Linux Training:
Linux Training by
2KO International: - 2KO international is offers quality
Linux training in our Cape Town and UK locations. We
specialise in certification training, and have been
offering Linux training since 2003. All Linux trainers
are Certified Trainers and have years of hands on
experience, both in the classroom and in the field. Our
Linux training is headed by Marc McRae who has been with
2KO since early 2003. Students attending our Linux
Training will be prepared to sit the Linux Certification
exams for whichever training they do.
Note about
LINUX LPI and Linux+
Linux LPI is the Linux Professional Institute
program aimed at certifying students with an
Internationally recognised certification. Linux+
is the Comptia certification. We offer both the Linux
Professional Institute and the Linux+ version of the
certification. Therefore the course below effectively
covers the material for either the Linux+ AND the LPI exams.
Course Duration: 5 days instructor led training
Times: 8:30am to 4pm daily
Price: £795 (British Pounds)
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The following is an outline of our Linux LPI 101 course
Topic 101: Hardware &
Architecture
Configure Fundamental BIOS Settings
Description: Candidates should be able to
configure fundamental system hardware by making
the correct settings in the system BIOS. This
objective includes a proper understanding of
BIOS configuration issues such as the use of LBA
on IDE hard disks larger than 1024 cylinders,
enabling or disabling integrated peripherals, as
well as configuring systems with (or without)
external peripherals such as keyboards. It also
includes the correct setting for IRQ, DMA and
I/O addresses for all BIOS administrated ports
and settings for error handling.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/proc/ioports
/proc/interrupts
/proc/dma
/proc/pci
Configure Modem and Sound cards
Description: Ensure devices meet
compatibility requirements (particularly that
the modem is NOT a win-modem), verify that both
the modem and sound card are using unique and
correct IRQ's, I/O, and DMA addresses, if the
sound card is PnP install and run sndconfig
and isapnp, configure modem for outbound
dial-up, configure modem for outbound PPP | SLIP
| CSLIP connection, set serial port for 115.2
Kbps
Setup
SCSI Devices
Description: Candidates should be able to
configure SCSI devices using the SCSI BIOS as
well as the necessary Linux tools. They also
should be able to differentiate between the
various types of SCSI. This objective includes
manipulating the SCSI BIOS to detect used and
available SCSI IDs and setting the correct ID
number for different devices especially the boot
device. It also includes managing the settings
in the computer's BIOS to determine the desired
boot sequence if both SCSI and IDE drives are
used.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
SCSI ID
/proc/scsi/
scsi_info
Setup
different PC expansion cards
Description: Candidates should be able to
configure various cards for the various
expansion slots. They should know the
differences between ISA and PCI cards with
respect to configuration issues. This objective
includes the correct settings of IRQs, DMAs and
I/O Ports of the cards, especially to avoid
conflicts between devices. It also includes
using isapnp if the card is an ISA PnP
device.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/proc/dma
/proc/interrupts
/proc/ioports
/proc/pci
pnpdump(8)
isapnp(8)
lspci(8)
Configure Communication Devices
Description: Candidates should be able to
install and configure different internal and
external communication devices like modems, ISDN
adapters, and DSL switches. This objective
includes verification of compatibility
requirements (especially important if that modem
is a winmodem), necessary hardware settings for
internal devices (IRQs, DMAs, I/O ports), and
loading and configuring suitable device drivers.
It also includes communication device and
interface configuration requirements, such as
the right serial port for 115.2 Kbps, and the
correct modem settings for outbound PPP
connection(s).
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/proc/dma
/proc/interrupts
/proc/ioports
setserial(8)
Configure USB devices
Description: Candidates should be able to
activate USB support, use and configure
different USB devices. This objective includes
the correct selection of the USB chipset and the
corresponding module. It also includes the
knowledge of the basic architecture of the layer
model of USB as well as the different modules
used in the different layers.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
lspci(8)
usb-uhci.o
usb-ohci.o
/etc/usbmgr/
usbmodules
/etc/hotplug
Topic 102: Linux
Installation & Package Management
Design
hard disk layout
Description: Candidates should be able to
design a disk partitioning scheme for a Linux
system. This objective includes allocating
filesystems or swap space to separate partitions
or disks, and tailoring the design to the
intended use of the system. It also includes
placing /boot on a partition that conforms with
the BIOS' requirements for booting.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/ (root) filesystem
/var filesystem
/home filesystem
swap space
mount points
partitions
cylinder 1024
Install a boot manager
Description: Candidate should be able to
select, install, and configure a boot manager.
