GL120: Linux Fundamentals Days: 5 Prerequisites: Students should be comfortable with computers. No familiarity with Linux or other Unix operating systems is required. Audience: This course is ideal for those who need to gain proficiency in Linux and Unix. Description: The GL120 is a challenging course that focuses on the fundamental tools and concepts of Linux and Unix. Students gain proficiency using the command line. Beginners develop a solid foundation in Unix, while advanced users discover patterns and fill in gaps in their knowledge. Like all Guru Labs courses, the course material is designed to provide extensive hands-on experience. Topics include: basic file manipulation; basic and advanced filesystem features; I/O redirection and pipes; text manipulation and regular expressions; managing jobs and processes; vi, the standard Unix editor; automating tasks with shell scripts; managing software; secure remote administration; and more. OUTLINE: I. WHAT IS LINUX? II. LOGIN AND EXPLORATION Unix and its Design Principles Logging In FSF and GNU Running Programs GPL General Public License Interacting with Command Line The Linux Kernel Desktop Environments Linux Kernel and Versioning GNOME Components of a Distribution Starting X Slackware Gathering Login Session Info SUSE Linux Products Gathering System Info Debian uptime and w Ubuntu got root? Red Hat Linux Products Switching User Contexts Oracle Linux sudo Help from Commands and Documentation whereis Getting Help Within the Graphical Desktop Getting Help with man and info LAB TASKS Login and Discovery Help with Commands Switching Users with su Baton Rouge | Lafayette | New Orleans www.lantecctc.com GL120: Linux Fundamentals III. THE LINUX FILESYSTEM V. SHELL BASICS Filesystem Support Role of Command Shell Unix/Linux Filesystem Features Communication Channels Filesystem Hierarchy Standard File redirection Navigating the Filesystem Piping Command Together Displaying Directory Contents Filename Matching Filesystem Structures File Globbing and Wildcard Determing Disk Usage with df and Patterns du Brace Expansion Determing Disk Usage (GUI) Shell and Environment Variables Disk Usage with Quotas Key Environment Variables File Ownership Which and Type Default Group Ownership General Quoting Rules File and Directory Permissions Nesting Commands File Creatoin Permissions with umask SUID and SGID on files LAB TASKS SGID and Sticky Bit on Directories Redirection and Pipes Changing File permissions Wildcard File Matching User private group scheme Shell Variables Shell Meta-Characters LAB TASKS Command Substitution Navigating Directories and Listing Files VI. ARCHIVING AND COMPRESSION Disk and Filesystem usage Archives with tar File and Directory Ownership and Archives with cpio Permissions The gzip Compression Utility Introduction to Troubleshooting Labs The bzip2 Compression Utility Troublshooting Practice: Filesystem The XZ Compression Utility The PKZIP Archiving/Compression IV. MANIPULATING FILES format Directory Manipulation GNOME File Roller File Manipulation Deleting and Creating Files VII. TEXT PROCESSING Managing Files Graphically Searching Inside Files Drag and drop with Nautilus The Streaming Editor Physical Unix File Structure Text Processing with Awk Filesystem Links Replacing Text Characters File Extensions and Content Text Sorting Displaying Files Duplicate Removal Utility Previewing Files Extracting Columns of Text Producing File Statistics Combining Files and Merging Text Displaying Binary Files Comparing File Changes Searching the Filesystem Alternate Search Method LAB TASKS Processing Text Streams LAB TASKS Text Processing Manipulating Files and Directories File Examiniation and Search Commands Baton Rouge | Lafayette | New Orleans www.lantecctc.com GL120: Linux Fundamentals VIII. REGULAR EXPRESSIONS XI. COMMAND SHELLS Regular Expression Overview Shells Regular Expressions Identifying the Shell RE Character Classes Changing the Shell Regex Quantifiers Configuration Files RE Parenthesis Script Execution Shell Prompts LAB TASKS Bash: Bourne-Again Shell Pattern Matching