Red Hat: Certificate of Attendance
Altkom: Certificate of Attendance
Unit 1: Essentials
* Essential initial topics in system administration, including editors, switching accounts, adding users, using cron, and managing network connections
Unit 2: Kernel Services
* The Linux kernel: variants and modules
* The /proc filesystem and the sysctl command
* Accessing devices using udev
* Exploring hardware
Unit 3: Filesystem Management
* Creating filesystems
* Making filesystem mounts persistent across reboots
* Managing swap space
Unit 4: User Administration
* Modifying and deleting user accounts
* Password aging
* Group administration
* Creating group directories
* Setting disk quotas
Unit 5: Local Security
* Setting up a host-based firewall
* Using access control lists
* The SELinux security layer
* Managing suid and sgid executables
* Controlling access to superuser authority using sudo
Unit 6: Advanced Partitioning
* Understanding and implementing Software RAID
* Understanding Logical Volume Management
* Creating and resizing logical volumes
Unit 7: Installation
* The interactive Anaconda installer
* Kickstart: a hands-free method of installation
Unit 8: System Initialization
* Understanding the boot procedure
* Configuring the GRUB boot loader
* The Initial RAM Disk
* Understanding run levels
* Controlling services
Unit 9: RPM, YUM, RHN
* RPM: The Red Hat Package Manager
* The YUM installer
* Using the Red Hat Network
Unit 10: System Administration Topics
* Configuring the X Server
* The CUPS printing system
* cron and the superuser: the system-wide crontab file
* cron and system reboots: the anacron system
* Authentication Configuration: Pluggable Authentication Modules
Unit 11: Network Configuration
* Understanding network addresses
* Using OpenSSH for network communications
* Using VNC for network communications
* Network Authentication
Unit 12: Network Security
* Protecting services using TCP Wrappers
* Protecting the system using a packet filtering host-based firewall
Unit 13: Network File Sharing Services
* Setting up an NFS server
* Setting up an FTP server
* The Samba Server: networking with Windows systems
Unit 14: Network Infrastructure
* Creating a private repository
* NTP: Coordinating time
* Configuring a DHCP server
* Configuring a DNS server
Unit 15: HTTP Service
* Configuring the Apache web server
* Configuring the Squid web proxy cache
Unit 16: Mail Service
* Understanding e-mail delivery
* Using sendmail and postfix
* Dovecot: an IMAP and POP server
Unit 17: Troubleshooting
* A method for fault analysis
* Things to check
* Understanding recovery run levels
* Using the rescue environment