This objective includes providing alternative
boot locations and backup boot options (for
example, using a boot floppy).
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/etc/lilo.conf
/boot/grub/grub.conf
lilo
grub-install
MBR
superblock
first stage boot loader
Make
and install programs from source
Description: Candidates should be able to
build and install an executable program from
source. This objective includes being able to
unpack a file of sources. Candidates should be
able to make simple customizations to the
Makefile, for example changing paths or adding
extra include directories.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
gunzip
gzip
bzip2
tar
configure
make
Manage
shared libraries
Description: Candidates should be able to
determine the shared libraries that executable
programs depend on and install them when
necessary. Candidates should be able to state
where system libraries are kept.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
ldd
ldconfig
/etc/ld.so.conf
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Use
Debian package management
Description: Candidates should be able to
perform package management skills using the
Debian package manager. This objective includes
being able to use command-line and interactive
tools to install, upgrade, or uninstall
packages, as well as find packages containing
specific files or software (such packages might
or might not be installed). This objective also
includes being able to obtain package
information like version, content, dependencies,
package integrity and installation status
(whether or not the package is installed).
Key
files, terms, and utilities include:
unpack
configure
/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg
/var/lib/dpkg/*
/etc/apt/apt.conf
/etc/apt/sources.list
dpkg
dselect
dpkg-reconfigure
apt-get
alien
Use
Red Hat Package Manager (RPM)
Description: Candidates should be able to
perform package management under Linux
distributions that use RPMs for package
distribution. This objective includes being able
to install, re-install, upgrade, and remove
packages, as well as obtain status and version
information on packages. This objective also
includes obtaining package information such as
version, status, dependencies, integrity, and
signatures. Candidates should be able to
determine what files a package provides, as well
as find which package a specific file comes
from.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/etc/rpmrc
/usr/lib/rpm/*
rpm
grep
Topic: 103 GNU & Unix
Commands
Work
on the command line
Description: Candidates should be able to
Interact with shells and commands using the
command line. This includes typing valid
commands and command sequences, defining,
referencing and exporting environment variables,
using command history and editing facilities,
invoking commands in the path and outside the
path, using command substitution, applying
commands recursively through a directory tree
and using man to find out about commands.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
.
bash
echo
env
exec
export
man
pwd
set
unset
~/.bash_history
~/.profile
Process text streams using filters
Description: Candidates should be able to
apply filters to text streams. Tasks include
sending text files and output streams through
text utility filters to modify the output, and
using standard UNIX commands found in the GNU
textutils package.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
cat
cut
expand
fmt
head
join
nl
od
paste
pr
sed
sort
split
tac
tail
tr
unexpand
uniq
wc
Perform basic file management
Description: Candidates should be able to
use the basic UNIX commands to copy, move, and
remove files and directories. Tasks include
advanced file management operations such as
copying multiple files recursively, removing
directories recursively, and moving files that
meet a wildcard pattern. This includes using
simple and advanced wildcard specifications to
refer to files, as well as using find to
locate and act on files based on type, size, or
time.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
cp
find
mkdir
mv
ls
rm
rmdir
touch
file globbing
Use
streams, pipes, and redirects
Description: Candidates should be able to
redirect streams and connect them in order to
efficiently process textual data. Tasks include
redirecting standard input, standard output, and
standard error, piping the output of one command
to the input of another command, using the
output of one command as arguments to another
command and sending output to both stdout and a
file.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
tee
xargs
<
<<
>
>>
Create, monitor, and kill processes
Description: Candidates should be able to
manage processes. This includes knowing how to
run jobs in the foreground and background, bring
a job from the background to the foreground and
vice versa, start a process that will run
without being connected to a terminal and signal
a program to continue running after logout.