with Regular Bash: Configuration Files Expressions Bash: Command Line History Extended Regular Expressions Bash: Command Editing Using Regular Expressions With sed Bash: Command Completion Bash: "shortcuts" IX. TEXT EDITING Bash: prompt Text Editing Setting Resource Limits via ulimit Pico/GNU Nano Pico/Nano Interface LAB TASKS Nano configuration Linux Shells Pico/Nano Shortcuts Bash History vi and Vim Aliases Learning Vim Bash Login Scripts Basic vi The Z Shell Intermediate vi XII. INTRODUCTION TO SHELL SCRIPTING LAB TASKS Shell Script Strengths and Text Editing with Nano Weaknesses Text Editing with Vim Example Shell Script Positional Parameters X.MESSAGING Input and Output System Messaging Commands Doing Math Controlling System Messaging Comparisons with test Internet Relay Chat Exit Status Instant Messenger Clients Conditional Statements Electronic Mail Flow Control: case Sending Email with sendmail The for Loop Sending and Receiving Email with The while and until Loops mailx Sending and Receiving Email with LAB TASKS mutt Writing a Shell Script Sending Email with Pine Evolution LAB TASKS Command Line Messaging Messaging with talkd Command Line Email Alpine Baton Rouge | Lafayette | New Orleans www.lantecctc.com GL120: Linux Fundamentals XIII. PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND JOB XV.MANAGING SOFTWARE CONTROL Downloading with FTP What is a Process? FTP Process Lifecycle lftp Process States Command Line Internet Non- Viewing Processes interactive Signals Command Line Internet Interactive Tools to Send Signals Managing Software Dependencies nohup and disown Using the Yum command Managing Processes Using Yum history Tuning Process Scheduling YUM package groups Job Control Overview Configuring Yum Job Control Commands yumdownloader Persistent Shell Sessions with Screen Popular Yum Repositories Using screen Using the Zypper command Advanced Screen Zypper Services and Catalogs The dselect and APT Frontends to LAB TASKS dpkg 15.Job Control Basics 16.Process Aptitude Management Basics 17.Screen Basics Configuring APT 18.Using Screen Regions LAB TASKS 19.Troubleshooting Practice: Process Management Command Line File Transfers Using Yum XIV. AT AND CRON Using Zypper Automating Tasks Managing Yum Repositories at/batch Managing Zypper Repositories cron Using APT The crontab Command Adding an APT repository crontab Format XVI. THE SECURE SHELL (SSH) /etc/cron.*/ Directories Anacron Secure Shell ssh and sshd Configuration LAB TASKS Accessing Remote Shells Creating and Managing User Cron Transferring Files Jobs Alternative sftp Clients Adding System cron Jobs SSH Key Management Troubleshooting Practice: ssh-agent Automating Tasks LAB TASKS Introduction to ssh and scp SSH Key-based User Authentication Using ssh-agent Baton Rouge | Lafayette | New Orleans www.lantecctc.com GL120: Linux Fundamentals XVII. MOUNTING FILESYSTEMS AND APPENDIX MANAGING REMOVABLE MEDIA A. THE X WINDOW SYSTEM Filesystems Concept Review Mounting Filesystems The X Window System NFS X Modularity SMB X.Org Drivers Filesystem Table (/etc/fstab) Configuring X Manually AutoFS Automatic X Configuration Removable Media Xorg and Fonts LAB TASKS Installing Fonts for Modern Applications Accessing NFS Shares Installing Fonts for Legacy On-demand filesystem mounting Applications with AutoFS The X11 Protocol and Display Names XVIII. PRINTING Display Managers and Graphical Legacy Print Systems Login Common UNIX Printing System Starting X Apps Automatically Defining a Printer X Access Control Standard Print Commands Remote X Access Format Conversion Utilities (historical/insecure) enscript and mpage Remote X Access (modern/secure) XDMCP LAB TASKS Remote Graphical Access With Printing VNC and RDP Configuring Print Queues Specialized X Servers LAB TASKS Remote X with XDMCP Configure X Security Configure a VNC Server Configure a VNC Server Configure a VNC Server Launching X Apps Automatically Secure X B.EMACS Emacs The Emacs Interface Basic Emacs More Emacs Commands LAB TASKS Text Editing with Emacs Baton Rouge | Lafayette | New Orleans www.lantecctc.com .