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RH133 Red Hat Enterprise Linux System

Administration

RH133 UNIT 1 − Installation

Objectives 1-2
Agenda 1-3
Initial Installation 1-4
Hardware Overview 1-5
CPU and Memory 1-6
Preparing to Install 1-7
Multiboot systems 1-8
Device Node Examples 1-9
The RHEL Installer 1-10
Installer Features 1-11
RHEL Installation Overview 1-12
Partitioning Hard Drives 1-13
Sample Partition Structure 1-14
Configuring File Systems 1-15
Software RAID 1-16
LVM: Logical Volume Manager 1-17
Network Configuration 1-18
Firewall Setup 1-19
Security Enhanced Linux 1-20
SELinux Installation Options and Control 1-21
Package Selection 1-22
Validating the Installation 1-23
noprobe Mode and Driver Disks 1-24
Post-Install Configuration 1-25
End of Unit 1 1-26
Lab: Installation

RH133 UNIT 2 − System Initialization and Services

Objectives 2-2

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 Agenda 2-3
Boot Sequence Overview 2-4
BIOS Initialization 2-5
Boot Loader Components 2-6
GRUB and grub.conf 2-7
Starting the Boot Process: GRUB 2-8
Kernel Initialization 2-9
init Initialization 2-10
Run levels 2-11
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit 2-12
/etc/rc.d/rc 2-13
Daemon Processes 2-14
System V run levels 2-15
/etc/rc.d/rc.local 2-16
Virtual Consoles 2-17
Controlling Services 2-18
System Shutdown 2-19
System Reboot 2-20
End of Unit 2 2-21
Lab: Managing Startup

RH133 UNIT 3 − Kernel Services and Configuration

Objectives 3-2
Agenda 3-3
Kernel Modules 3-4
Kernel Module Configuration 3-5
The /proc filesystem 3-6
The /proc filesystem (continued) 3-7
/proc/sys configuration with sysctl 3-8
General Hardware Resources 3-9
System Bus Support 3-10
Hotswappable Bus Support 3-11
System Monitoring and Process Control 3-12
End of Unit 3 3-13
Lab: Configuring kernel parameters

RH133 UNIT 4 − Filesystem Management

Objectives 4-2

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 Agenda 4-3
System Initialization: Device Recognition 4-4
Disk Partitioning 4-5
Managing Partitions 4-6
Managing Data: Filesystem Creation 4-7
Journaling for ext2 filesystems: ext3 4-8
Managing Data: mount 4-9
Managing Data: mount options 4-10
Managing Data: Unmounting Filesystems 4-11
Managing Data: File System Labels 4-12
Managing Data: mount, by example 4-13
Managing Data: Connecting Network Resources 4-14
Managing Data: /etc/fstab 4-15
Managing Data: The Auto-Mounter 4-16
ext2/ext3 Filesystem Attributes 4-17
Virtual Memory Files 4-18
Filesystem Maintenance 4-19
Filesystem Maintenance (cont.) 4-20
Adding a Drive 4-21
End of Unit 2 4-22
Lab: Filesystem Management

RH133 UNIT 5 − Network Configuration

Objectives 5-2
Agenda 5-3
Device Recognition 5-4
Network Interfaces 5-5
mii-tool 5-6
ifconfig 5-7
ifup/ifdown 5-8
Interface Configuration Files 5-9
Configuration Utilities 5-10
Binding Multiple IP Addresses 5-11
DHCP/BOOTP 5-12
Global Network Parameters 5-13

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 Default Route 5-14
Static Routes 5-15
Name Resolution 5-16
DNS Client Configuration 5-17
DNS Utilities 5-18
Network Diagnostics 5-19
End of Unit 5 5-20
Lab: Static Network Settings

RH133 UNIT 6 RPM and Kickstart

Objectives 6-2
Agenda 6-3
The RPM Way 6-4
RPM Package Manager 6-5
Installing and Removing Software 6-6
Updating a Kernel RPM 6-7
RPM Queries 6-8
RPM Verification 6-9
Other RPM Utilities and Features 6-10
Automatic Dependency Resolution 6-11
Red Hat Network (RHN) 6-12
RHN in the Enterprise 6-13
RHN Registration 6-14
The up2date utility 6-15
Remote Administration 6-16
Network Installation Server 6-17
Using Kickstart to Automate Installation 6-18
Kickstart: Commands section 6-19
Kickstart: %packages 6-20
Kickstart: %pre, %post 6-21
End of Unit 7 6-22
Lab: RPM and Kickstart

RH133 UNIT 7 − User Administration

Objectives 7-2

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 Agenda 7-3
User Policy Considerations 7-4
The User Account Database - /etc/passwd 7-5
Adding a New User Account 7-6
User Private Groups 7-7
Group Administration 7-8
Modifying/Deleting Accounts 7-9
Password Aging Policies 7-10
Login Shell Scripts 7-11
Non Login Shell Scripts 7-12
Switching Accounts 7-13
sudo 7-14
Network Users 7-15
Authentication Configuration 7-16
Example: NIS Configuration 7-17
Example: LDAP Configuration 7-18
File Ownership 7-19
Linux File Permissions 7-20
SUID / SGID Executables 7-21
The Sticky Bit 7-22
The Setgid Access Mode 7-23
Default File Permissions 7-24
Access Control Lists ( ACLs ) 7-25
SELinux 7-26
Controlling SELinux 7-27
SELinux Contexts 7-28
Troubleshooting SELinux 7-29
End of Unit 7 7-30
Lab: User and Group Administration

RH133 UNIT 8 Printing and Administration Tools

Objectives 8-2
Agenda 8-3
CUPS Overview 8-4
CUPS Configuration Files 8-5
CUPS Queue Management 8-6
cron 8-7
Controlling Access to cron 8-8

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 System crontab Files 8-9
System Cron Job: tmpwatch 8-10
System Cron Job: logrotate 8-11
System Cron Job: logwatch 8-12
System Logging 8-13
syslog Configuration 8-14
Tape Drives 8-15
Using tar/star 8-16
Using dump/restore 8-17
Using cpio 8-18
Remote Backups 8-19
Other Backup Software 8-20
End of Unit 8 8-21
Lab: Printing and Admin Tools

RH133 UNIT 9 − The X Window System

Objectives 9-2
Agenda 9-3
XOrg: The X11 Server 9-4
XOrg Server Design 9-5
XOrg Server Configuration 9-6
XOrg Modularity 9-7
Server and Client Relationship 9-8
XOrg in runlevel 3 9-9
XOrg in runlevel 5 9-10
Configuration Utilities 9-11
Remote X Sessions 9-12
End of Unit 9 9-13
Lab: The X Window System

RH133 UNIT 10 Advanced Filesystem Management

Objectives 10-2
Agenda 10-3
Software RAID Configuration 10-4
Software RAID Recovery 10-5
Converting LVM1 to LVM2 10-6
Creating Logical Volumes 10-7

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 Resizing Logical Volumes 10-8
The Linux Quota System 10-9
The Linux Quota System (cont.) 10-10
End of Unit 10 10-11
Lab: Logical Volumes, RAID and Quotas

RH133 UNIT 11 − Troubleshooting

Objectives 11-2
Agenda 11-3
Troubleshooting 11-4
Things to Check: X 11-5
Things to Check: Networking 11-6
Order of the Boot Process 11-7
Filesystem Corruption 11-8
Filesystem Recovery 11-9
Recovery Run-levels 11-10
Rescue Environment 11-11
Rescue Environment Utilities 11-12
Rescue Environment Details 11-13
End of Unit 11 11-14
Lab: System Rescue and Troubleshooting

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