Tasks also include monitoring active processes,
selecting and sorting processes for display,
sending signals to processes, killing processes
and identifying and killing X applications that
did not terminate after the X session closed.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
&
bg
fg
jobs
kill
nohup
ps
top
Modify
process execution priorities
Description: Candidates should be able to
manage process execution priorities. Tasks
include running a program with higher or lower
priority, determining the priority of a process
and changing the priority of a running process.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
nice
ps
renice
top
Search
text files using regular expressions
Modified: 2003-March-17
Maintainer:
Kara Pritchard
Weight: 3
Description:
Candidates should be able to manipulate files
and text data using regular expressions. This
objective includes creating simple regular
expressions containing several notational
elements. It also includes using regular
expression tools to perform searches through a
filesystem or file content.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
grep
regexp
sed
Perform basic file editing operations using vi
Description: Candidates should be able to
edit text files using vi. This objective
includes vi navigation, basic vi nodes,
inserting, editing, deleting, copying, and
finding text.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
vi
/, ?
h,j,k,l
G, H, L
i, c, d, dd, p, o, a
ZZ, :w!, :q!, :e!
:!
Topic 104: Devices,
Linux Filesystems, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
Create
partitions and filesystems
Description: Candidates should be able to
configure disk partitions and then create
filesystems on media such as hard disks. This
objective includes using various mkfs
commands to set up partitions to various
filesystems, including ext2, ext3, reiserfs,
vfat, and xfs.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
fdisk
mkfs
Maintain the integrity of filesystems
Description: Candidates should be able to
verify the integrity of filesystems, monitor
free space and inodes, and repair simple
filesystem problems. This objective includes the
commands required to maintain a standard
filesystem, as well as the extra data associated
with a journaling filesystem.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
du
df
fsck
e2fsck
mke2fs
debugfs
dumpe2fs
tune2fs
Control mounting and unmounting filesystems
Description: Candidates should be able to
configure the mounting of a filesystem. This
objective includes the ability to manually mount
and unmount filesystems, configure filesystem
mounting on bootup, and configure user mountable
removeable filesystems such as tape drives,
floppies, and CDs.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/etc/fstab
mount
umount
Managing disk quota
Description: Candidates should be able to
manage disk quotas for users. This objective
includes setting up a disk quota for a
filesystem, editing, checking, and generating
user quota reports.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
quota
edquota
repquota
quotaon
Use
file permissions to control access to files
Description: Candidates should be able to
control file access through permissions. This
objective includes access permissions on regular
and special files as well as directories. Also
included are access modes such as suid, sgid,
and the sticky bit, the use of the group field
to grant file access to workgroups, the
immutable flag, and the default file creation
mode.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
chmod
umask
chattr
Manage
file ownership
Description: Candidates should be able to
control user and group ownership of files. This
objective includes the ability to change the
user and group owner of a file as well as the
default group owner for new files.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
chmod
chown
chgrp
Create
and change hard and symbolic links
Description: Candidates should be able to
create and manage hard and symbolic links to a
file. This objective includes the ability to
create and identify links, copy files through
links, and use linked files to support system
administration tasks.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
ln
Find
system files and place files in the correct
location
Description: Candidates should be
thoroughly familiar with the File system
Hierarchy Standard, including typical file
locations and directory classifications. This
objective includes the ability to find files and
commands on a Linux system.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
find
locate
slocate
updatedb
whereis
which
/etc/updatedb.conf
Topic 110: The X
Window System
Install & Configure XFree86
Description: Candidate should be able to
configure and install X and an X font server.
This objective includes verifying that the video
card and monitor are supported by an X server,
as well as customizing and tuning X for the
videocard and monitor. It also includes
installing an X font server, installing fonts,
and configuring X to use the font server (may
require a manual edit of /etc/X11/XF86Config in
the "Files" section).
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
XF86Setup
xf86config
xvidtune
/etc/X11/XF86Config
.Xresources
Setup
a display manager
Description: Candidate should be able
setup and customize a Display manager. This
objective includes turning the display manager
on or off and changing the display manager
greeting. This objective includes changing
default bitplanes for the display manager. It
also includes configuring display managers for
use by X-stations. This objective covers the
display managers XDM (X Display Manger), GDM
(Gnome Display Manager) and KDM (KDE Display
Manager).
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
/etc/inittab
/etc/X11/xdm/*
/etc/X11/kdm/*
/etc/X11/gdm/*
Install & Customize a Window Manager Environment
Description: Candidate should be able to
customize a system-wide desktop environment
and/or window manager, to demonstrate an
understanding of customization procedures for
window manager menus and/or desktop panel menus.
This objective includes selecting and
configuring the desired x-terminal (xterm, rxvt,
aterm etc.), verifying and resolving library
dependency issues for X applications, exporting
X-display to a client workstation.
Key files, terms, and
utilities include:
.xinitrc
.Xdefaults
xhost
DISPLAY environment variable
