechanism; and Errors Related to Missing or Damaged Shared Libraries.

• Lesson Thirteen – Text Processing

The following Appendix are covered: Text Processing; The grep Family; Regular Expressions; Filters; sed; Addressing and Editing Commands; Redirecting Input, Output, and Errors; Input; Output; Errors; and Pipes.

• Lesson Fourteen – Processes

The following Appendix are covered: Processes; The Linux Kernel; Programs and Processes; Processes and the Kernel; Daemons and Zombies; Key Attributes of a Process; Running Processes; Checking on Processes; Running top; nice and renice; Background jobs; Signals; Sending Signals; and Intercepting Signals.

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